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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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Strega - Feb 03, 2011 1:01:51 pm PST #13838 of 28282

Maybe Lansdale's Mad Dog Summer.

From looking at lists of novellas, I think the format doesn't work for me very well -- there are certainly some I like, but I prize things I can reread, and with novella length fiction I'm probably going to remember most of the details, unlike with a novel, but it'll still take a while to get through, unlike a short story. So even if I'm like, "Oh yes, that was good," I'm rarely in the mood for them.

sj - Feb 03, 2011 1:03:51 pm PST #13839 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I liked The Body Artist and it worked well in the short format.

dcp - Feb 03, 2011 3:30:26 pm PST #13840 of 28282
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

So what do you like in the short form?

Tea With the Black Dragon -- R. A. MacAvoy

Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2011 5:26:45 pm PST #13841 of 28282
brillig

Tea With the Black Dragon

Lovely book, though I wouldn't call it a novella.

dcp - Feb 03, 2011 5:47:57 pm PST #13842 of 28282
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Too long?

beth b - Feb 03, 2011 5:56:45 pm PST #13843 of 28282
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls

Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

I just realized I like shorter books to be a little more thoughtful

and i really hope none of you have missed the Uncommon reader

Amy - Feb 03, 2011 6:01:41 pm PST #13844 of 28282
Because books.

I don't think I've heard of Uncommon Reader, beth. I'll have to look it up.

Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2011 6:15:33 pm PST #13845 of 28282
brillig

Too long?

It seems like an average length for SFF books that came out at that time.

-t - Feb 03, 2011 6:17:31 pm PST #13846 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, I read the sequel, but I never read Tea. Thanks for the reminder that it exists!

Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2011 6:19:25 pm PST #13847 of 28282
brillig

Sequel???

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