one's stance on whether Buffy should end up with Angel or Spike is relevant.
Don't know enough about the Immortal to be sure, but sounded to me like Buffy was better off dating him than either Angel or Spike.
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
Typo Boy - Oct 23, 2010 12:49:00 pm PDT #12741 of 28293
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.
megan walker - Oct 24, 2010 11:29:01 am PDT #12742 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Finished 20th Century Ghosts. I definitely loved some, but really didn't see the point of others, which is why I'm not a big fan of short story collections I guess. Despite the thrill of the few I like, I'm left with an eh feeling overall.
But I would certainly recommend "Best New Horror," "Pop Art" (my absolute fave), "The Black Phone," and "Voluntary Committal." I liked the tone of "My Father's Mask," but didn't really get it.
Amy - Oct 24, 2010 11:41:29 am PDT #12743 of 28293
Because books.
"Pop Art" just broke my heart, megan. So beautifully done.
Did you not like "Abraham's Boys"? (I think that was the title.) That one definitely gave me a shiver.
megan walker - Oct 24, 2010 11:56:43 am PDT #12744 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I probably would have liked it more if it hadn't seemed like fan fiction.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2010 12:02:54 pm PDT #12745 of 28293
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In what way did it seem like fan fiction?
megan walker - Oct 24, 2010 12:07:40 pm PDT #12746 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Just in that it used characters from a classic work, which almost always makes me very conscious of the writing process and takes me out of story.
javachik - Oct 24, 2010 6:21:04 pm PDT #12747 of 28293
Our wings are not tired.
Funny you're talking Joe Hill; I just picked up "Heart Shaped Box" at the local independent this afternoon.
Ginger - Oct 27, 2010 5:01:02 pm PDT #12748 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
From Cherie Priest's blog [link]
OMG YOU GUYS it has come to my attention that SOMEONE on the internet is saying that my fictional 19th century zombies are NOT SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND. Naturally, I am crushed. To think, IF ONLY I’d consulted with a zombologist or two before sitting down to write, I could’ve avoided ALL THIS EMBARRASSMENT.
If you’ve been heretofore unaware of my EGREGIOUS CRIMES against reason and scientific probability, but you too would like to criticize my technique when it comes to MAKING SHIT UP about the pretend undead … then boy, have I got a proposal for YOU!
Typo Boy - Oct 27, 2010 8:17:18 pm PDT #12749 of 28293
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.
Heh!
Toddson - Oct 28, 2010 1:32:23 pm PDT #12750 of 28293
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
hello! I'm trying to catch up ... let me see ...
I was too old for the Sweet Valley High books, my sister was the horse-crazy one, but I ended up reading a lot of her horse books, I read Nancy Drew, the Bobbsey Twins, the entire Oz series (or at least everything they had in the public library), my father had subscriptions to Galaxy, Analog, Fantasy & Science Fiction, plus all his books from after 1949 (the year everything went up in flames in a house fire).
In new news - I found the new Bujold book, scooped it up, and ran home and read it pretty much in the space of a day. I plan to go back and re-read it at leisure. Armsman Roic is an important part of the story and has some good lines.