It's called In the Shadow of Gotham. It's just OK -- most of the stuff bugging me is stuff like this profiling (really, 1905?) and people talking about why a woman would have trouble getting an academic job in math -- like that needs to be discussed in 1905??
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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."
Jesse - Apr 17, 2011 4:48:34 pm PDT #14501 of 28293
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2011 4:52:20 pm PDT #14502 of 28293
brillig
There's a published Original Series Star Trek novel that's fairly clearly set in the world of a 70s TV show called "Here Come The Brides." I remember reading it and thinking, "I know these people."
Consuela - Apr 17, 2011 4:56:24 pm PDT #14503 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I remember reading it and thinking, "I know these people."
Yeah, that one's an open secret. If I recall the story correctly, Hambly sort of tried to get permission but there really wasn't anyone around who still held the rights to it, so she fudged it a bit and just went forward.
I doubt Paramount would approve it now: they've gotten a lot more gun-shy.
Also: it's also a crossover with half a dozen other properties, if you read it carefully. Doctor Who, at the very least, although I don't remember the rest. Dana probably knows.
Dana - Apr 17, 2011 4:59:07 pm PDT #14504 of 28293
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't know offhand other than Here Come the Brides. Great book, though. It's called "Ishmael."
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2011 4:59:46 pm PDT #14505 of 28293
brillig
Hambly, that's right. I was trying to remember why I read it.
Anne W. - Apr 17, 2011 5:00:14 pm PDT #14506 of 28293
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oh, I remember that one!
Dana - Apr 17, 2011 5:01:59 pm PDT #14507 of 28293
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
She's got a couple of other classic Trek books that are also good.
Amy - Apr 17, 2011 5:04:07 pm PDT #14508 of 28293
Because books.
It's called In the Shadow of Gotham.
I just read something about that, actually. It sounds a little bit like The Alienist from your description.
Jesse - Apr 17, 2011 5:09:36 pm PDT #14509 of 28293
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
These criminologists may fade away, since I'm still pretty early in, but so far, so meh. I would probably like the story a lot if it were just in a modern setting.
Consuela - Apr 18, 2011 8:27:15 pm PDT #14510 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I went to a staged reading of selections from The Pale King tonight.
It was cool.