Kavalier and Clay may be the best book EVER. I liked it muchly, did I.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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."
Gris - Dec 05, 2006 4:45:48 pm PST #1633 of 28200
Hey. New board.
Nutty - Dec 05, 2006 5:05:08 pm PST #1634 of 28200
"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 28200
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 28200
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 28200
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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 28200
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 28200
"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 28200
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 28200
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.
dcp - Dec 06, 2006 5:49:21 pm PST #1642 of 28200
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Yes, well, I like Duane's characters and the worlds she builds, and I dislike Rowling's. I keep reading the Harry Potter books as they come out to see if I can catch on to why everyone else seems to like them so much, and I keep ending up disappointed, sour, and grouchy. My usual cure is to go re-read Stalky & Co.