For Anderson "The Merman's Children" Anderson at his best.
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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."
Typo Boy - Dec 21, 2011 2:33:35 pm PST #17138 of 28289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Typo Boy - Dec 21, 2011 2:36:24 pm PST #17139 of 28289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
L Sprague de Camp's "Lest darkness fall". Main character kind of a dick, but still very entertaining. Oh and more famous the whole series he wrote (with Fletcher Pratt) about a psycniatrist who ends up in a series of adventure in alternate worlds, and becomes a damn good magician (in multiple senses of the word "good")
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2011 7:31:19 pm PST #17140 of 28289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are we not supposed to enjoy Asimov? That's a bunch of poo. I like reading him, sure. Tickles the thinky mathy parts of my brain.
DavidS - Dec 21, 2011 7:51:10 pm PST #17141 of 28289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Are we not supposed to enjoy Asimov?
I was just asking if people did. And some people do.
Gleaned from the comments of Mark Reads:
You can pull up Google Maps and ask for the Walking directions from "The Shire" to "Mordor."
You get a special warning.
meara - Dec 21, 2011 8:06:28 pm PST #17142 of 28289
It tried to direct me from someplace in Chehalis to Mordor Tattoo in Oregon.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2011 8:17:02 pm PST #17143 of 28289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But does it give you the warning beforehand? I got one.
Does anybody really like reading Asimov?
I got a tinge of disbelief in that question. You didn't intend any with your word choice?
Cass - Dec 21, 2011 8:17:24 pm PST #17144 of 28289
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
to Mordor Tattoo in Oregon
Clearly they do not encourage walk ins.
Cass - Dec 21, 2011 8:21:52 pm PST #17145 of 28289
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I got a tinge of disbelief in that question.
Saying he was a shitty writer with weak characterization and would recommend him gave me that sense too.
Books are very subjective things.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2011 4:09:39 am PST #17146 of 28289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I got a tinge of disbelief in that question. You didn't intend any with your word choice?
Oh absolutely intended. I think he's vastly overrated.
But people did say they enjoyed reading him and I don't think they're lying or deluded. So I got my answer despite my leading question.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2011 7:26:11 am PST #17147 of 28289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Then my question stands--I reacted as if you thought we weren't supposed to enjoy him, and I was quite surprised at that. Was your initial thought that he was coasting on juvenile attention? Or something else?