I'm on an Amelia Peabody reading binge myself, for which I blame thank Jilli.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2011 8:29:50 am PDT #16124 of 28288
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Consuela - Aug 21, 2011 8:39:51 am PDT #16125 of 28288
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I liked Zoo City but I thought it ended too abruptly.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2011 8:44:08 am PDT #16126 of 28288
brillig
I'm reading The Leper of St. Giles, though I may pop over and read some of The Woman in White as well. Yay, my nook.
hippocampus - Aug 21, 2011 9:10:57 am PDT #16127 of 28288
not your mom's socks.
Well, today, I'm going to read Lauren Beukes.
I liked Zoo City a lot PC.
And I need to fill in some holes in my Connie Willis collection.
-t - Aug 21, 2011 9:13:19 am PDT #16128 of 28288
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I only read excerpts of Zoo City, I should finish it.
Volans - Aug 21, 2011 1:19:50 pm PDT #16129 of 28288
move out and draw fire
Especially when he's not pointing out how spicy his brain is.
Which is when he's totally asleep?
My work is going to sponsor a Sigma event next year, and ask the participating authors for SF stories built around issues the US government needs to be thinking about or start thinking about.
We put the request to Sigma, and whichever members want to participate do so, but we can also request other hard SF authors for the project. I'm on the panel to pick these authors, and right now my suggestions are:
- Paolo Bacigalupi
- William Gibson
- Charles Stross
Any others?
DavidS - Aug 21, 2011 1:46:13 pm PDT #16130 of 28288
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Any others?
Bruce Sterling. He's been one of the most prescient and interesting writers about corporate cultures and tech going forward.
Iain Banks?
Volans - Aug 21, 2011 2:59:13 pm PDT #16131 of 28288
move out and draw fire
Sterling always participates. So yeah.
Sox suggested Banks as well...guess I should read some of his stuff?
hippocampus - Aug 21, 2011 3:01:19 pm PDT #16132 of 28288
not your mom's socks.
And Ian McDonald too.
Ginger - Aug 21, 2011 3:18:09 pm PDT #16133 of 28288
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What about Vernor Vinge? He was a math professor and computer pioneer who has written about the future of society and artificial intelligence.