Raq, I knew what you were talking about even before I hovered over your link.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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 28432
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 28432
"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 28432
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 28432
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 28432
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 28432
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 28432
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 28432
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 28432
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 28432
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.