My copy of Catching Fire came today! I'm expecting to be done by the weekend so I can go get Mockingjay.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
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."
Amy - Oct 13, 2010 1:43:26 pm PDT #12626 of 28297
Because books.
megan walker - Oct 13, 2010 6:36:09 pm PDT #12627 of 28297
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy, thanks for recommending Joe Hill's Twentieth Century Ghosts. I got it out of the library for my next book salon on Classic Horror (along with Daphne du Maurier's Don't Look Now ). I've read the first four stories and am thoroughly enjoying it.
Amy - Oct 13, 2010 6:42:12 pm PDT #12628 of 28297
Because books.
Oooh, I can't wait to see what you think of "Abraham's Boys" and "Voluntary Committal." Oh god, and "Pop Art." That one blew me away.
megan walker - Oct 13, 2010 6:46:45 pm PDT #12629 of 28297
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That one blew me away.
Hah. That's funny.
That's the third(?) story, so I read it already. Bizarre. It didn't seem to fit with the others, but I liked it. So creative.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 14, 2010 3:38:53 am PDT #12630 of 28297
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My copy of Sam the Bat arrived yesterday!!
Odd thing - it has a thing on the cover saying "Advance Uncorrected Proof" (I pre-ordered it from Amazon). Still, I'm glad to have it in my possession.
Amy - Oct 14, 2010 3:49:10 am PDT #12631 of 28297
Because books.
It didn't seem to fit with the others, but I liked it. So creative.
It's not horror, but it was heartbreaking, I thought. I loved it.
JZ - Oct 14, 2010 6:57:53 am PDT #12632 of 28297
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Odd thing - it has a thing on the cover saying "Advance Uncorrected Proof"
Huh, that's weird, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't supposed to happen (now you have to seal it up in a plastic case for future collectability and go buy yourself another copy for actual reading). I just pinged the other editors about it.
Still, even so, isn't it a great book?
Frankenbuddha - Oct 14, 2010 7:01:24 am PDT #12633 of 28297
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Still, even so, isn't it a great book?
It's lovely.
(now you have to seal it up in a plastic case for future collectability and go buy yourself another copy for actual reading)
That's what I was thinking of doing. I figured I could check around to see if an indy store gets it (or order it from one). Amazon was just to make sure I got it ASAP.
JZ - Oct 14, 2010 7:48:26 am PDT #12634 of 28297
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I just heard back from the other editors - it's a combined cock-up between Amazon and the distributor. If you want to send your physical address to my profile addy, we ourselves will send you a real non-proof proper copy at no charge.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 14, 2010 7:51:24 am PDT #12635 of 28297
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That's awesome, JZ! Insent momentarily. Thanks. I think it's kind of cool to have the proof version, though.