That's great, P-C! I really enjoyed the world building in Discount Armageddon.
ETA: HAIL!
Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.
Willow ,'First Date'
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."
Calli - Apr 19, 2012 11:27:25 am PDT #18484 of 28293
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Pix - Apr 19, 2012 5:49:31 pm PDT #18485 of 28293
The status is NOT quo.
HAIL!
chrismg - Apr 20, 2012 10:49:10 am PDT #18486 of 28293
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Article here about The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood herself. Not much substance, mostly a description of how it was written and received.....
...except she does the Margaret Atwood thing again: My book isn't X because all X is such-and-such, and that's not what my book is.
It's "feminist dystopia" instead of "science fiction", but the song remains the same.
smonster - Apr 20, 2012 10:55:20 am PDT #18487 of 28293
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I am going to have to read Discount Armegeddon, if only for the mice. (I'm trying to stick to library books or Kindle books these days, for budgety reasons)
Gris - Apr 20, 2012 10:59:56 am PDT #18488 of 28293
Hey. New board.
I'd Kindle-lend it to you, smonster, but it doesn't seem to be available for that. (I so hate how few books that feature is available for...)
Ginger - Apr 20, 2012 1:00:05 pm PDT #18489 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So, P-C, you're a sexy gingerbread man.
I loved the mice and am looking forward to observances of Don't Make Me Come Up There and Shit, I Dropped the Cake. I liked the world building, but I didn't quite buy Verity. The ability to fight in five-inch heels and an awkwardly integrated dance career do not a character make. Also, does the Covenant of St. George have a remote monastery somewhere where Dominic was raised? He talks like he's never seen television.
Toddson - Apr 20, 2012 1:05:25 pm PDT #18490 of 28293
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I, myself, am hoping for a chance to celebrate Daddy, I Swear I'm Going To Kiss The Next Man Who Comes Through The Door.
Or, since that's not likely to occur, as Seanan celebrated the upcoming books, CHEESE AND CAKE!
Polter-Cow - Apr 20, 2012 1:22:26 pm PDT #18491 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So, P-C, you're a sexy gingerbread man.
Run, run, as fast as you can!
Also, does the Covenant of St. George have a remote monastery somewhere where Dominic was raised? He talks like he's never seen television.
It did seem like he was very, very sheltered. So maybe...yes.
Toddson - Apr 20, 2012 1:24:25 pm PDT #18492 of 28293
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Or his parents/guardians didn't want him getting any ideas ....
Calli - Apr 21, 2012 3:56:30 am PDT #18493 of 28293
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
So, P-C, you're a sexy gingerbread man.
But do you know the muffin man?