I think that Wheel of Time is more like what would happen if The Lord of the Rings were set in Sweet Valley High.
Which is occasionally funny! But not on purpose.
All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
Nutty - Nov 30, 2006 8:18:31 am PST #1623 of 28160
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2006 8:23:15 am PST #1624 of 28160
brillig
t holds her matched LOTR set close
They don't understand, my precious, no, they don't, you're nothing like those other books, no, not at all. They're all cribbing off of you, sssss.
sumi - Nov 30, 2006 9:28:55 am PST #1625 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
The Wheel of Time: making the Lord of the Rings look short for the past two decades.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2006 1:54:26 pm PST #1626 of 28160
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, thanks for pointing out the wikipedia entry! God bless geeks and those who remember where geeks post.
sumi - Nov 30, 2006 8:23:40 pm PST #1627 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
I have discovered that my local library has BOTH the new Elliott and the new Bujold. I must go there this weekend and pay down my ginormous fines and put holds on books.
Aims - Nov 30, 2006 9:00:06 pm PST #1628 of 28160
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, for those Shel Silverstein fans: Em got "Runny Babbit" for her birthday and ohmigawd. Joe and I were reading it tonight and we had tears running down our faces. It's so very good.
askye - Dec 05, 2006 8:17:46 am PST #1629 of 28160
Thrive to spite them
I'm late to the game, I just finished His Majesty's Dragon. WOW! That is an amazing book, I nearly ran over my lunch break I was reading the excerpt of Throne of Jade. Now I'm torn -- do I run out and buy it after work or wait and add these books to the top of my Christmas list.
beth b - Dec 05, 2006 10:25:43 am PST #1630 of 28160
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
the second one went a little slower than the first ( but the third picked up )> Not sure if that helps or not
askye - Dec 05, 2006 10:58:24 am PST #1631 of 28160
Thrive to spite them
That may help, although as exciting as the battles are I really like the relationship between Laurence and Temeraire.
Is it just three books or is she planning on writing more?
Dana - Dec 05, 2006 11:01:44 am PST #1632 of 28160
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
She just posted in her LJ about possible release dates for book four and five. Fall 2007 and spring 2008.