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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."

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Fred Pete - Mar 12, 2012 5:00:53 am PDT #18178 of 28282

Ann, that's a ferret.

I read one Xanth book. Fairly amusing, but I was pretty sure the puns would get old fast -- so I didn't read any more.

Been a long, long time since I read the Intimations of Immortality series. I remember it raising some interesting issues, but not really resolving them.

I notice that the article mentioned (but only in passing) the Bio of a Space Tyrant series. When I read it in the mid-'80s, I saw engaging space opera. When I re-read it, I saw enough issues (not least being the hero-who-is-irresistible-to-all-women, including his sisters) to keep a therapist very, very busy.

Steph L. - Mar 12, 2012 5:10:52 am PDT #18179 of 28282

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Has anyone read Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall books? The third one comes out tomorrow.

§ ita § - Mar 12, 2012 3:24:00 pm PDT #18180 of 28282

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How do you interpret Harry Potter being called "the most definitive series of my life so far"?

Maybe the speaker is talking about books published during their lives? Then I pause and think..."definitive" is an interesting, puzzling word. I'd probably default to Hitchhiker's, because it's really simple and lazy to do so, but how can any series even be definitive? It just seems wrong...

DebetEsse - Mar 12, 2012 3:53:20 pm PDT #18181 of 28282

Woe to the fucking wicked.

Hmmm...maybe that it defines what a series ought to be. It is the gold-standard against which all other series are measured?

It is an odd word choice.

Amy - Mar 12, 2012 3:56:15 pm PDT #18182 of 28282

Because books.

I think it is a weird choice of words, but I like Debet's interpretation. For that poster, it was everything a series should be, and everything she wanted in a series.

§ ita § - Mar 12, 2012 4:13:29 pm PDT #18183 of 28282

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Then I have no idea what I would pick. I'd almost feel like I were being cruel..

hippocampus - Mar 12, 2012 6:03:01 pm PDT #18184 of 28282

not your mom's socks.

fwiw, the io9 excerpt for Machine is interesting. [link] The synopsis? Not so much. Which, it turns out, is fine, because it has nothing to do with the book, and is wrong on several counts.

ETA: Kat, Hourglass is on my TBR list.

Kat - Mar 12, 2012 6:40:16 pm PDT #18185 of 28282

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

My school librarian gave it to me to read...I'm glad I did. I want to know more but....I dunno.

Atropa - Mar 13, 2012 11:15:31 am PDT #18186 of 28282

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

A completely ridiculous question: Did any of you ever read the tie-in novels for Dark Shadows? I'm assuming they're kind of appalling, but I want to know if they're appalling in that fun gothic popcorn sort of way. I keep finding them on eBay and being tempted to bid.

DavidS - Mar 13, 2012 11:24:18 am PDT #18187 of 28282

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I keep finding them on eBay and being tempted to bid.

I could probably grab one cheap at Kayo books (which has a big Tie-In movie selection), so you could sample one.

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