FYI - I just got an email from Amazon to say that the new Naomi Novik book is out.
I am in the midst of Timeless. I have reached the part where they are sailing to Egypt.
So not v. far in.
Tara: 'Your One-Stop Spot to Shop for Lots of New-Age and Occult Items.' Catchy. Giles: Think so? Tara: Uh huh. In a... hard to say sorta way.
'Sleeper'
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."
sumi - Feb 23, 2012 4:21:11 am PST #17937 of 28261
Art Crawl!!!
Amy - Feb 23, 2012 4:48:42 am PST #17938 of 28261
Because books.
le nubian - Feb 23, 2012 5:03:23 am PST #17939 of 28261
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm thrilled about the JK announcement. I wonder when the book will come out? in 2013 maybe?
I have been ignoring this thread for some reason. I'm 555 messages behind. Good gravy.
Polter-Cow - Feb 23, 2012 5:15:05 am PST #17940 of 28261
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oooooh.
Amy - Feb 23, 2012 5:37:59 am PST #17941 of 28261
Because books.
Good gravy.
Aw. My grandmother used to say that all the time. That and, "Good night nurse."
Consuela - Feb 23, 2012 6:56:02 am PST #17942 of 28261
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
New Temeraire! EEeeeps!
You know what's awesome? I can order it right now and read the beginning on my PHONE at LUNCH.
I love living in teh future!
ETA: bah. Amazon says it comes out on March 6. And I want an ebook, not the hard copy. BAH.
Kate P. - Feb 23, 2012 6:58:38 am PST #17943 of 28261
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
New Temeraire is always a good thing!
le nubian - Feb 23, 2012 7:27:23 am PST #17944 of 28261
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy,
I actually say "good gravy" in real life. I have a lot of odd slang and turns of phrases embedded in my every day speech. Hell, I even exclaim in Yiddish sometimes.
Scrappy - Feb 23, 2012 7:48:42 am PST #17945 of 28261
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I say "holy moly" a lot, but "good gravy" is way cooler.
§ ita § - Feb 23, 2012 8:13:39 am PST #17946 of 28261
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I bust out with "For the love of cute and fluffy things!" to a guy who'd sidled up to me and told me an anecdote with the punchline of "and my ass is the fourth of July". I'm sure he thinks he's dealing with some sort of Polyanna syndrome.
Then again, in a project meeting he said "Well, what happens when we encounter the problem again?" and I almost snapped at him saying "That's an unduly negative tone to take! On the offchance that we should come up against this problem again, we will embrace the challenge head on, and vanquish it readily."
The business owner cracked up, but power of words, man, power of words. Cute and fluffy things indeed.