What other wonderful resources are out there?
The Internet Archive is a good clearing house of many things.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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."
DavidS - Feb 20, 2011 5:53:25 pm PST #13951 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2011 11:08:31 pm PST #13952 of 28333
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Feb 22, 2011 12:40:16 pm PST #13953 of 28333
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 28333
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 28333
"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 28333
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 28333
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).
Tom Scola - Feb 23, 2011 9:52:33 am PST #13958 of 28333
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
hippocampus - Feb 23, 2011 10:21:30 am PST #13959 of 28333
not your mom's socks.
huh. I have all the adult dystopias they list, plus a bunch more. and the YAs
I like the quotation.
beth b - Feb 23, 2011 10:44:45 am PST #13960 of 28333
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Interesting . I think Teens like dystopian books because they can imagine changing things or making their own way. And while there are plenty of adults that can imagine it, as adults we know how much energy it would take. And if there are children that is another level of responsibility. Starting over isn't exactly where most people want to be.
and then there is me. with tons of dystopian novels that i have read . and about 4 plans for when the BIG ONE hits or the great economic collapse happens.