Thinking about it, I'm wondering what the metaphorical function of a prophecy is. It's not just a narrative trope, but stands for The Knowledge Whose Meaning Is Just Out of Grasp. In a way it's sort of crystalizing the narrative process which is driven by What Happens Next. The prophecy is sort of the plot development just over the horizon.
Zombies! Hyena people! Snyder!
Student ,'Touched'
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."
DavidS - Aug 05, 2011 11:06:33 am PDT #15863 of 28293
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ginger - Aug 05, 2011 5:02:12 pm PDT #15864 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Terrance Rafferty, who does a terrible job of writing about sf in the NY Times, writes about the state of zombie literature [link] I don't think he read the right books, which is par for the course.
Also, everyone knows zombies arose in response to Fox News.
Gris - Aug 06, 2011 4:48:12 am PDT #15865 of 28293
Hey. New board.
My friend's book is in that! That being The Reapers are the Angels.
zuisa - Aug 06, 2011 12:03:21 pm PDT #15866 of 28293
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Before I went to go work on the ship, my friend gave me her copy of A Soldier of the Great War to borrow, as I'd liked Winter's Tale so much. I didn't have a lot of time to read on the ship, and it was a LOT of book to get through, so it didn't become a top priority.
I finally finished it! I didn't love it quite as much as I loved Winter's Tale, but wow, Mark Helprin can certainly tell a story.
Has anyone else read it?
Volans - Aug 08, 2011 5:09:37 am PDT #15867 of 28293
move out and draw fire
Also, everyone knows zombies arose in response to Fox News.
I hadn't really thought about it like that, but you're right!
sumi - Aug 08, 2011 1:13:19 pm PDT #15868 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!
Real life places that inspired literary classics.
Steph L. - Aug 08, 2011 1:17:46 pm PDT #15869 of 28293
I look more rad than Lutheranism
That's cool! I admit, though, that I was hoping for a real-life Manderley.
Polter-Cow - Aug 08, 2011 1:25:36 pm PDT #15870 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wow, the end of OOTP is such a clusterfuck. It's like ten pages of Dumbledore saying HOLY SHIT I FUCKED UP I'M SORRY DUDE.
Consuela - Aug 08, 2011 1:30:27 pm PDT #15871 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
like ten pages of Dumbledore saying HOLY SHIT I FUCKED UP I'M SORRY DUDE.
Which would be more meaningful in retrospect if he didn't just continue on with the information-withholding and failure to trust Harry with his plans and ideas for the next year.
Aims - Aug 08, 2011 1:35:19 pm PDT #15872 of 28293
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I kind of look at Dumbledore's failure to tell Harry anything the same way I look at Gandalf just not summoning the eagles to fly Frodo over to Mount Doom, drop the ring, and get home in time for tea. It sucks for the character, but it's the catalyst for the series.