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.
Jayne: Here's a little concept I been workin' on. Why don't we shoot her first? Wash: It is her turn.
'Serenity'
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."
dcp - Dec 06, 2006 5:49:21 pm PST #1642 of 28160
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
sumi - Dec 12, 2006 5:48:55 am PST #1643 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, new book in the Swordspoint-verse!
Jars - Dec 12, 2006 8:50:28 am PST #1644 of 28160
I'm finally reading books again, and it's wonderful. I've recently read We Need to Talk About Kevin, Life of Pi and the first Master and Commander book, and now I'm reading The Master by Colm Toibin. Oh reading not related to school, how I have missed you.
shrift - Dec 12, 2006 9:03:59 am PST #1645 of 28160
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My supervisor gave me one of those 40% off the price of one book coupons for Borders. Since my Christmas lists are at home and this is good for today only, I am probably going to use this on myself.
So. Read any fabulous books lately?
Aims - Dec 12, 2006 9:05:02 am PST #1646 of 28160
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm rereading the "Heaven" series by VC Andrews!
Oh, wait.
Nevermind.
Volans - Dec 12, 2006 9:07:54 am PST #1647 of 28160
move out and draw fire
I'm reading The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust, which so far is very cool. Not too many African diaspora books are laden with this kind of Star Wars/Star Trek/Alan Moore reference spice.
Plus, the chapter I just finished kicked off with a Tim Bayliss quote.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2006 9:20:08 am PST #1648 of 28160
Always Anti-fascist!
That's trippy, Raq.
Consuela - Dec 12, 2006 3:15:36 pm PST #1649 of 28160
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Shrift, it's probably too late, but I'd recommend The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner, which has fannish behavior, girls in tall boots and feather hats learning to fence, and a tormented gay male romance. Plus, sex. I enjoyed it lots, more than The Fall of Kings, which did little for me.
shrift - Dec 12, 2006 4:55:38 pm PST #1650 of 28160
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I did already go shopping, Consuela, but I'll never turn down a book rec. I'm getting a lot of reading done on the bus these days.
JoeCrow - Dec 12, 2006 7:07:10 pm PST #1651 of 28160
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
I liked The Fall of the Kings, but more in a "so that's what they were talking about way than a "that's wicked cool" way. Kinda like the Silmarillion, actually. The Privilege of the Sword, on the other hand, rocked hardcore. I can't wait till my daughter's old enough to read it.