Buffistas

Prepare to uncouple -- uncouple.

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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."

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Consuela - Apr 17, 2011 4:56:24 pm PDT #14503 of 28343

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 28343

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 28343

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 28343

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 28343

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 28343

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 28343

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 28343

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.

Laga - Apr 20, 2011 7:07:42 am PDT #14511 of 28343

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Reading Infinite Jest I Just Got something my brother has been saying to me for years.

Polter-Cow - Apr 20, 2011 7:34:10 am PDT #14512 of 28343

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

So yesterday I finished the Rosemary and Rue audiobook, read by Mary Robinette Kowal, and it was great! She did voices and everything! It totally took my mind off the fact that I was stuck in traffic. So now I'm totally into audiobooks for my commute. What audiobooks do people recommend, specifically because they're good audiobooks? I'm going to swing by the library and see what strikes my fancy. Any books that are good books but don't make good audiobooks? The library has Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, but doesn't that book have footnotes? How do audiobooks handle footnotes?

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