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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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hippocampus - Sep 21, 2011 4:15:48 am PDT #16422 of 28388
not your mom's socks.

Jessica - I second the plot love and same for the pacing. I have a ridiculous, cartoony passion for the landing of the robots at the final battle and think he handled the movie-game concept and the dual-wage corporate setup well. The details won me over.

You know, I'm pretty neutral on the main character. I've met him, or someone a lot like him. That doesn't mean he was likeable, and I think his judgement calls were stereotypical. But I got all into the puzzle-solving and probably will read it again for the characters.

A hangup was Art3mis - specifically the fact that her character shifted to 'love interest, second class' when she seemed to have the potential to be so much more complicated. There were a number of places where things could have opened up dramatically and character-wise, and wrenches could have been thrown, but the safe plot option seemed to win out. I wished several times that he didn't need to overexplain everything. .

ETA: DaVinci Code for Nerds. HA. DH wins.

Jessica - Sep 21, 2011 4:39:54 am PDT #16423 of 28388
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I've met him, or someone a lot like him.

Heh, so have I. And I think he's an asshole.

I didn't like how Art3mis was handled in the end either. Because I had been thinking that it was cool how she rejected her position in the book as love interest/supporting character and just went off and did her own thing, but then it turns out that she...has a birthmark? She went from "thinks Parvical is as much of a waste of time as I do" from "wants to be the love interest but thinks she's not pretty enough" Blech.

Wow, I'm surprised at how angry that book is still making me.

hippocampus - Sep 21, 2011 5:00:32 am PDT #16424 of 28388
not your mom's socks.

Heh, so have I. And I think he's an asshole.

good thing there's no one here, or they would have jumped at how loud my laugh just was.

le nubian - Sep 21, 2011 5:24:12 am PDT #16425 of 28388
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Sox,

I got the ebook sample of reamde. I have not finished it yet, but I might buy the whole thing if I like the sample.

hippocampus - Sep 21, 2011 5:27:39 am PDT #16426 of 28388
not your mom's socks.

I got the ebook sample of reamde. I have not finished it yet, but I might buy the whole thing if I like the sample.

Is that the first chapter?

le nubian - Sep 21, 2011 5:36:12 am PDT #16427 of 28388
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

looks like it is through Day 0

hippocampus - Sep 21, 2011 5:43:46 am PDT #16428 of 28388
not your mom's socks.

looks like it is through Day 0

Once you're past the diner scene, let me know if you had the same reaction to the re-p0wning of a concept from Google that I did. Had me chuckling. Metahumor.

hippocampus - Sep 21, 2011 5:51:02 am PDT #16429 of 28388
not your mom's socks.

Job listing for Orbit Books: [link]

Strix - Sep 21, 2011 6:14:20 am PDT #16430 of 28388
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I live in NYC. Through my computer.

That's good enough, right?

Le sigh.

sumi - Sep 21, 2011 9:14:28 am PDT #16431 of 28388
Art Crawl!!!

Got Cold Kiss on kindle - read it all last night. Loved it.

Excellent job, Amy.

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