Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.

'Serenity'


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."


Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2011 11:19:40 am PDT #15321 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

PC indicated that there was some kind of twist that would make it work.

I wasn't sure what, specifically, your objection was at the time, so I was referring to something else. I don't recall the specifics of how this objection is addressed, but I hope it's explained satisfactorily enough not to hinder your enjoyment!

As far as fully grown clones go, memories or no memories, it sounds like they were able to grow Kelly's clone pretty quickly. Full-body cloning appears to be fairly routine over at the CDC.


megan walker - Jun 16, 2011 11:42:44 am PDT #15322 of 28333
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I'm working on another book salon list. Does anyone have suggestions for fiction that is about travel? (I do not need non-fiction suggestions.)

Here's what I have so far:
The Aeneid (Virgil)
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
The Beach (Alex Garland)
Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
The Odyssey (Homer)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
Travels with My Aunt (Graham Greene)


DavidS - Jun 16, 2011 11:56:07 am PDT #15323 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Last Letters From Hav by Jan Morris.


Fred Pete - Jun 16, 2011 12:03:24 pm PDT #15324 of 28333
Ann, that's a ferret.

Half of The Stand is about travel. There's also Watership Down. Just off the top of my head.


hippocampus - Jun 16, 2011 12:11:19 pm PDT #15325 of 28333
not your mom's socks.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Lord of The Rings

A River Sutra by Gita Mehta

The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett

Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett

Canterbury Tales


smonster - Jun 16, 2011 12:12:33 pm PDT #15326 of 28333
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Passage to India or Room with a View by E.M. Forster


Hil R. - Jun 16, 2011 12:20:38 pm PDT #15327 of 28333
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Life of Pi. A lot of Grapes of Wrath is about traveling. The Ghost of Hannah Mendes by Naomi Ragen.


Laga - Jun 16, 2011 12:38:44 pm PDT #15328 of 28333
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Travels with Charley


Consuela - Jun 16, 2011 12:43:18 pm PDT #15329 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Fortunes of War by Olivia Manning (it's also known as "The Balkans Trilogy").


Typo Boy - Jun 16, 2011 12:45:45 pm PDT #15330 of 28333
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

The Hobbit.
Decameron
Don Quixote or any of the classic "Picaro" tales that were its ancestors.

Till Eulenspiegel though I have to admit my reaction to a lot of the stories was "people thought that was funny? Boiling dogs alive, shitting in public bath houses? Really?" But I guess in an era when public executions, and public floggings were considered entertainment .... And trickster stories traditionally included a lot of very rough humor, so...