BBC documentary on David Foster Wallace [link]
I tried to read Infinite Jest again last summer, but it was so coloured by his death I found it too sad. I wish I had gotten further into it when I was younger and more callow and callous.
If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock.
Spike ,'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."
Sue - Feb 19, 2011 2:36:10 pm PST #13948 of 28282
hip deep in pie
erikaj - Feb 19, 2011 5:45:07 pm PST #13949 of 28282
Always Anti-fascist!
In that context, comparing fandom to drugs does seem sadder than it used to. Not half as sad as my reading it to impress my guy friend and try to get laid. Like dicks like a strong essay section or something, my god. And after all that, I'm not sure I have ever gotten the capital-P Point of that book either(some smaller ones, but of course not my friend's either) Against my will, I believe I was influenced by Marcia Brady impressing a boy because she learned all about bugs. Never mind, I hate that show and Marcia in particular, but if you see that shit young enough, I guess it makes its mark.
Connie Neil - Feb 20, 2011 5:46:49 pm PST #13950 of 28282
brillig
What are people's favorite sites for free books? I have a Nook to fill! I'm familiar with Gutenberg and manybooks.net. What other wonderful resources are out there?
DavidS - Feb 20, 2011 5:53:25 pm PST #13951 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What other wonderful resources are out there?
The Internet Archive is a good clearing house of many things.
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2011 11:08:31 pm PST #13952 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Feb 22, 2011 12:40:16 pm PST #13953 of 28282
Because books.
Five lost Daphne du Maurier stories found, and will be published in early May.
::flails::
Also, Ben's eighth grade teacher assigned A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which makes me absurdly happy. I can't remember one *girl* book from junior high or high school, until we read Tess of the d'Urbervilles and The Color Purple, and the last was only in AP, senior year.
Beverly - Feb 22, 2011 2:20:50 pm PST #13954 of 28282
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
::Loves Amy's whole post. Especially the Du Maurier part::
sj - Feb 22, 2011 4:30:46 pm PST #13955 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
::Loves Amy's whole post. Especially the Du Maurier part::
Seconded.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2011 6:25:42 pm PST #13956 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a random poetry question. I have a memory of a poem from when I was young about Marian Anderson. I could have sworn it had the phrase "when Marian sings" or "when Marian Anderson sings", but google gives me no love.
I found a book entitled "When Marian Sings," but that doesn't seem to be the answer.
Anyone heard of it?
Amy - Feb 23, 2011 7:05:48 am PST #13957 of 28282
Because books.
I found this poem, but it was apparently written in 2005.
This io9 post about dystopian literature is really interesting, including the comments. Charlie Jane is looking at why it's so popular in YA right now, and not with adults (although they're reading the YA books, too).