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.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 6:42:12 pm PDT #12628 of 28297
Because books.
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.
JZ - Oct 14, 2010 7:55:23 am PDT #12636 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.
Feel free to keep it with our blessings -- but, yeah, you paid for a true corrected-and-tidied retail version, and that's what Amazon should have sent you.
Anyone else who preordered from Amazon and got an ARC instead of the final, please ping me.
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2010 1:47:00 pm PDT #12637 of 28297
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
15 classic SFF novels that publishers rejected.
Statistically, I'm sure publishing is more rejection than acceptance, but I wonder how it feels to let something as classic as Fahrenheit 451 through your fingers, or something that becomes as massive as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.