If you like books about dealing with a multi-cultural city, go for Men at Arms. If you're more interested in the Power of Story and how it can warp people's lives (and be warped by them), try Witches Abroad.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
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."
Consuela - Nov 21, 2011 3:24:36 pm PST #16894 of 28286
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Gris - Nov 21, 2011 3:25:11 pm PST #16895 of 28286
Hey. New board.
The books are all $7.99 each on Kindle. You know, I tend to love the Kindle, but that is an excessive price for such a long-running, older series. I could almost certainly pick up many of the books at decent used book stores for $2-$3 each.
DebetEsse - Nov 21, 2011 3:27:26 pm PST #16896 of 28286
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I started with Fifth Elephant. Then went back and started at the beginning. I'm sure I missed things the first time, but it got me hooked.
I was underwhelmed with the Hitchhiker book. Even the sense of humor was off.
Gris - Nov 21, 2011 3:28:57 pm PST #16897 of 28286
Hey. New board.
Yeah, I'm not expecting to love it, but I just finished a re-read of the originals about two weeks ago, so the time is right. And I actually quite liked Artemis Fowl, so I'm not opposed to Eoin Colfer at all.
Consuela - Nov 21, 2011 5:28:34 pm PST #16898 of 28286
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I could almost certainly pick up many of the books at decent used book stores for $2-$3 each.
Oh, sure. I would recommend that. And you know, I rather expect Pratchett to be in print for some time. You shouldn't have trouble finding them used.
Connie Neil - Nov 21, 2011 5:32:20 pm PST #16899 of 28286
brillig
I vote for Men at Arms, as I adore the Watch. I myself haven't even read the first Watch book because I can never find it in the library.
hippocampus - Nov 22, 2011 11:40:12 am PST #16900 of 28286
not your mom's socks.
Twitter's reporting that Anne McCaffrey has passed away.
Connie Neil - Nov 22, 2011 11:54:45 am PST #16901 of 28286
brillig
She had a good run.
Consuela - Nov 22, 2011 2:59:43 pm PST #16902 of 28286
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, pretty much. She was a huge influence on a lot of people, even if a lot of us aged out (and society progressed rather faster than even she expected).
Amy - Nov 23, 2011 7:33:05 am PST #16903 of 28286
Because books.
My mom is now reading The Hunger Games. She finished the first book, and actually made my dad come out in the rain last night to get Catching Fire. Heh.