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.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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."
Kathy A - Aug 23, 2011 7:31:13 am PDT #16154 of 28287
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
erikaj - Aug 24, 2011 5:59:15 am PDT #16155 of 28287
Always Anti-fascist!
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 28287
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 28287
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 28287
"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 28287
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I loved that, zuisa!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2011 7:42:52 am PDT #16160 of 28287
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
They should film that story and show it every Chrstimas, most definitely including the Twilight quote somehow.
Jesse - Aug 25, 2011 7:43:30 am PDT #16161 of 28287
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good Stuff!
Amy - Aug 25, 2011 7:50:52 am PDT #16162 of 28287
Because books.
It's Banned Books Week, too, I think.
zuisa - Aug 25, 2011 8:00:44 am PDT #16163 of 28287
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I have always been so baffled by the censorship of books of any kind. I was reading constantly as a child - to the point where I had almost literally exhausted all the books in the children's section of my town's small library by the time I was about 10. The YA section was even more pathetic, I decided they were all not worth my time, and I moved straight on to the adult section.
The librarian almost dropped dead when my mother let me read "Firestarter" and "Carrie" when I was 12. They scared the hell out of me, but I've always been glad that no one told me I couldn't read them.
I realize that censoring books for their ideological content is different than censoring them for age-appropriateness, but I still just don't get it. I think my bottom line is that if you have been instilling XYZ values into a child their whole life and you think that one book which disagrees is going to undo everything you've ever taught them - you just didn't do a very good job.