Oh, awesome! Please let me know if that happens so I can tell Seanan.
P-C, looks like it will be happening :) two classes, one grad, one undergrad. hee.
So cool!!
Tell her she looked great at the Hugos.
I shall.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Polter-Cow - Aug 22, 2011 12:26:13 pm PDT #16150 of 28498
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
sumi - Aug 23, 2011 4:38:33 am PDT #16151 of 28498
Art Crawl!!!
A book about fonts - is this guy a buffista?
sumi - Aug 23, 2011 5:52:47 am PDT #16152 of 28498
Art Crawl!!!
Is 11 and up - YA or still children's?
I just discovered that Jane Smiley has been writing a series of horsy books for that age group. (The 3rd one is coming out next month.)
They are:
The Georges and the Jewels
A Good Horse
True Blue
I have to say that I love when Smiley writes horses - she is very good at it. (And it's so cool to have such a talented writer writing about something that I so much enjoy.)
Amy - Aug 23, 2011 6:02:45 am PDT #16153 of 28498
Because books.
Given the subject matter, they're probably middle grade books. I hadn't heard of them, though! I need to go look them up.
Kathy A - Aug 23, 2011 7:31:13 am PDT #16154 of 28498
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of Stross, I just started reading The Atrocity Archives on the plane back from my weekend trip. I didn't get started until late in the flight (sat next to a really interesting retired Navy guy who told me fascinating stories and recommended some good books), but I am planning on getting back to the book soon, after I finish my mom's Xmas present.
erikaj - Aug 24, 2011 5:59:15 am PDT #16155 of 28498
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I am so sad. My copy of Fortress of Solitude split down the middle. I have re-read it many times, but, still, I hate to see that. That is what an e-reader would be nice for. But I have to admit to liking to touch and smell paper books. Also, my habit of eating and reading would be a disaster there, not just sloppy. Although I should be mad at that book, as I love it so much, I bought at least two other Lethems that were nowhere near as good.
Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2011 2:16:37 pm PDT #16156 of 28498
brillig
Also, my habit of eating and reading would be a disaster there, not just sloppy.
Well, with the screen protector on, it's much easier to wipe off the dripped cheese sauce from the nachos from the nook's screen than from a book's page.
zuisa - Aug 25, 2011 7:21:56 am PDT #16157 of 28498
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Has anyone else seen this? It's a few years old but I saw it linked on Tumblr today.
First of all I can't believe there are still schools banning those books, but running an illegal library out of your locker? That is one kick-ass kid.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2011 7:29:02 am PDT #16158 of 28498
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My favorite part?
Twilight is banned also, but I don't want that polluting my library.
Strix - Aug 25, 2011 7:29:32 am PDT #16159 of 28498
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I loved that, zuisa!