Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.

'Origin'


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."


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.


Polter-Cow - Dec 06, 2006 12:17:53 pm PST #1638 of 28160
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm looking for this book I saw once that's basically about the fifty or hundred best-by-some-definition places in the world, like the destinations on the planet you should visit before you die. We're doing a Secret Santa thing at work, and the co-worker I drew is really into traveling.


megan walker - Dec 06, 2006 12:24:19 pm PST #1639 of 28160
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I'm looking for this book I saw once that's basically about the fifty or hundred best-by-some-definition places in the world, like the destinations on the planet you should visit before you die. We're doing a Secret Santa thing at work, and the co-worker I drew is really into traveling.

I believe it's in fact called 1000 Places to See Before You Die.


Polter-Cow - Dec 06, 2006 12:26:45 pm PST #1640 of 28160
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

A thousand! Thank you!


Gris - Dec 06, 2006 3:50:38 pm PST #1641 of 28160
Hey. New board.

Diane Duane is one of my favorite authors. I still wish her Wizard series had caught on instead of Harry Potter.

She did write at least 6 of them. It's not like they're commercial failures or anything.

I love them too, though I definitely don't think they have the same popular readability as the HP books. Less quirky humor, more magically technical. Which I think may be a phrase I made up just for this.