Sterling always participates. So yeah.
Sox suggested Banks as well...guess I should read some of his stuff?
Kaylee: Captain seem a little funny to you at breakfast this morning? Wash: Come on, Kaylee. We all know I'm the funny one.
'Heart Of Gold'
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."
Volans - Aug 21, 2011 2:59:13 pm PDT #16131 of 28333
move out and draw fire
hippocampus - Aug 21, 2011 3:01:19 pm PDT #16132 of 28333
not your mom's socks.
And Ian McDonald too.
Ginger - Aug 21, 2011 3:18:09 pm PDT #16133 of 28333
"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.
Jessica - Aug 21, 2011 3:57:21 pm PDT #16134 of 28333
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Alastair Reynolds!
DavidS - Aug 21, 2011 3:57:23 pm PDT #16135 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sox suggested Banks as well...guess I should read some of his stuff?
Well, whatever you like about Stross he's copying from Banks, but not as well.
Toddson - Aug 22, 2011 8:02:04 am PDT #16136 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A book for Jilli. The cover's lovely.
And, Jilli, I hope you enjoy the book I sent more than I did. It just didn't ping me like I thought it would.
hippocampus - Aug 22, 2011 8:13:30 am PDT #16137 of 28333
not your mom's socks.
Well, whatever you like about Stross he's copying from Banks, but not as well.
In what ways, David?
Strega - Aug 22, 2011 8:50:18 am PDT #16138 of 28333
The cover's lovely.
The blurb made my head explode. Boom. Now I'm dead.
Avenge me!
Atropa - Aug 22, 2011 9:09:30 am PDT #16139 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
A book for Jilli. The cover's lovely.
The cover is pretty.
The blurb made my head explode. Boom. Now I'm dead.
Yeeeeaaah. IIRC, I looked at a copy in Powell's, went "oh the fuck no", and put it down. I have ... issues with overly-romance-trope takes on Dracula. (Yes, even tho' I like the Coppola movie version.)
Avenge me!
From beyond the grave, hon. I will.
And, Jilli, I hope you enjoy the book I sent more than I did. It just didn't ping me like I thought it would.
It looks like fun! And it will probably be my bathtime reading tonight. And the coffee mug! Eeeee! That has become my new favorite mug. (Toddson sent me a pink mug with black lettering that says Nevermind Princess, I want to be a VAMPIRE.)
Toddson - Aug 22, 2011 9:17:06 am PDT #16140 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I saw that mug and knew you had to have it. Then it sat for about a month waiting for me to get off my ass and send it.
The book ... I don't know if I wasn't in the right mood, but it just wasn't what I wanted. But the second book's out now - saw it in the store last week.