I'm partway through Digger, by Ursula Vernon, and enjoying it a lot. I also love Why I Hate Saturn, by Kyle Baker, but it might be a bit oldish/early 1990s-ish for a 14 year old. There's a fair bit of drinking and some drug use, if that's a concern.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'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."
Calli - Dec 07, 2010 4:02:01 pm PST #13114 of 28267
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Consuela - Dec 07, 2010 7:43:28 pm PST #13115 of 28267
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm following Digger on the web and it's brilliant and heartbreaking (and funny). So good.
sumi - Dec 08, 2010 6:22:17 am PST #13116 of 28267
Art Crawl!!!
Did you guys read about Figment at the NY Times? - an online source for young fans of literature.
Holli - Dec 08, 2010 7:21:01 am PST #13117 of 28267
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Okay, so I've got $150 in B&N giftcards, between my birthday and Hanukah. What should I get?
Liese S. - Dec 08, 2010 7:21:20 am PST #13118 of 28267
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
A Nook!
Holli - Dec 08, 2010 7:24:00 am PST #13119 of 28267
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I am too attached to paper books, I think. For instance, I know I'm getting this monster 700-page fashion history book from the Kyoto Costume Institute.
Tom Scola - Dec 08, 2010 7:24:22 am PST #13120 of 28267
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Absolute Sandman.
Barb - Dec 08, 2010 7:28:25 am PST #13121 of 28267
“Not dead yet!”
My book!
Or, barring that, I suggest picking up The Sherlockian. Excellent debut.
DavidS - Dec 08, 2010 7:29:55 am PST #13122 of 28267
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You should get a Criterion box set of some kind. Maybe something out of the Eclipse series.
And then The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.
DavidS - Dec 08, 2010 8:47:05 am PST #13123 of 28267
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Charles de Lint's new novel gets an intriguing review at IO9.
I wonder how that'll play in fandom after the RaceFail discussion since it features an Asian-American lead and it's set in a Latino barrio and uses elements of both Asian (dragons) and Southwestern (skinwalkers) lore.