I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

Simon ,'Out Of Gas'


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."


Connie Neil - Jan 11, 2011 2:58:35 pm PST #13555 of 28282
brillig

Is there a link people are looking these up at?


Laga - Jan 11, 2011 2:59:59 pm PST #13556 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Polter-Cow "Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear." Jan 11, 2011 9:09:05 am PST


§ ita § - Jan 11, 2011 3:01:47 pm PST #13557 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What did Desmond Morris do wrong?


Connie Neil - Jan 11, 2011 3:04:16 pm PST #13558 of 28282
brillig

Michener's Hawaii, Drury's Advise and Consent, Winnie the Pooh in Latin, and To Kill a Mockingbird. And Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. What a studious week that was. Though The Snake has All the Lines looks intriguing.


zuisa - Jan 11, 2011 3:05:08 pm PST #13559 of 28282
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

Winnie the Pooh in Latin? How interesting! Seems strange that that would be a bestseller, but I suppose I'm underestimating people.


Connie Neil - Jan 11, 2011 3:06:03 pm PST #13560 of 28282
brillig

In all fairness, Mockingbird is rated higher than the silly bear.


dcp - Jan 11, 2011 3:52:33 pm PST #13561 of 28282
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

John le Carré's The Spy Who Came In From the Cold.


Laga - Jan 11, 2011 3:53:33 pm PST #13562 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I got a spy novel too, one I don't know by an author I've never heard of. I'm looking forward to checking it out.


Fred Pete - Jan 12, 2011 4:06:25 am PST #13563 of 28282
Ann, that's a ferret.

Also fun -- looking up the best-sellers on the dates of specific events.

Richard Nixon resigned on 8/9/1974. Fiction best-sellers included Watership Down, Jaws, and Burr. Non-fiction best-sellers included All the President's Men, The Gulag Archipelago (at #1 and #2, even), Plain Speaking, and Rose Kennedy's memoirs.

Quite a list.


Gudanov - Jan 12, 2011 6:31:38 am PST #13564 of 28282
Coding and Sleeping

If you are looking for a free e-book, I'd recommend this one written by a friend of mine. It's a fantasy novel and it's a bit different. I was a beta reader and I suspect this version will be better than the one I read and I liked that one.

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