just finished listening to _Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter_ and was surprised at how much i enjoyed what i picked up on a lark as something fluffy to distract me while commuting. It does very interesting things with certain historical realities (like the lost colony at Roanoke) and spins the whole civil war as an OMG OF COURSE *headsmack* kinda situation.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
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."
erin_obscure - Nov 12, 2010 10:30:34 am PST #12919 of 28286
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
erin_obscure - Nov 12, 2010 10:33:03 am PST #12920 of 28286
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
and Zuisa, if you want a spoiler mockingjay does eventually end with Peeta and Katniss living happily ever after, well, as much as is possible in that world. While the final book is indeed bleak bleak bleak it does end with hope.
Volans - Nov 12, 2010 12:57:51 pm PST #12921 of 28286
move out and draw fire
Thanks Gud
javachik - Nov 12, 2010 1:02:38 pm PST #12922 of 28286
Our wings are not tired.
ita, I think it's just lending between Kindles.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 12, 2010 6:57:45 pm PST #12923 of 28286
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I can't believe that crap with Amazon and Allyson's book. What? The? Fuck?
Granted, I DID get my copy from Amazon, but it was an advance effing proof.
JZ - Nov 12, 2010 7:02:48 pm PST #12924 of 28286
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Sadly, it's not unheard of, including for much bigger authors and much bigger publishers. Books are no longer Amazon's core stock in trade, and are not managed with as much care as they should be. It's a glitch, a hiccup, and nothing more than a lot of authors have had to grit their teeth through in the last couple of years.
Reiterating: the Amazon issue will be fixed; and in the meantime, you can use Amazon to order directly from the publisher, or just go to your local indie store, place an order there, and have a copy for your very own in about 10 days.
Laga - Nov 12, 2010 7:17:33 pm PST #12925 of 28286
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I also saw Sam for sale on Borders website.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2010 5:32:21 am PST #12926 of 28286
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Will it be available on B&N?
Kathy A - Nov 13, 2010 5:49:48 am PST #12927 of 28286
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I know that it's not currently (tried to order, and they couldn't get it for me).
JZ - Nov 13, 2010 6:22:16 am PST #12928 of 28286
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
There's a link in Press to order it from the publisher, through Amazon, and I've already gotten feedback from a couple other Buffistas that ordering that way went nice and smoothly. And, the more orders or pre-orders are placed, with any online retailer, the more encouragement the retailers have to get off their butts and stock the thing. So don't let the "not available now" messages stop you.