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.
I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.
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."
Aims - Nov 30, 2006 9:00:06 pm PST #1628 of 28160
Shit's all sorts of different now.
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.
Gris - Dec 05, 2006 4:45:48 pm PST #1633 of 28160
Hey. New board.
Kavalier and Clay may be the best book EVER. I liked it muchly, did I.
Nutty - Dec 05, 2006 5:05:08 pm PST #1634 of 28160
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I happened to be in the middle of that book when it won a Pulitzer, so I spent several moment patting myself on the back for my good taste, and in general, I agree with you.
Consuela - Dec 05, 2006 7:09:42 pm PST #1635 of 28160
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
If anyone cares, Diane Duane's final Rihannsu novel (ST: TOS) was published last month. It's fun. So far I don't love it as much as My Enemy, My Ally, but, well, that's a pretty high standard.
dcp - Dec 06, 2006 4:52:22 am PST #1636 of 28160
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I care! Diane Duane is one of my favorite authors. I still wish her Wizard series had caught on instead of Harry Potter.
Thanks for the notice. I had given up on ever seeing that series completed.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2006 8:14:04 am PST #1637 of 28160
brillig
I've never heard of the author Will Self, but after reading this story about his stroll from Kennedy Airport into Midtown Manhattan [link] I may just have to read his books.