Twitter's reporting that Anne McCaffrey has passed away.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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."
hippocampus - Nov 22, 2011 11:40:12 am PST #16900 of 28287
not your mom's socks.
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.
sj - Nov 24, 2011 8:23:23 am PST #16906 of 28287
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I think Deena recommended that author to me at one point, but I haven't read them myself.
P.M. Marc - Nov 24, 2011 9:44:07 am PST #16907 of 28287
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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.
I high-five your mom.
Oh! Hey! Guess what I bought for my Kindle yesterday, Amy, and then was REALLY GLAD I HAD when I got stuck in the world's longest pedicure wait (mmm, prunetoes). Yes, I now have Cold Kiss in book AND electronic format.
Amy - Nov 24, 2011 9:53:32 am PST #16908 of 28287
Because books.
Aw! Yay!
Not the prunetoes, though.
Atropa - Nov 24, 2011 9:54:20 am PST #16909 of 28287
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Has anyone read Dante Valentine?
I read them. They're fun but I didn't feel the need to keep the books, y'know? Also, it is NOTHING like Vampire Diaries. The Dante Valentine series has more in common with the Kim Harrison books, with some SF thrown in. The worldbuilding is fun, but the characters didn't set up house in my brain.