Somehow it hadn't occurred to me that all of E. Nesbit would be in the public domain. Also, I see that all of poor H. Beam Piper is available. He wasn't around to renew the copyright, and I suppose he had no heirs.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Ginger - Aug 15, 2011 5:14:13 pm PDT #16055 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 5:26:39 pm PDT #16056 of 28293
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nook! Nook!
Wahhhh.... I too have the apps for my everything--PC, Mac, phone, tablet, but reading on the Nook is the best experience.. Points to them.
DavidS - Aug 15, 2011 5:27:56 pm PDT #16057 of 28293
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, I see that all of poor H. Beam Piper is available.
Awww, I'm pretty sure I'm the only other person here who knows that name, though DXM might.
Ginger - Aug 15, 2011 5:29:49 pm PDT #16058 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Little Fuzzy! And my favorite, Four-Day Planet.
Consuela - Aug 15, 2011 5:31:38 pm PDT #16059 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Piffle, David! I read tons of Piper when I was younger.
And he's getting some new attention, because Little Fuzzy got rebooted by John Scalzi this year. Paid for fanfiction!
-t - Aug 15, 2011 5:37:02 pm PDT #16060 of 28293
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read a bunch of Piper ages ago. And I remember some of it, which is the more surprising part for me.
dcp - Aug 15, 2011 5:43:00 pm PDT #16061 of 28293
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I'm a fan. I think I've read the full catalog, but it was quite a while ago.
Just finished John Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation, not sure what I think of it. We'll see how it holds up to re-reading.
Fuzzy Bones, by William Tuning, I liked a lot.
DavidS - Aug 15, 2011 5:45:23 pm PDT #16062 of 28293
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I sit corrected. I should never have doubted the depth of our science fiction nerdlydom, O Buffistae.
Liese S. - Aug 15, 2011 6:11:06 pm PDT #16063 of 28293
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I second ita !'s opinion on the nook reading experience. It is primo. But I like the nook app on my pc and phone because sometimes the Nook is over there.
Amy - Aug 15, 2011 6:14:17 pm PDT #16064 of 28293
Because books.
I'm leaning toward the Nook when I buy because it supports all platforms, right? It's more versatile than the Kindle?