P.D. James' Death Comes to Pemberley is out.
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
sumi - Dec 06, 2011 11:39:58 am PST #17002 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
Burrell - Dec 06, 2011 12:33:18 pm PST #17003 of 28282
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I had no idea, sumi. Now. Want.
Ginger - Dec 06, 2011 12:37:28 pm PST #17004 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I just read her Talking About Detective Fiction, which is mostly about Golden Age authors, but talks about her view of the necessary elements of a mystery.
§ ita § - Dec 06, 2011 4:39:22 pm PST #17005 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is a totally fascinating effort--a teenager's investigation into published authors and symbolism.
Amy - Dec 06, 2011 4:59:00 pm PST #17006 of 28282
Because books.
I love Ray Bradbury's response. And I love seeing who scrawled across the page, who typed on the page, and who typed a whole new letter.
Atropa - Dec 06, 2011 5:32:07 pm PST #17007 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I love Ray Bradbury's response.
That sentence should just be the answer to everything.
§ ita § - Dec 06, 2011 5:38:54 pm PST #17008 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Bradbury and Ellison were my favourites.
Amy - Dec 06, 2011 5:46:25 pm PST #17009 of 28282
Because books.
That sentence should just be the answer to everything.
I'm so tired, I thought for a minute about which sentence you really liked.
Ayn Rand seems like a prickly bitch. Shocker.
Burrell - Dec 06, 2011 8:05:06 pm PST #17010 of 28282
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
"I trust my subconscious implicitly. It is my good pet."
That may be my new tag line.
Tom Scola - Dec 07, 2011 8:45:24 am PST #17011 of 28282
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
A history of descriptivism vs proscriptivism: [link]