NYT interviews George R.R. Martin.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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."
sumi - Apr 01, 2011 6:47:47 am PDT #14273 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!
-t - Apr 01, 2011 7:03:48 am PDT #14274 of 28293
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, downloading now!
Amy - Apr 02, 2011 2:51:28 pm PDT #14275 of 28293
Because books.
A Jane Eyre question, and I can't believe I can't remember this: was Mrs. Fairfax aware of Bertha's presence, or only Grace Poole?
Typo Boy - Apr 02, 2011 3:00:39 pm PDT #14276 of 28293
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yep, the godlike power thing can get annoying,
I think this is an artifact of the idea that a series has to be a rising crescendo with higher stakes each book or story or episode than the last. In truth good series don't have to do this. The original Sherlock Holmes series followed the Moriarty conclusion with stories where several people were killed or one or no murder at all took place. Because both the character Holmes and the author Doyle took seriously the idea that a single death, or a single person's fate was as important and interesting as a super-villain or the the fate of a set of papers on which national security depended.
Rex Stout's Nero Wolf took on fictional super-villain Zeck in several books and real-life super-villain J. Edgar Hoover in one, and still managed non super-villain based stories. A series arc that constantly raises the stakes is certainly a valid choice for a series. I sometimes get the impression that many authors don't realize it is not the only choice.
sj - Apr 02, 2011 3:07:40 pm PDT #14277 of 28293
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Amy, I'm almost certain Mrs. Fairifax knew everything, but I haven't gotten that far in my re-read yet.
Amy - Apr 02, 2011 3:10:59 pm PDT #14278 of 28293
Because books.
I walked out of the room because Sara was calling, so I missed it -- I have the Samantha Morton/Ciaran Hinds one on (and it doesn't even come close to the Ruth Wilson/Toby Stephens version, imo).
I can't believe I can't remember whether she did or not. I've read it about a million times.
Dana - Apr 02, 2011 3:14:29 pm PDT #14279 of 28293
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I can't remember either. She definitely knew that bad shit was going on, but...I'm going to say that she didn't know, she was just warning Jane off of Rochester on his own.
Kat - Apr 02, 2011 4:04:25 pm PDT #14280 of 28293
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Textually there is no evidence that she knew but you can make the inference based on how she warned Jane. I would think it would be impossible for her to NOT have known and still run the household.
Ginger - Apr 02, 2011 4:08:02 pm PDT #14281 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I always assumed she knew.
Amy - Apr 02, 2011 4:08:48 pm PDT #14282 of 28293
Because books.
I would think it would be impossible for her to NOT have known and still run the household.
That's what I was thinking as I watched, and I couldn't believe it had never struck me before.