Yay, new Vorkosigan! Is it the long-awaited Ivan novel? Because Ivan totally needs a book to himself, in which he gets swept off his feet by
me some Galactic hottie.
Buckle up, kids! Daddy's puttin' the hammer down.
Spike ,'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."
Consuela - Nov 29, 2006 3:13:40 pm PST #1603 of 28160
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
meara - Nov 29, 2006 3:13:57 pm PST #1604 of 28160
I did read Sharing Knife--I was a little annoyed by the ending, cause it was very "OK, and now on to the next book!" and didn't feel particularily wrapped up, if you will. But I enjoyed it, a little more than the Hallowed Hunt ones, I think, though it felt...lighter? more fluffy (though the subject matter wasn't, especially)?
Haven't read the new Elliot--can anyone say, is it more like her Jaran books, or more like her other series? Cause I tried to get into the other one, and just couldn't.
sumi - Nov 29, 2006 4:32:57 pm PST #1605 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
I haven't read either (yet).
I loved the first book of the Crown of Stars series - - but the rest didn't quite live up to it. (I'm not done yet.) I think I liked the dogs. . .
I need to reread the Jaran series. It's been forever.
Connie Neil - Nov 29, 2006 4:38:19 pm PST #1606 of 28160
brillig
I loved the first book of the Crown of Stars series
I read several volumes of that series but stopped when the guy who had the power over the dogs had too many bad things happen to him for my taste.
I loved the theory of the division of government and religion by gender, though.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2006 4:43:21 pm PST #1607 of 28160
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anyone hear reading the Wheel of Time series? I used to be getting it from the library, but I don't remember where I stopped (and synopses don't help).
Is it done? What happened?
Connie Neil - Nov 29, 2006 4:44:20 pm PST #1608 of 28160
brillig
Is it done? What happened?
Is it worth reading?
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2006 4:45:55 pm PST #1609 of 28160
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, absolutely not. Too many words. Too much braid-pulling and genders not able to have actual conversations with the other.
That is to say, I know people who were enjoying it back in the day, not shamefully hooked like myself. I just couldn't recommend it in good conscience.
Connie Neil - Nov 29, 2006 4:47:38 pm PST #1610 of 28160
brillig
I just couldn't recommend it in good conscience.
I tried to get into it a couple of times, but I seem to have lost my taste for fantasies that require cheat sheets to keep track of things.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2006 5:12:23 pm PST #1611 of 28160
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It seemed to be one of those works that needed details to understand while you're in the trenches reading, but any given book could be summed up in a few sentences, and the series to date in fewer.
sumi - Nov 29, 2006 5:13:15 pm PST #1612 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
Umm, I think it's still on-going. I can't say when I gave up on it but there are something like 11 books in the series so far.