A quote for the day: "Come on, we have a library to open before we can overthrow the government."
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
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."
Toddson - Jul 26, 2011 8:33:02 am PDT #15754 of 28297
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
DavidS - Jul 26, 2011 8:39:09 am PDT #15755 of 28297
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jim Dale's Luna voice sounds so WRONG.
So true. It's really my only gripe with Jim Dale's performance. But then again, I like Evanna Lynch's Luna better than the book Luna too.
On the plus side, Jim Dale's Prof. Sprout is way funnier which is why Emmett and I pronounce "Bubo Tubers" the way we do.
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 8:44:38 am PDT #15756 of 28297
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's really my only gripe with Jim Dale's performance.
I think he took "spacey" and "dreamy" to mean "sounds like Trelawney."
Hagrid just his first appearance in this book, though, which reminded me how perfect his Hagrid is.
He does do a good Umbridge. I loved the moment in the Hog's Head when Hermione is pitching the secret DADA lessons and Ginny does an Umbridge impression. I actually thought it was Umbridge and was like OH SHIT. With just a "Hem, hem!" Dale got to me.
sumi - Jul 26, 2011 9:10:39 am PDT #15757 of 28297
Art Crawl!!!
B&N has Warriors the collection that includes GRRM's "Mystery Knight" on sale for $5.38 for the hardcover.
"Mystery Knight" is the 3rd Dunk & Egg story and the Dunk and Egg stories are very enjoyable.
-t - Jul 26, 2011 9:23:42 am PDT #15758 of 28297
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Damn, I just bought that for much, much more! Well, not really "just", but still.
sumi - Jul 26, 2011 9:43:12 am PDT #15759 of 28297
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, I bought a kindle edition for probably more than that.
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 11:27:07 am PDT #15760 of 28297
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In praise of Joanne Rowling’s Hermione Granger series:
And what a show it is. In Hermione, Joanne Rowling undermines all of the cliches that we have come to expect in our mythic heroes. It's easy to imagine Hermione's origin story as some warmed-over Star Wars claptrap, with tragically missing parents and unsatisfying parental substitutes and a realization that she belongs to a hidden order, with wondrous (and unsettlingly genetic) gifts. But, no: Hermione’s normal parents are her normal parents. She just so happens to be gifted. Being special, Rowling tells us, isn't about where you come from; it's about what you can do, if you put your mind to it. And what Hermione can do, when she puts her mind to it, is magic.
sumi - Jul 26, 2011 11:38:58 am PDT #15761 of 28297
Art Crawl!!!
Loads of out of print science fiction books are going to be released as ebooks. (Pardon me if this has been posted before.) Article includes a link to a list of the books being rereleased.
Strix - Jul 26, 2011 11:47:31 am PDT #15762 of 28297
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Woo! Thanks for that link, sumi!
Upon re-read, and having read the sequel, Deadline, Feed by Mira Grant def stands up and rocks the house. I think it's my favorite new series. I like the October Daye series she write under her own name (Seanan McGuire) but the Newsflesh series really plays successfully with a tons of current ideas.
I really, really love it. Total recommend.
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 11:51:19 am PDT #15763 of 28297
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
She gave a copy to James Gunn at Comic-Con. Let's hope he wants to turn it into a wildly successful movie franchise!
I gave Rosemary and Rue to Amy Acker last year at WonderCon. Maybe it will fall into Joss's hands.