"Now we shan't never be parted."
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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."
Dana - Jan 03, 2011 6:53:23 am PST #13421 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2011 7:03:46 am PST #13422 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A Prayer for Owen Meany, one of my fave books of all time, has a great ending. The entire book builds up to it, and it doesn't disappoint.
God, I adored this. It made me think of endings differently, and love the book forever. Nothing I'd thought of as a digression turned out to be one.
Liese S. - Jan 03, 2011 7:09:36 am PST #13423 of 28282
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I should reread, huh? Except it makes me cry and cry.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 03, 2011 7:43:39 am PST #13424 of 28282
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Oh, that's such a good book. Maybe I'll re-read too. Although I just got Hotel New Hampshire for Christmas, one of the few Irvings I haven't read yet, so I should probably read that first.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2011 7:57:45 am PST #13425 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Hotel New Hampshire
Jesus, I love that book. It is SO fucked up, and I love it to bits.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 03, 2011 8:00:04 am PST #13426 of 28282
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Hotel New Hampshire is probably my favorite modern book. I can't even put my finger on what about it speaks to me, and I think my friends think I am a sick fuck for loving it, but I just do.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 03, 2011 8:24:29 am PST #13427 of 28282
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
The Girl's been begging me to read it for ages. It's her favourite book ever. Don't know why it's taken me this long to get round to it. I generally love everything I read by Irving.
Laga - Jan 03, 2011 9:55:01 am PST #13428 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The first time I read Princess Bride I was pissed as hell at the ending but now I love it and often tack it on myself when I watch the movie.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2011 10:21:54 am PST #13429 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think the Princess Bride ending belongs on the movie (since the book is bigger than the movie), but it works in the context of the book.
Laga - Jan 03, 2011 10:29:34 am PST #13430 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I like to think of it as a bridge to a whole other story. Someday I'll tie William Goldman up in a remote cabin and force him to write it.