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.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
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."
DebetEsse - Nov 21, 2011 3:27:26 pm PST #16896 of 28287
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Gris - Nov 21, 2011 3:28:57 pm PST #16897 of 28287
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 28287
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 28287
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 28287
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 28287
brillig
She had a good run.
Consuela - Nov 22, 2011 2:59:43 pm PST #16902 of 28287
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 28287
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.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2011 8:12:39 am PST #16904 of 28287
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Has anyone read Dante Valentine? I've gotten a recommendation from it, but it's from someone on whom I differ on The Vampire Diaries (she thinks it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, I think it's fun disposable entertainment), so I'm not sure where this might fall.
Amy - Nov 24, 2011 8:17:08 am PST #16905 of 28287
Because books.
The author's been kicking around the romance world for a while. Which is fine, but I'm not sure the writing is necessarily going to be your thing. That said, I've not read her, so take that with a grain of salt. You'd probably think the series was pretty similar to Vampire Diaries, in entertainment value.