Liar is a good story, but also evidence of a very period specific view of women.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
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 23, 2011 11:03:00 am PST #17218 of 28282
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.
Polter-Cow - Dec 23, 2011 11:03:59 am PST #17219 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I really like "Liar," of the stories in I, Robot.
"Robbie" was kind of adorable. I'm in the middle of "Runaway," and it's amusing.
Gris - Dec 23, 2011 11:10:24 am PST #17220 of 28282
Hey. New board.
Liar is a good story, but also evidence of a very period specific view of women.
Oh, very much so. Asimov wasn't as awful as most people at the time, but he wasn't a particularly successful feminist, either. I just think that Calvin's anger comes across so brilliantly at the end, it really sticks with me.
megan walker - Dec 24, 2011 8:34:12 am PST #17221 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Personally, I thought A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius was really great
Once I got though the first 50 pages or so, I really loved it.
Scrappy - Dec 24, 2011 8:45:53 am PST #17222 of 28282
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Me, too.
megan walker - Dec 27, 2011 12:24:19 am PST #17223 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
sj - Dec 27, 2011 5:10:24 am PST #17224 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
megan, I couldn't get OpenID to work, but I picked Middlemarch. I know, shocking.
Polter-Cow - Dec 27, 2011 7:32:13 am PST #17225 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, I got OPINIONS. It wouldn't let me use my LJ OpenID, but I got the Google sign-in to work.
I still haven't read Middlemarch. One day. Maybe. My votes go to Midnight's Children, Shadow of the Wind, Lolita, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Crime and Punishment.
hippocampus - Dec 27, 2011 8:00:51 am PST #17226 of 28282
not your mom's socks.
megan, I had trouble with OpenID too, but I went in under my google ID. What a great list of books.
I posted a catalog of sorts of my 2011 reading - already I've realized I left some things off. [link]
Pix - Dec 27, 2011 8:03:56 am PST #17227 of 28282
The status is NOT quo.
Lolita and Owen Meany are two of my favorites.