Full Moon, No Stars
I didn't realize that that was a collection. I thought it was a novel.
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
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."
sj - Jan 10, 2011 10:48:22 am PST #13491 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
javachik - Jan 10, 2011 11:03:38 am PST #13492 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.
Nope, it's four stories, sj.
Consuela, the editing thing is why I can't read Dave Eggars or (my boyfriend's favorite) William T Vollman. I just can't sog through pages and pages of meandering. Editors exist for a reason, dammit.
Fred Pete - Jan 10, 2011 11:09:09 am PST #13493 of 28282
Ann, that's a ferret.
Trashcan Man was definitely in the original Stand.
It's been a long time since I read either version, but the main thing that sticks out is that Harold had a larger role in the longer version, so he comes across as more tragic than in the original.
Amy - Jan 10, 2011 11:13:03 am PST #13494 of 28282
Because books.
What am I misremembering? I have no time to go read and compare both now, darn it.
java, I think it's Full Dark, No Stars.
erin_obscure - Jan 10, 2011 12:21:50 pm PST #13495 of 28282
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I was ruminating on Stephen King last night and why i've loved so many of his books for so many years...and i think it's that his world building is amazing. So many books start right in our normal world, then gradually shift to an alternate reality so seamlessly that i don't notice the change until the story captivates my sleeping and waking thoughts.
Since reading Salems Lot more than 20 years ago I still am hesitant to walk down basement stairs, even with the lights on. Some things just stick with you.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 12:25:07 pm PST #13496 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seagulls. The Talisman. Though that might have been the other guy.
javachik - Jan 10, 2011 12:31:44 pm PST #13497 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.
Amy, yes. My memory is extremely poor these days.
Polter-Cow - Jan 10, 2011 12:32:58 pm PST #13498 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Talisman was written with Peter Straub.
Ginger - Jan 10, 2011 12:34:03 pm PST #13499 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
After I finished Salem's Lot, at about 3 a.m., I went into the kitchen to be sure there was garlic.
Liese S. - Jan 10, 2011 3:30:43 pm PST #13500 of 28282
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, speaking of four stories, I just read our own Holli`s Four love stories and a robot and OMG love! So great and stuff that was unexpected but perfect and just very Holli! Yay!