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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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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.

§ ita § - Apr 15, 2011 6:20:05 pm PDT #14461 of 28293
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Fiction seems to treat memory alteration as less horrific than I think it is. It's scary and violating! I mean, even if it's being done ostensibly for your own good, it's a terrifying display of force and control.

Cass - Apr 15, 2011 6:21:26 pm PDT #14462 of 28293
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I thought she realized what a horrible thing it was but, really, that could be me recalling my own judginess at it. I mean, it was horrible violation or likely death. It's the better choice but it's still creepy.

Atropa - Apr 15, 2011 6:26:57 pm PDT #14463 of 28293
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I mean, it was horrible violation or likely death. It's the better choice but it's still creepy.

Very creepy, and I teared up at that point in the book.

§ ita § - Apr 15, 2011 6:27:42 pm PDT #14464 of 28293
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But was that you, or was that the text? Did the movie acknowledge the moment (are the movies up to that point--I haven't seen the last one)?

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