'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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."
Wow. Interesting.
This just rocketed up my list of books that I won't actually read soon but intend to. I'm not sure if the issue is that you're "not supposed" to tell that part of the story, or in how you tell it. Also, there are many levels of authorial endorsement you may or may not get from the telling of any story, and I'm not seeing from anyone that Gaiman wrote it like he though tit was nifty and everyone should give it a try, or even like he endorsed it in any way.
Gaiman wrote it like he though tit was nifty and everyone should give it a try
Is everyone too distracted by Natter to point out this typo? PEOPLE I AM DISAPPOINTED IN YOU.
OMG, who hasn't tried tit that's going to because Gaiman said it was cool? That's totes played out.
Yeah, not that much of a Gaiman fanboy.
Is it up to me then?
Amanda will kill you if you try anything.
Amanda will kill you if you try anything.
Ha! Amanda would probably elbow Neil out of the way so she could make out with ita.
I'm in love with _Blackout_. And so very thrilled about the film rights!!! Ever since seeing those photos with Jason Dohring as Shaun, gotta admit that reading this last book I was totally seeing him delivering Logan Echolls-esque line readings. I know there are plenty of talented actors who could rock that role, but his image is firmly Shaun in my mind. While reading the first book I couldn't stop visualizing Buffy as Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds, in spite of the age difference.
I just read a really great book...it's called "The Year The Music Changed" and it's about this girl with a lonely life and a cleft palate who strikes up a correspondence with Elvis Presley just as he's about to break out and be huge. It was surprisingly touching and heartfelt. Even though I thought I knew what there was to know about Elvis, down to Freudian analysis and such, I liked this character very much. Just a simple country boy with sandy hair and a talent he didn't know how to handle.
The gaming company Games Workshop does several books, and one series from quite a while back was a cyberpunk/Old Ones au, and one of those books was called Comeback Tour. Elvis Aron Presley was offered a deal he couldn't refuse, but he refused it. Instead of going on to superstardom, he re-joined the army, rose to the rank of Colonel, and eventually became a mercenary for the good guys. But the music is still in him.
It's not a great book, but it's a good book, with rock n roll and genetic manipulation and the end of the space program and all sorts of stuff.