Buffy ,'Showtime'
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."
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.
"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.
I probably would have liked it more if it hadn't seemed like fan fiction.
In what way did it seem like fan fiction?
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.
Funny you're talking Joe Hill; I just picked up "Heart Shaped Box" at the local independent this afternoon.
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!
Heh!
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.
I just brought home The Golden Compass but I haven't opened it yet. I bet I'm going to end up disappointed at how non-controversial it turns out to be.