Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


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."


Steph L. - Jun 08, 2012 12:54:21 pm PDT #19120 of 28342
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

HAIL! The aeslin mice are on Twitter.

That's awesome. #hail


Polter-Cow - Jun 08, 2012 12:54:38 pm PDT #19121 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I think I saw one reviewer who said they were annoying. HEATHEN.


-t - Jun 08, 2012 12:59:00 pm PDT #19122 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OK, I like Discount Armageddon, and love the mice (#hail), but what is the title supposed to mean?


Polter-Cow - Jun 08, 2012 1:03:41 pm PDT #19123 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I think she said it was because it was like Armageddon-lite, like it wasn't really the end of the world, but something less catastrophic. I'll see if I can find the IM when I go home. A later book is called Half-Off Ragnarok, so the real answer is probably just...it's a fun title.


-t - Jun 08, 2012 4:02:28 pm PDT #19124 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OK, as long as I am not missing out on secret significance.


Polter-Cow - Jun 09, 2012 12:24:23 pm PDT #19125 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It's a HUGE WORLD-SHAKING APOCALYPSE...on a shoe-string budget, with a cocktail waitress and a trainee, trying to prevent it. So it's basically the Costco version of doom.


-t - Jun 09, 2012 1:04:46 pm PDT #19126 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That makes perfect sense, but I would never have figured it out.


§ ita § - Jun 10, 2012 2:55:06 am PDT #19127 of 28342
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Any recommendations for spinning of the Arthurian legends? I'm in the mood to maybe pick up a couple beyond Mallory and White.


DavidS - Jun 10, 2012 7:00:01 am PDT #19128 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Any recommendations for spinning of the Arthurian legends?

Mists of Avalon? The Hollow Hills/The Crystal Cave?


Amy - Jun 10, 2012 7:04:38 am PDT #19129 of 28342
Because books.

I've wanted to give Mists of Avalon a shot for a while.