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.
Buffy? I like that. That girl's so hot, she's buffy.
Forrest ,'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."
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
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.
Polter-Cow - Oct 19, 2010 1:53:04 pm PDT #12638 of 28297
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"His mane of dark, tousled hair, chiseled cheekbones, and thick eyebrows were stunning, but some inward pain twisted his eyes and mouth away from beauty and toward something more difficult and profound."