Anything by Flannery O'Connor? (Granted, practicing Catholic and thus not exactly anti-authoritarian in a, well, catholic sense, but she does give the general stink-eye to human authority; the more one of her characters thinks s/he knows it all and has gamed the system, the more spectacular the cosmic bitchslap)
I want to torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured someone, they didn't even have chainsaws.
Angel ,'Chosen'
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."
JZ - May 23, 2012 12:49:18 pm PDT #18910 of 28333
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Amy - May 23, 2012 12:49:39 pm PDT #18911 of 28333
Because books.
Oh, that's a good one, too.
erikaj - May 23, 2012 12:50:12 pm PDT #18912 of 28333
Always Anti-fascist!
Elmore Leonard. You know I'd go there, though. Carl Hiassen Geek Love was good, though.
Kate P. - May 23, 2012 2:27:15 pm PDT #18913 of 28333
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Catch-22, and I second the Vonnegut rec too.
hippocampus - May 23, 2012 2:54:21 pm PDT #18914 of 28333
not your mom's socks.
Thirding Vonnegut. On the Road.
erikaj - May 23, 2012 4:01:56 pm PDT #18915 of 28333
Always Anti-fascist!
Catcher in the Rye
chrismg - May 23, 2012 8:11:39 pm PDT #18916 of 28333
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
As Gaiman (basically) says in the introduction, there's a reason the title is plural.
Ugh Ugh Ugh. That is really foul. Foul enough that I regret ever recommending the story to anyone, and I think it's been permanently tainted for me.
§ ita § - May 24, 2012 4:56:49 am PDT #18917 of 28333
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What makes it feel like Violence Against Women as opposed to violence with female victims?
erikaj - May 24, 2012 6:39:59 am PDT #18918 of 28333
Always Anti-fascist!
Chris, I still read James Ellroy(Even though it makes me feel kinda dirty) so Neil Gaiman would have to rip out a hooker's beating heart and eat it, before I'd think "Argh...too sexist!" He doesn't, does he?
Strix - May 24, 2012 7:19:02 am PDT #18919 of 28333
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
OMG, finally got to Blackout by Mira Grant last night.
SO. GOOD. Such a satisfying conclusion. I'll be reviewing it formally in the next couple of days, but oh, it was good. And fun.
And our own P-C is in the dedication. I teared a teeny bit and squeed when I saw it. Yay, P-C!
I'm so excited about the movie option for the trilogy. Dan and I were playing "Cast the Book" last night. (We were also playing it for the HBO American Gods series, too. WE R GEEK COUPLE.)