Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.

Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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."


meara - Jan 15, 2012 7:34:54 pm PST #17432 of 28326

Well, plus it sounds like it's not that she wrote a story about a high school girl and a vampire and a werewolf...it's seriously AU stuff, which is less of an issue, I'd think. I was a bit amused by the person in the comments being all indignant about her "using" the fanfic community to sell her work or something.


Dana - Jan 15, 2012 7:36:56 pm PST #17433 of 28326
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Heck, the Temeraire series basically started as an Aubrey/Maturin AU (although Dana would know better than me).

Yup.


Vonnie K - Jan 15, 2012 7:48:37 pm PST #17434 of 28326
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

I did not know that! Temeraire was Aubrey, I'd imagine. That reminds me -- I really need to read the last 2 books.


Dana - Jan 15, 2012 7:55:12 pm PST #17435 of 28326
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Temeraire was Stephen.


Typo Boy - Jan 15, 2012 8:05:10 pm PST #17436 of 28326
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.

And how much fantasy started out as Lord of the Rings fic? Including one very famous endless series. No not that one. The other one.


Vonnie K - Jan 15, 2012 8:12:36 pm PST #17437 of 28326
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Temeraire was Stephen.

But Temeraire is so much more Aubrey-like in personality! Too exuberant and not so much with the caution, etc.

If I recall, the first Vorkosigan book was started as a filed-off-serial numbers Star Trek fic.


Consuela - Jan 15, 2012 8:33:08 pm PST #17438 of 28326
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

If I recall, the first Vorkosigan book was started as a filed-off-serial numbers Star Trek fic.

Urban legend. LMB has stated repeatedly that this is not so.


Connie Neil - Jan 16, 2012 6:41:25 am PST #17439 of 28326
brillig

Yeah, I didn't notice much Star Trekky in the Vorkosigan books.


Vonnie K - Jan 16, 2012 7:04:40 am PST #17440 of 28326
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Urban legend. LMB has stated repeatedly that this is not so.

Huh. I wonder where I'd heard it from. I do think the first Cordelia book where she meets Aral has some Trek-ish elements. The Miles books, not so much.


Connie Neil - Jan 16, 2012 7:16:09 am PST #17441 of 28326
brillig

I do think the first Cordelia book where she meets Aral has some Trek-ish elements

Like what?