Awesome! And that book sounds really cool, too.
Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
Polter-Cow - Oct 16, 2006 8:37:39 pm PDT #1333 of 28144
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Volans - Oct 16, 2006 10:08:45 pm PDT #1334 of 28144
move out and draw fire
So after years of saying he didn't like the Harry Potter books and was never reading any more (he skimmed GoF), my DH just pounded through the last two books in 3 days.
He actually really liked Order of the Phoenix , saying that teenage boy anger was perfectly represented. (And also, "Fred and George ROCK!") And he enjoyed HBP, although he doesn't think it was written by JKR.
So needless to say, now that I've kind of purged the books from my mind, I'm being called on to discuss plot theories.
Meanwhile, I've been reading Inkheart, which is a really nice YA book.
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2006 5:13:13 am PDT #1335 of 28144
brillig
although he doesn't think it was written by JKR.
Why not?
Volans - Oct 17, 2006 5:54:50 am PDT #1336 of 28144
move out and draw fire
Because the writing is "tighter and sharper" (I quote) and because characters and situations are introduced and developed in a different manner than in the previous books. He thought the writing in HBP was a lot better than previously demonstrated in JKR's work, and said "She either got a lot better or someone else ghostwrote."
I did point out she wrote a lot of words prior to HBP, so one assumes she got practice. I don't think he disputes that the ideas/story came from her.
P.M. Marc - Oct 17, 2006 9:04:46 am PDT #1337 of 28144
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Way to go, Knut! That rules!
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2006 9:08:10 am PDT #1338 of 28144
brillig
one assumes she got practice.
One would think. She's been fiddling with it for years, I think she's picked up some tricks.
meara - Oct 17, 2006 4:51:46 pm PDT #1339 of 28144
Knut's book sounds really interesting, too!
esse - Oct 19, 2006 3:34:33 am PDT #1340 of 28144
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
potentially very useful lj community, what's that book?: [link]
Connie Neil - Oct 20, 2006 9:21:59 am PDT #1341 of 28144
brillig
Question to the hive-mind:
I just finished re-reading one of my favorite 30's-era British mysteries. One of the women, a Russian former ballerina of, naturally, less-than-sterling virtue, is consistently referred to as "the Merkalova", Merkalova being her last name. There's an element of contempt in the useage, but it also has the feel of being a standard useage for a woman on the stage in some fashion.
I've seen the usage in books up to about the '50s, where a major female performer is referred to as La LastName or The LastName.
What is the source of this, does anyone know?
DavidS - Oct 20, 2006 10:12:44 am PDT #1342 of 28144
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What is the source of this, does anyone know?
It was common in ballet, opera and, I think, theater to refer to divas and prima ballerinas and Great Lady Thespians like that.