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.
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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."
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!
-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.
-t - Jun 10, 2012 7:07:47 am PDT #19130 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like the John Steinbeck, but ISTR it's unfinished. Eta: yep [link]
This guy has some recommendations, though more in the way of references than novels. And I like his webcomic well enough.
Ginger - Jun 10, 2012 7:15:05 am PDT #19131 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset
dcp - Jun 10, 2012 7:26:23 am PDT #19132 of 28342
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Any recommendations for spinning of the Arthurian legends?
I've been meaning to try the Bernard Cornwell series The Warlord Chronicles, but it is a ways down my TBR list.