Are you on Twitter?? I looked for your various pseuds. I'm Wordslingeuse.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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."
Strix - Feb 26, 2012 10:33:11 am PST #17995 of 28266
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jessica - Feb 26, 2012 10:43:27 am PST #17996 of 28266
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd quibble with using "derivative" for "part of a literary movement".
This.
Gibson introduced everyone to cyberspace, but the Metaverse got so many more of the details right.
Polter-Cow - Feb 26, 2012 12:15:47 pm PST #17997 of 28266
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Are you on Twitter?? I looked for your various pseuds. I'm Wordslingeuse.
Hee, no, I am not on Twitter. I am on the Internet enough as it is!
Strix - Feb 26, 2012 1:51:45 pm PST #17998 of 28266
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
- sniff* I'm on Twitter for PROFESSIONAL REASONS, ok?!
Um.
hippocampus - Feb 26, 2012 2:37:58 pm PST #17999 of 28266
not your mom's socks.
I'll second the fact that derivative came from a late reader.
Props for naming the main character Hiro Protagonist, though.
That won me. The rest kept me. Diamond age converted me.
Volans - Feb 27, 2012 10:00:38 am PST #18000 of 28266
move out and draw fire
Yeah, it was that he read it last year, and assumed Stephenson was late to the game for "metaverse" and "avatar" and, you know, Google Earth.
hippocampus - Feb 27, 2012 10:10:43 am PST #18001 of 28266
not your mom's socks.
and, you know, Google Earth
that reference in REAMDE was excellent authorial revenge.
Volans - Feb 27, 2012 10:38:38 am PST #18002 of 28266
move out and draw fire
Wasn't it? I applauded.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2012 8:16:48 pm PST #18003 of 28266
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can I have book-identifying help? The first Tarzan I was exposed to (confusingly enough) was a meta book that presumed that all of ERB's work one was consistent and true history, and tried to string it all together and make sense of it.
I seem to recall later learning that it was by a pretty prominent fantasy or sci fi author, but I can't remember who it was, and it's not like you can googl...oh, wait...you can.
Never mind. Consider this instead a random recommendation for the book Tarzan Alive by Philip Jose Farmer. It's really pretty good, if memory serves. Of course, Wikipedia is telling me some interesting erection-ridden things about sequels that I'm nervous to investigate...anyone know if it's worth it?
Burrell - Feb 27, 2012 8:39:02 pm PST #18004 of 28266
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The original Tarzan is a shockingly bad book. It's got more WTF than an acid trip.