Raq, I knew what you were talking about even before I hovered over your link.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Tom Scola - Aug 31, 2010 7:27:22 am PDT #12250 of 28333
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
sj - Aug 31, 2010 9:25:22 am PDT #12251 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I just finished Catching Fire. There was so much HSQ at the end; if I didn't have to leave right now to pick up this weeks CSA, I would already be reading Mockingjay. I'm glad I decided to wait and read them all at once.
Kate P. - Aug 31, 2010 9:33:28 am PDT #12252 of 28333
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm glad I decided to wait and read them all at once.
Yeah, I sort of wished I'd reread the first two before picking up Mockingjay. In fact, a reread of book one, at least, may be in my future...
Volans - Aug 31, 2010 11:11:27 am PDT #12253 of 28333
move out and draw fire
Raq, I knew what you were talking about even before I hovered over your link
We're frequenting the same corners of the internets again!
Typo Boy - Aug 31, 2010 12:12:43 pm PDT #12254 of 28333
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
"Glimpses" is available online. A book I really loved when it first came out:
Here is the boing boing link which includes a decent description:
Here is the direct pdf link: [link]
Not sure that Cory is right when he says it has a rock n' roll attitude. The book, in spite of melodramatic seems, has a fair amount of quite meloncholy and understatement which I don't associate with a rock n' roll attitude (not that there are not classic rock n' roll songs which use those things, but not I think the core rock n' roll attitude.) But still this is a book to marvel at, and I think is truly in love with the music. I wonder if Hec ever read it, and if so what he thinks of it.
Polter-Cow - Aug 31, 2010 12:33:37 pm PDT #12255 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Buffistas, I have discovered your newest desire: Postertext.
Hang your favorite book on the wall with the book's text, arranged to depict a memorable scene from the book!
Atropa - Aug 31, 2010 1:15:50 pm PDT #12256 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Buffistas, I have discovered your newest desire: Postertext.
Ooooh. I bet they only are making public domain books, tho'. Otherwise I'd request a poster for Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Polter-Cow - Aug 31, 2010 9:02:09 pm PDT #12257 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Discworld fans, I finally finished reading the Watch books.
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2010 11:46:51 am PDT #12258 of 28333
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IO9 posits a sci fi reading list for novices.
I'm much better at TV than I am at books, but I have read at least one book from each of their categories.
-t - Sep 01, 2010 12:06:56 pm PDT #12259 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've read a lot of those, but not all (not even all of one category). It's interesting to me that none of the books that I read in my Sci Fi Lit class in college are on it. Of course, that was over 20 years ago and was not meant as an intro to SF.