All The Books In The World...Except One.
Out. For. A. Walk. ... Bitch.
Spike ,'Selfless'
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."
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2012 6:27:29 am PST #17754 of 28261
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2012 6:40:14 am PST #17755 of 28261
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That may be the saddest thing I've ever seen.
And it reminds me, I've been meaning to post a link to The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessismore. This is my pick for Best Animated Short this year, by a HUGE margin, and not just because it's about books.
Consuela - Feb 09, 2012 7:20:27 am PST #17756 of 28261
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I've been meaning to post a link to The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessismore.
I posted that link last weekend: in Movies, I think. Isn't it WONDERFUL?
Jessica - Feb 09, 2012 7:46:21 am PST #17757 of 28261
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It is! Sorry I missed your link in Movies, I would have talked it up.
It's so sad and beautiful and WONDERFUL. If it doesn't win I will be shocked and dismayed.
Beverly - Feb 09, 2012 9:34:00 am PST #17758 of 28261
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Thanks for that link, ita--that is sad and wonderful.
Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2012 3:40:13 am PST #17759 of 28261
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
DavidS - Feb 10, 2012 4:30:22 am PST #17760 of 28261
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
RIP John Christopher.
The Tripod trilogy had a big effect on me. One of my favorite series growing up. I remember riding in a car with a classmate and we were comparing books we were reading. I pimped The White Mountains and The City of Gold and Lead to him, and he suggested I read this book I'd never heard of called The Hobbit.
Kate P. - Feb 10, 2012 8:13:21 am PST #17761 of 28261
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I read those! I remember liking them, though not much about them has stuck with me. I sometimes mix him up with John Wyndham, who wrote Day of the Triffids. (Tripods, Triffids: it's easy to confuse them, right? Now I wonder who would win in a fight...)
Fred Pete - Feb 10, 2012 9:11:13 am PST #17762 of 28261
Ann, that's a ferret.
(Tripods, Triffids: it's easy to confuse them, right? Now I wonder who would win in a fight...)
Neither would defeat the Midwich Cuckoos.
Ginger - Feb 10, 2012 9:15:39 am PST #17763 of 28261
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Tripods are taller than triffids.
This is one of those times when an author dies, and I feel bad I never got around to thanking him for his work.