I knew Harlan Ellison would be on the list, he's the patron saint of curmudgeons! That photo of him shaking his fist at the camera cracked me up.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 26, 2012 7:25:11 pm PDT #18553 of 28297
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Atropa - Apr 26, 2012 7:42:51 pm PDT #18554 of 28297
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I wonder if Caitlin Kiernan is grumpy that she's not on that list. Yet.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 27, 2012 2:44:03 pm PDT #18555 of 28297
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Amy, I wanted to tell you that I was having a discussion with some young-ish people at work (mid-twenties) about zombies. The young man said that zombies couldn't be sexy, and one of the young women mentioned your book! Although, the zombie isn't so sexy....
Connie Neil - Apr 28, 2012 1:10:11 pm PDT #18556 of 28297
brillig
I have found the most amazing book, Stiff, by Mary Roach. Subtitled "The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers." I'll probably put it next to The Human Skull on my book shelf.
The first chapter is about a surgical recertification seminar. This is some fascinating stuff, and I'm finding myself all excited to find out about anatomical donation in Utah. This is exactly the kind of thing I want to have happen with me after I'm gone, rather than taking up space somewhere. Tidy and useful.
Kat - Apr 28, 2012 2:42:46 pm PDT #18557 of 28297
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I teach that book in my expository composition class. It's amazingly well done.
meara - Apr 28, 2012 4:55:07 pm PDT #18558 of 28297
Btw, not sure how many have read "Tomorrow When The War Began", but I'm watching the movie right now--id forgotten it was coming out but got it at Redbox. Not sure if they're planning sequels or not... (ETA: Hmm, looks like it didn't make much if any money outside Australia, so apparently not. Which is a shame, because I like the sequels, and the original ended in a slightly strange place, since they didn't change some bits)
hippocampus - Apr 28, 2012 5:15:31 pm PDT #18559 of 28297
not your mom's socks.
Oh. I have strong feelings about that movie, having once been stuck on a plane with it. In the vein of 'Don't judge a book by its movie.'
Burrell - Apr 28, 2012 8:00:37 pm PDT #18560 of 28297
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'll third the Stiff rec. It's a great book. I am amazed at you Kat for finding a way to teach it. It freaked out my health science students, which I have to say amused me. I was surprised they were so thrown by it.
Consuela - Apr 28, 2012 8:45:52 pm PDT #18561 of 28297
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
meara, I ahemed that movie at some point, because I LOVE the books so much, but only watched half of it. I should go back and rewatch.
Really, I love those books, especially the first several. Marsden does action like nobody's business: there's a sequence where the kids do some sabotage on an airfield and they are escaping in a dump truck, and Ellie climbs out of the cab and into the back, while the enemy is chasing them and shooting at them, and it's completely believable and just nail-bitingly suspenseful and awesome. Wish I could write like that.
Also, the emotional tone of the novels is so true: these kids are awesome, but they are so damaged by it, and the books portray it and show them struggling with it. So good.
Amy - Apr 29, 2012 8:49:22 am PDT #18562 of 28297
Because books.
The young man said that zombies couldn't be sexy, and one of the young women mentioned your book! Although, the zombie isn't so sexy....
Well, no. But still, very cool!