Best overheard on NPR today: "Dystopia is the new vampire for sure."
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
Spike ,'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."
Kat - Mar 06, 2012 6:18:20 pm PST #18145 of 28282
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Burrell - Mar 06, 2012 6:54:48 pm PST #18146 of 28282
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So now dystopia comes in Sparkly along with the more traditional Dark?
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2012 7:44:48 pm PST #18147 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I checked Dog-Eared Books to see what they had, and, as luck would have it, the only Ruff they had was, indeed, Set This House in Order. As if that weren't enough, it appeared to have been originally bought at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle, which is where Matt Ruff lives! Also a bookstore I am fond of because I spent time there with Buffistas and discovered The Name of This Book Is Secret.
The reading was fun. His new book, The Mirage, sounds intriguing.
Atropa - Mar 06, 2012 7:57:49 pm PST #18148 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
So now dystopia comes in Sparkly along with the more traditional Dark?
Hee! Burrell, may I please tag this?
Burrell - Mar 06, 2012 8:18:38 pm PST #18149 of 28282
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Tag away, Jilli
Atropa - Mar 06, 2012 8:22:21 pm PST #18150 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yay, thank you!
hippocampus - Mar 07, 2012 7:53:05 am PST #18151 of 28282
not your mom's socks.
So now dystopia comes in Sparkly along with the more traditional Dark?
love this so much.
smonster - Mar 07, 2012 8:03:52 am PST #18152 of 28282
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Effie Trinket and the Capitol bring the Sparkly to the dystopic yard.
Polgara - Mar 07, 2012 1:00:34 pm PST #18153 of 28282
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Jilli, have you heard anything--good or bad--about this one? [link]
It's about a human boy hiding amongst vampires in a human-less society, but it's not out until May.
Atropa - Mar 07, 2012 7:37:11 pm PST #18154 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I haven't heard a thing about that one. But it sounds like someone wanted to have their vampires and dystopia all in one place.
It also sounds like a YA/dystopia take on this book: [link]