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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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Strix - Apr 15, 2011 4:06:34 pm PDT #14451 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Fair enough. It's food for thought.

It's a chilly, rainy night here, and I think I'll tuck myself in bed with a writer I don't have any conflicts over. Anyone read Dorothy Allison? I plain love Bastard Out of Carolina, have taught it, and also love Cavedweller and her collection of SS, Trash, talking of damned fine writing AND good stories.

Amy - Apr 15, 2011 4:15:16 pm PDT #14452 of 28293
Because books.

Dorothy Allison is brilliant, but hard to read if I'm not in the right mood (based solely on Bastard -- I can't remember if I read Cavedweller or not).

I've never read Tepper, and based on that interview, I now have absolutely no wish to. She might tell a decent tale, but ... whoa. Too much crazy for me. And nasty crazy, too.

Strix - Apr 15, 2011 4:26:21 pm PDT #14453 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Cavedweller focuses more on mother/daughter dynamics. It's not got the abuse triggers that Bastard has, but it has the same lovely, gritty writing.

Amy - Apr 15, 2011 4:49:48 pm PDT #14454 of 28293
Because books.

I did read it! I knew I had read more than one of her books. Oddly, the title didn't ping me but the Amazon description about Cissy spelunking did. DUH.

Steph L. - Apr 15, 2011 5:38:38 pm PDT #14455 of 28293
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Stay classy, Grey Lady.

Well, the NYT is excellent at pronouncing new trends about 10 years after even backwaters have embraced them (wasn't it last year, or 2 years ago, that the NYT had that article about "Hey, adults read comics, and there are movies made from them!"?)

So I assume that maybe 5 years from now they'll have a groundbreaking piece on the hot trend of women reading SF/F.

(Upcoming headlines: "Facial Piercings: Not Just For Criminals!"
"Did You Know Cellular Telephones Also Allow Textual Communication? Will The Public Embrace It?"
"HOLY SHIT: Hybrid Automobiles?!?")

Strix - Apr 15, 2011 5:40:24 pm PDT #14456 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Snerk, Tep!

Amy, I just re-read CD last week, and I'm working through BOOC again; it's a once a year book for me, like Morrison's Beloved.

Atropa - Apr 15, 2011 5:40:48 pm PDT #14457 of 28293
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I haven't re-read any of Harlan Ellison's work since some of the big blow-ups at conventions in the recent past. Maybe someday, I'll be able to read his work again.

Amy - Apr 15, 2011 5:58:20 pm PDT #14458 of 28293
Because books.

it's a once a year book for me, like Morrison's Beloved

There's so much new (and old) stuff I want to read to do that anymore, and I don't read as quickly as I used to, either. I will cheat sometimes, though, and reread favorite *parts* of favorite books. On really bad days, there are certain chapters of Little Women and A Little Princess I can read over and over again.

§ ita § - Apr 15, 2011 6:16:51 pm PDT #14459 of 28293
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, in "duh" moments, I just read something that said that Hermione wiped her parents' memories. Ironically, I had completely forgotten that. Is this judged within the text?

Amy - Apr 15, 2011 6:18:43 pm PDT #14460 of 28293
Because books.

I don't think so? I don't remember it, if so.

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