My thought was all the people in waiting rooms at Kaiser and the ER who sit there with nothing to read, waiting. I figure anyone who doesn't have a book there is either a nonreader or desperate for a book. One problem is that giving The Stand to sick people seems wrong.
I believe that's my hey. Hey!
Xander ,'Storyteller'
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."
Ginger - Jan 30, 2012 5:40:34 am PST #17710 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
erikaj - Jan 30, 2012 5:42:04 am PST #17711 of 28261
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod. and it is also a billion pages.
Ginger - Jan 30, 2012 5:46:11 am PST #17712 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I could give it to people who look like they need doorstops.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 30, 2012 5:46:58 am PST #17713 of 28261
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I was thinking about signing up and giving them away to people on the bus who didn't have books. But I am not sure I could actually talk to people and ask if they wanted a book.
Consuela - Jan 30, 2012 6:17:55 am PST #17714 of 28261
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I was thinking about signing up and giving them away to people on the bus who didn't have books
I figure anyone on the bus who doesn't have a book, that's because they get carsick reading on the bus or they don't like to read.
There is a guy on my bus I'm watching read through CJ Cherryh. Right now he's just about to finish Cloud's Rider; I'm intrigued to see what he picks up next.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 30, 2012 6:23:39 am PST #17715 of 28261
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I figure anyone on the bus who doesn't have a book, that's because they get carsick reading on the bus or they don't like to read.
In Rochester we have a lot of underserved kids on the bus, because there aren't separate school buses for middle and high school. They just get bus passes for the city buses. So I was thinking more of them than the adults, but again, not sure I want to talk to them, because they also tend to be loud and obnoxious at times.
Ginger - Jan 30, 2012 6:35:11 am PST #17716 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm not good at talking to strangers, so I figured I'd print out why they're getting a free book and why I think it's worth reading and stick it in the book.
sumi - Jan 31, 2012 5:06:33 am PST #17717 of 28261
Art Crawl!!!
The Kindle deal of the day is Best American Noir of the Century - edited by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2012 5:09:40 am PST #17718 of 28261
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had no idea Robert Silverberg had had a thriving vintage sleaze career (NSFW).
DavidS - Jan 31, 2012 6:17:24 am PST #17719 of 28261
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I had no idea Robert Silverberg had had a thriving vintage sleaze career (NSFW).
I did but Kayo Books focuses on paperback original collectables so they have little zines on the subject. He's not the only science fiction writer that had a side line in porn, either.