Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.

'War Stories'


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."


DavidS - Jan 10, 2012 7:50:10 pm PST #17413 of 28301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

‎Jacqueline got very excited about a new promo for Adventure Time which features "the secret guardians of the library."

Matilda was dismissive. "They're just made of paper."

JZ: But that's what books are made of!
Matilda: Real books aren't made out of paper!
JZ: What are they made out of?
Matilda: Juice. And skin.


hippocampus - Jan 11, 2012 4:11:08 am PST #17414 of 28301
not your mom's socks.

The secret life of books: [link]

(apologies if this has been posted elsewhere - I'm in love with it & committing linkspam.)


Polgara - Jan 11, 2012 10:04:06 am PST #17415 of 28301
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS

Matilda: Juice. And skin.

What books have you been giving her??


Frankenbuddha - Jan 11, 2012 10:06:02 am PST #17416 of 28301
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

What books have you been giving her??

I'm picturing the Necromonicon from the Evil Dead movies.


DavidS - Jan 11, 2012 10:07:24 am PST #17417 of 28301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What books have you been giving her??

The usual kind!

Juicy and skinful.


Toddson - Jan 11, 2012 10:14:43 am PST #17418 of 28301
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

In the paper earlier this week one of the columnists cited Effie in "The Hunger Games" ... and advised parents who didn't get it to ask their teen.


hippocampus - Jan 13, 2012 7:40:00 am PST #17419 of 28301
not your mom's socks.

Dear tor.com and tor forums. Why must you have different passwords and user accounts? This is either medieval or vaudevillian. I can't decide.

This message brought to you by the fact that folks are voting for favorite scifi/fantasy pubs of 2011 - over here: [link]

You don't need to sign in if you feel like voting -


javachik - Jan 13, 2012 8:15:01 am PST #17420 of 28301
Our wings are not tired.

Or as Javachik said while I was talking to her the other day "So, for you reading 'The Help' is practically literary?" It's true.

I did? Wow. Hope it didn't sound as condescending then as it looks in print. Sorry!


meara - Jan 13, 2012 9:01:08 am PST #17421 of 28301

Hahah! No no, not at all--true, and I got what you meant. It was probably also better in context. :)


Gris - Jan 13, 2012 11:01:49 am PST #17422 of 28301
Hey. New board.

That's true for me, too. Though I did read Dubliners in the spring and am 37% of the way through Anna Karenina (I do about 5% at a time, every few books. I like it a lot but oh, it's so long.) so this year is going better than most in terms of works of literary literature.