Have you all read this review of Ellen Ullman's latest book? It intrigues me. Makes me want to read it.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
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."
le nubian - Feb 25, 2012 3:27:56 pm PST #17985 of 28266
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Volans - Feb 26, 2012 8:10:19 am PST #17986 of 28266
move out and draw fire
There's a bunch of people who'd never heard of The Hunger Games until the movies started being made.
Like my boss, who is an archer. She's excited for Brave but hadn't heard about THG.
I actually just had the Battle Royale discussion with the guy who originally loaned me the manga, back in the day. He's committed to his stance that Collins blatantly ripped off BR. Of course, this is the guy who just read Snow Crash last year and proclaimed it "derivative."
Polter-Cow - Feb 26, 2012 8:14:42 am PST #17987 of 28266
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Of...what? Didn't that book basically introduce the concept of online avatars?
Consuela - Feb 26, 2012 8:18:54 am PST #17988 of 28266
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Actually, I think William Gibson did it first, but I think Raq's person hasn't realized how old Snow Crash is.
Connie Neil - Feb 26, 2012 8:19:03 am PST #17989 of 28266
brillig
It's kind of like people not liking LotR because "It's just like all the other fantasies." They don't understand that some books come first.
Polter-Cow - Feb 26, 2012 8:30:07 am PST #17990 of 28266
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Actually, I think William Gibson did it first, but I think Raq's person hasn't realized how old Snow Crash is.
But I think Snow Crash was the first one to use the word "avatar," right?
Holy crap, 1992?? I thought it was later in the nineties.
DavidS - Feb 26, 2012 8:34:44 am PST #17991 of 28266
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heh. That's too funny.
I thought Snow Crash was derivative when I first read it (right when it came out) because it was obviously playing in Gibson's playpen.
Props for naming the main character Hiro Protagonist, though.
-t - Feb 26, 2012 8:39:57 am PST #17992 of 28266
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was reading a lot of cyberpunk when Snow Crash came out and I thought it was like a breath of fresh air. I'd quibble with using "derivative" for "part of a literary movement".
Strix - Feb 26, 2012 9:05:30 am PST #17993 of 28266
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
ZOMBIES, SUNIL!
(Sorry, I tweeted Seanan that this is what I would reply to your every word today. I keep my promises.)
All the avatar talk now has me earmwormed with "Do You Wannt Date My Avatar?" from The Guild.
I am out of milk. Black coffee. Blech. Store run today. Quick final draft res tweak, clean my frakkin' office, kill zombies, paint hall with 2nd coat, watch Walking Dead.
Good Sunday plans. Let's hope they pan out.
Polter-Cow - Feb 26, 2012 9:18:49 am PST #17994 of 28266
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
ZOMBIES, SUNIL!
(Sorry, I tweeted Seanan that this is what I would reply to your every word today. I keep my promises.)
Ha! I should stalk her Twitter more often. Didn't know she'd mentioned me. But getting the ending time of Preview Night wrong was like when she couldn't spell Voorhees. COME ON, SEANAN.