Xander ,'Get It Done'
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."
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."
Of...what? Didn't that book basically introduce the concept of online avatars?
Actually, I think William Gibson did it first, but I think Raq's person hasn't realized how old Snow Crash is.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
Are you on Twitter?? I looked for your various pseuds. I'm Wordslingeuse.