Sherwood Smith's Once a Princess for Kindle is free today.
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
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."
sumi - Sep 01, 2011 8:01:23 am PDT #16193 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 8:02:14 am PDT #16194 of 28282
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 28282
Art Crawl!!!
But do you have it on Kindle?
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 8:15:36 am PDT #16196 of 28282
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 28282
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 28282
"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 28282
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 28282
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.
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 5:27:06 pm PDT #16201 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The "Old Man" series is Scalzi, not Stross. I haven't read any Stross. I have read a couple of Scalzi's books, which are entertaining but lightweight.
hippocampus - Sep 01, 2011 5:45:30 pm PDT #16202 of 28282
not your mom's socks.
I think because I read Halting State first, before Accellerando I liked him better than I might otherwise. Granted, the brogue makes my eyes twitch.
Yah, Old Man series is Scalzi.