Wow, my editor just told me that William Sleator died.
Oh no! I really liked some of his books when I was a kid. And I know someone who was pen-pals with him for years.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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 - Aug 03, 2011 12:35:25 pm PDT #15846 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
megan walker - Aug 03, 2011 12:37:17 pm PDT #15847 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Wow, my editor just told me that William Sleator died.
How bizarre, I'd never heard of him, but I'm currently reading House of Stairs for my Disturbing Dystopias book salon.
Amy - Aug 03, 2011 12:39:53 pm PDT #15848 of 28293
Because books.
Oh, I loved House of Stairs! I read it in eighth grade and forgot only the title -- it was actually here someone helped me remember it. That's a shame.
Kate P. - Aug 03, 2011 12:41:58 pm PDT #15849 of 28293
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yeah, House of Stairs was another favorite of mine, and Interstellar Pig too. megan, what do you think of the book so far?
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2011 12:47:09 pm PDT #15850 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Interstellar Pig was great, and I really dug Others See Us and Singularity and, I think, Strange Attractors. I'm pretty sure that's where I first learned about tachyons.
megan walker - Aug 03, 2011 12:55:27 pm PDT #15851 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I like it, but there's what I presume is a spoiler on the back cover that I wish I hadn't seen. I'm a little over halfway into it.
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2011 1:02:06 pm PDT #15852 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Frickin' back covers! I try to avoid reading them if I know I'm going to read the book.
I'm still annoyed that the jacket blurb for The Lovely Bones spoiled THE CLIMAX OF THE BOOK.
Toddson - Aug 03, 2011 1:02:44 pm PDT #15853 of 28293
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
G.K. Chesterton wrote a poem about how everything is on the back of the cover.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 04, 2011 4:11:04 am PDT #15854 of 28293
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
House of Stairs was great. It definitely had a big impact on me as a kid, especially in the area of "the authorities may not have your best interests at heart".
hippocampus - Aug 04, 2011 5:20:42 pm PDT #15855 of 28293
not your mom's socks.
Has anyone toyed with The Mongoliad? They're up to 30-some chapters (if I read the TOC right) - that's a lot of catching up.