I thought books were underlined and movies italicised. Where's our style guide?
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
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."
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2007 9:54:52 am PST #1904 of 28174
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aims - Feb 01, 2007 9:59:52 am PST #1905 of 28174
Shit's all sorts of different now.
We don't trust the style guide. It speaks against gauchos.
Amy - Feb 01, 2007 9:59:59 am PST #1906 of 28174
Because books.
Nothing's underlined, according to the Chicago Manual of Style. Books, films, TV shows -- all italicized. A specific episode of a TV show would be in quotation marks, as would a song off a particular CD (and the CD itself would be italicized).
t /pedant
Note that I am a pedant who doesn't bother to actually code her posts to italicize the title of mentioned book.
Dana - Feb 01, 2007 10:02:31 am PST #1907 of 28174
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think MLA style underlines book titles.
Nutty - Feb 01, 2007 10:04:30 am PST #1908 of 28174
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The underlining is an MLA thing. APA also uses itals, and quote marks for a smaller segment of something that would go in itals.
Polter-Cow - Feb 01, 2007 10:23:37 am PST #1909 of 28174
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Underlining is for squares.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2007 10:24:52 am PST #1910 of 28174
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think MLA style underlines book titles.
Whoohoo!
Uh, perhaps a little needy right now.
Polter-Cow - Feb 01, 2007 10:26:48 am PST #1911 of 28174
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't think you're square, ita.
DavidS - Feb 01, 2007 10:30:22 am PST #1912 of 28174
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Underlining is for squares.
::nods in approval and makes L7 with fingers::
erikaj - Feb 01, 2007 10:33:50 am PST #1913 of 28174
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, like that hasn't been a lifelong pursuit of yours, Hec. But I don't remember the last time I underlined anything, even if I'm not cool.