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!
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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 - Aug 15, 2011 5:31:38 pm PDT #16059 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
-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?
Dana - Aug 15, 2011 6:29:49 pm PDT #16065 of 28293
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Calibre is a freeware app that converts formats, so I download stuff in .epub or whatever and just convert it to .mobi.
meara - Aug 15, 2011 6:37:35 pm PDT #16066 of 28293
Yeah, I am with Dana and convert stuff to read on the kindle. I did read on the kindle app on my phone for a while, before I bought it, but now I pretty much only read on the kindle.
The Nook is probably better right now because you can borrow from libraries. I haven't actually tried one, but we got my mom one for Christmas.
§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 7:07:03 pm PDT #16067 of 28293
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Borrowing from libraries without getting off your slack ass and not having to worry about when to return? God, it's like magic.
Connie Neil - Aug 15, 2011 7:20:00 pm PDT #16068 of 28293
brillig
I adore my nook, though I think my reading time is throwing off the battery charge predictions--what, I can't read for four hours straight for three days in a row on one charge?