The other was that Marburg virus is a real thing.
The Coming Plague is a great book about all the scary diseases and why we're poorly equipped to deal with them.
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
'Trash'
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."
Ginger - May 20, 2011 3:36:46 pm PDT #14821 of 28290
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Rayne - May 20, 2011 3:37:19 pm PDT #14822 of 28290
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
How cool! I loved Feed and I'm really looking forward to Deadline!
Cass - May 20, 2011 3:38:13 pm PDT #14823 of 28290
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
The other was that Marburg virus is a real thing.
I am the creepy person who totally knew about it but only because I find it fascinating. It's got the shepherd's crook tail too.
When was the last time you read a vignette from the perspective of a virus ?
It's WHAT? I am so reading this.
Cass - May 20, 2011 3:39:43 pm PDT #14824 of 28290
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
And reading anything by Richard Preston will totally freak you out if you think about it too much. There are bits of Hot Zone that I still have to quick skim through because they are so creepy.
Polter-Cow - May 20, 2011 4:41:43 pm PDT #14825 of 28290
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
When was the last time you read a vignette from the perspective of a virus ?
It's WHAT? I am so reading this.
To clarify, it's not first-person, but third-person, but it treats the virus like a character worth describing.
As her feathers swept through the air, they collected dust and pollen...and a few particles of Alpha-RC007. The hooks on the outside of the virus promptly latched onto the goose's wing, not aware, only reacting to the change in their environment. This was not a suitable host, and so the bulk of the virus remained inert, waiting, letting itself be carried along by its unwitting escort back down to the planet's surface.
Cass - May 20, 2011 10:08:08 pm PDT #14826 of 28290
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
To clarify, it's not first-person, but third-person, but it treats the virus like a character worth describing.
That is the best story ever. Basically 3rd person omni as a virus? I must own this. And read it. Over and over.
erin_obscure - May 20, 2011 10:35:01 pm PDT #14827 of 28290
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
A couple of the vignettes. Others deal with human types. The trilogy as a whole is fascinating in it's analysis of virology.
For now, hie thee to LJ. Sounds like they might get collected and published at some point but the author is still mum on those prospect.
Kathy A - May 21, 2011 4:32:43 am PDT #14828 of 28290
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The Coming Plague is a great book about all the scary diseases and why we're poorly equipped to deal with them.
What Ginger said. TCP is amazingly scary, and all true.
Consuela - May 21, 2011 9:07:38 am PDT #14829 of 28290
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read The Hot Zone many years ago, when I was working for the Army, and was scheduled to do a site visit at Fort Detrick.
... when I learned the visit had been scheduled, I put down the book and didn't go back to it until after I'd been there. Because I wouldn't have been able to force myself through the gates if I knew too much about what went on there.
Oh, and don't read The Hot Zone over lunch, either.
So yes, I knew about Marburg.
Thanks for the links, I'll follow them up!
sumi - May 21, 2011 9:46:32 am PDT #14830 of 28290
Art Crawl!!!
GRRM on lj talking ADWD and TWOW. He mentions POV characters that will or won't be in ADWD.