I'm not sure whether to squee with glee or start praying madly to the Editing Gods that someone, well, actually has time to edit it.
"Do you want it fast, or do you want it right?"
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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."
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2007 6:26:30 am PST #1896 of 28172
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
sumi - Feb 01, 2007 7:03:04 am PST #1897 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, I got Pre-order messages from Amazon AND Barnes and Noble today.
Aims - Feb 01, 2007 7:10:08 am PST #1898 of 28172
Shit's all sorts of different now.
ME TOO!!
I'm on a list! YAY!
Kathy A - Feb 01, 2007 8:03:54 am PST #1899 of 28172
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yay!! Now I'm just trying to figure out how I'm going to buy it--do I sign up at the local Borders, who had an amusing if small-scale fan party before handing out copies at midnight when I got OotP, or do I order it through Amazon and then go and enjoy the crowds in Oak Park like I did with ChiKat for HBP (which was a blast!). Oak Park has a massive blocks-wide celebration when any new HP book comes out. They turn their shopping district into "Diagon Alley," with "Quidditch" games and Human Chess in the park, the stores all renaming themselves after various Diagon Alley stores, and tons and tons of people. Very fun to watch, that's for sure!
And, we can all go see OotP that night to prepare, since it's coming out the week before. All Harry, all the time, in mid-July--get ready for the media onslaught now!
lisah - Feb 01, 2007 8:52:38 am PST #1900 of 28172
Punishingly Intricate
Now I'm just trying to figure out how I'm going to buy it
As the employee of one, I'm contractually (and, morally) obliged to say "Support your local independent bookstore!" if at all possible.
Aims - Feb 01, 2007 8:54:57 am PST #1901 of 28172
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I would totally go tot hat and totally dress up for it, too!!!
DebetEsse - Feb 01, 2007 9:00:58 am PST #1902 of 28172
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm preordering from amazon.ca. I'm a purist, and they use the same text as the UK editions.
Beyond that, it depends on geography
DebetEsse - Feb 01, 2007 9:17:19 am PST #1903 of 28172
Woe to the fucking wicked.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2007 9:54:52 am PST #1904 of 28172
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought books were underlined and movies italicised. Where's our style guide?
Aims - Feb 01, 2007 9:59:52 am PST #1905 of 28172
Shit's all sorts of different now.
We don't trust the style guide. It speaks against gauchos.