Anyone want a bunch of coverless Piers Anthony paperbacks? We're clearing out my old room at my folks' house.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
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."
chrismg - Aug 27, 2011 9:53:47 am PDT #16191 of 28286
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Jessica - Aug 31, 2011 7:23:04 am PDT #16192 of 28286
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
sumi - Sep 01, 2011 8:01:23 am PDT #16193 of 28286
Art Crawl!!!
Sherwood Smith's Once a Princess for Kindle is free today.
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 8:02:14 am PDT #16194 of 28286
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Damn, I have that one already. I would like the sequel, though...
sumi - Sep 01, 2011 8:11:11 am PDT #16195 of 28286
Art Crawl!!!
But do you have it on Kindle?
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 8:15:36 am PDT #16196 of 28286
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
No, that's true.
Kathy A - Sep 01, 2011 8:15:44 am PDT #16197 of 28286
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
a meteorologist is fact-checking Laura Ingalls Wilder
I went to the first meeting of my fall library class last night--Reference in the Humanities. For our final project, we have to put together a report on a topic that covers multiple disciplines in what we're researching this semester (music, dance, religion/philosphy, art, TV, movies, literature, architecture), and seeing this post earlier in the day made me think about doing my final on Laura Ingalls Wilder. I can utilize the lit and TV aspects, throwing in the houses that are preserved or recreated and the museums they contain, and also use the CDs I have of the music from the books, which are really excellent recordings, btw. The teacher approved it when I mentioned it to him after class after I explained all the different aspects I can present.
So, thanks Jessica for reminding me of LIW!!
megan walker - Sep 01, 2011 3:54:23 pm PDT #16198 of 28286
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It may have been linked here before, but I am thoroughly enjoying Book-a-Minute Classics.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote: Chivalry demands I destroy that evil thing.
Sancho Panza: No, master. It is something ordinary and harmless.
Don Quixote: (falls down).
THE END
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Ancient Mariner: I am creepy and old. Listen to me.
Wedding Guest: I'm late, but I'll listen.
Ancient Mariner: I killed an albatross. Then everyone died.
THE END
Polter-Cow - Sep 01, 2011 4:00:16 pm PDT #16199 of 28286
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha, I do love those. Ooh, and here's one I can now appreciate.
If On a Winter's Night a Traveler
You think you're reading a condensation of If On a Winter's Night a Traveler, but you're not.
Typo Boy - Sep 01, 2011 4:48:34 pm PDT #16200 of 28286
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I've read more Stross than David. My reaction was never as sophisticated. It was just: "interesting idea. This book should get good any page now." Followed by "huh, it never got an better." Stross writes a fairly interesting blog. But his fiction bores me. That is based on the "Old Man" series and also "multi-world travel used to teach basic economics" series. So, different sample than Hec, same reaction.
And I love Banks, based on a huge sample. Have not read every single thing, but most of it.