So has anyone here read Jo Walton's Among Others?
Me me me. I love this book.
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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."
hippocampus - Mar 25, 2012 3:05:59 pm PDT #18286 of 28288
not your mom's socks.
Amy - Mar 25, 2012 3:10:33 pm PDT #18287 of 28288
Because books.
Both Hazel and Augustus work for me because real teens, especially the bookish ones do sound like that. Not always perfectly witty, but yes, they do have that vocab.
I think because Isaac was also incredibly well-spoken and witty, I wanted to sort of whisper in Green's ear, "All cancer kids are not going to be geniuses, buddy," but like I said, I didn't care too much because the emotional aspect of the book was so true.
We had our book club meeting this afternoon, and a lot of them are John Green fans, but they all said that his characters tend to be super smart and funny.
Dumb line that was one of my favorites: "There were some condomy problems I really didn't get to see." I can picture it perfectly.
Also the video game with Isaac toward the end: "Hump the moist cave wall." I was still crying from the previous scene, and read that and was cracking up.
hippocampus - Mar 25, 2012 3:11:26 pm PDT #18288 of 28288
not your mom's socks.
Consuela - one of the things I love about Among Others is how well Walton handles the format, and the boundaries of private thoughts. Don't mind me, I'm over here bouncing at the thought of having people to discuss it with.
I did keep a notebook handy. Quite a long 'to-read' list came out of that experience.
Polter-Cow - Mar 26, 2012 8:19:13 am PDT #18289 of 28288
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Mark Reads The Princess Bride.
He's seen the movie, but he's never read the book. And I strongly suspect he's trolling re: Morgenstern, but I love the idea of his reviewing the book as if it truly were an abridgment. If anything, we are having fun in the comments.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2012 9:34:51 am PDT #18290 of 28288
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is he trolling with that first sentence too?
DebetEsse - Mar 26, 2012 9:37:23 am PDT #18291 of 28288
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Given his Tweets, and
Both introductions really deal more with the movie being made, which makes sense, since the movie brought new fans to the original book. Er – the abridged story, I mean.
I'm pretty sure he's playing the Morgenstern game because it's fun. I'm not sure I'd call it "trolling".
Polter-Cow - Mar 26, 2012 9:41:31 am PDT #18292 of 28288
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't know, but I am definitely trolling with this one.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2012 9:53:52 am PDT #18293 of 28288
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm just asking about his use of "affect".
Polter-Cow - Mar 26, 2012 9:58:59 am PDT #18294 of 28288
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, I think that's just misspelling.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2012 10:30:41 am PDT #18295 of 28288
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does he let you guys help with post hoc editing?