Elmore Leonard. You know I'd go there, though. Carl Hiassen Geek Love was good, though.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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."
erikaj - May 23, 2012 12:50:12 pm PDT #18912 of 28583
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Kate P. - May 23, 2012 2:27:15 pm PDT #18913 of 28583
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 28583
not your mom's socks.
Thirding Vonnegut. On the Road.
erikaj - May 23, 2012 4:01:56 pm PDT #18915 of 28583
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Catcher in the Rye
chrismg - May 23, 2012 8:11:39 pm PDT #18916 of 28583
"...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 28583
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 28583
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
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 28583
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.)
hippocampus - May 24, 2012 8:16:07 am PDT #18920 of 28583
not your mom's socks.
PC - I tweeted this, but didn't report it here. I was at a scifi/epidemiology panel over the weekend where the Newsflesh trilogy was specifically called out as "getting the medical science right." Thought you'd enjoy that.
Strix - May 24, 2012 8:33:00 am PDT #18921 of 28583
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
When I interviewed Seanan, I was totally impressed by her meticulous research. I mean, she has the CDC on speed-dial.