I've found a fair %age of people who'd identify themselves as SF and fantasy fans haven't read the book, and a depressing number don't even know that it exists, or that it has any sizable difference from the movie.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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."
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 9:26:16 am PDT #18199 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Mar 16, 2012 10:03:08 am PDT #18200 of 28282
Because books.
I haven't read The Princess Bride yet. One day.
For those who don't know if they should read 50 Shades of Grey, a flowchart.
Steph L. - Mar 16, 2012 10:06:03 am PDT #18201 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Ahahahahaha! Tim's reaction to the fact that I *paid* for Twilight fanfic was hilarious. It involved the word "Sucker!" for one thing.
Polter-Cow - Mar 16, 2012 10:22:04 am PDT #18202 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For those who don't know if they should read 50 Shades of Grey, a flowchart.
I have never heard of this book. But the flowchart tells me I don't need to read it.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 10:28:05 am PDT #18203 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have never heard of this book
Skimmer.
Steph L. - Mar 16, 2012 10:33:25 am PDT #18204 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I really want to launch into a diatribe about it, but it's kind of pointless. (And the diatribe actually doesn't have anything to do with it being Twilight fanfic.)
Amy - Mar 16, 2012 10:36:04 am PDT #18205 of 28282
Because books.
Tim's reaction to the fact that I *paid* for Twilight fanfic was hilarious.
See, that's what confuses me. Because if no one had pointed out that it was *Twilight* fanfic, I never would have known. Lots of romcoms and romances feature a clumsy heroine (or one with some other *endearing* trait that's supposed to make her human and not! a Mary Sue). And since Bella and Edward don't even have sex until the fourth book, it never would have occurred to me even given the dynamics in Grey.
But I'm not hugely into AUs -- if they veer too far from the original text, they feel like a convenient way to simply let readers know who the characters are supposed to look like.
Polter-Cow - Mar 16, 2012 10:38:47 am PDT #18206 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have never heard of this book
Skimmer.
Puh! You only LINKED to something about it, and, as we all know, one must not click on your links.
-t - Mar 16, 2012 11:00:55 am PDT #18207 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am not interested in reading 50 Shades of Grey, but I am interested in reading a Steph L. diatribe about it. FWTW.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 11:23:13 am PDT #18208 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You only LINKED to something about it, and, as we all know, one must not click on your links.
There was a discussion about it in Natter this week, what do you mean?