Did you see the Girl Genius comic related to the Hugo nom, Jilli? My husband FB'd it...lemme see if I can find...
Here: [link]
I'm excited about Feed. I liked it SO much, although, to be fair, I haven't read the others on the list.
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
Strix - Apr 25, 2011 6:03:03 am PDT #14528 of 28296
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
megan walker - Apr 25, 2011 6:17:07 am PDT #14529 of 28296
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So now I'm totally into audiobooks for my commute. What audiobooks do people recommend, specifically because they're good audiobooks?
Also, P-C, check out the Classic Tales Podcast, which is mostly classic short stories (a lot of horror but also adventure and other things). Most recently he's done Poe's "The Black Cat" and "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family" by Le Fanu. Free weekly episodes are 30-60 minutes depending on the text. Lately, he's done more and more full-length novels ( The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and just started A Room with a View by Forster), which take about 8-10 episodes.
Amy - Apr 25, 2011 8:45:32 am PDT #14530 of 28296
Because books.
Fun tumblr for your feed: Novel First Sentences. They also have last sentences, separately.
Polter-Cow - Apr 25, 2011 8:56:59 am PDT #14531 of 28296
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A conversation I had with my dad about audiobooks:
"I've discovered that audiobooks are good for commuting."
"Audiobook? What's that?"
"You can listen to the books being read on CD."
"Someone reads the book to you?"
"Yeah."
"That's new.* How much can you fit on one CD?"
"Oh, they're multiple CDs."
"I guess that's good. If you want to...learn something.**"
*Uh, no, they've been around for decades. When they were on tape.
**Reading for fun is SUCH A FOREIGN CONCEPT TO HIM.
Steph L. - Apr 25, 2011 8:58:12 am PDT #14532 of 28296
I look more rad than Lutheranism
How much can you fit on one CD?
A lot, if you write really, really, REALLY tiny.
Connie Neil - Apr 25, 2011 2:48:34 pm PDT #14533 of 28296
brillig
Teppy, I may spend too much time on other sites, I honestly looked for a Like button on your post.
megan walker - Apr 25, 2011 7:28:45 pm PDT #14534 of 28296
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
My new clothbound Dracula was waiting for me when I got home from book salon. I think this is my favorite C B-S title yet.
le nubian - Apr 26, 2011 5:38:03 am PDT #14535 of 28296
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Laga - Apr 26, 2011 5:57:16 am PDT #14536 of 28296
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Oscar Wilde via Jersey Shore (x-posted in reality tv):
love! Now I want Oscar Wilde goggles for all reality TV. I wish he'd got to see Drag Race.
Still in the middle of Infinite Jest, I've started on a pornographic writing project. I am coming up with some really weird sentences. I kinda like it.
Liese S. - Apr 26, 2011 6:19:44 am PDT #14537 of 28296
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, those were brilliant.