Buffistas

Danger's my birthright.

Buffy ,'The Killer In 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."

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Ginger - Jun 10, 2012 10:27:51 am PDT #19141 of 28342

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

On reason I started the re-read is that I came across a list a kind soul had put on the web:

The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) - 129 AD
The Silver Branch (1957) - 284 AD
Frontier Wolf (1980) - 343 AD
The Lantern Bearers (1959) - 410+ AD
Sword At Sunset (1963) - 5th century
Dawn Wind (1961) - mid-late 6th century
The Shield Ring (1956) - 11th century

Tom Scola - Jun 10, 2012 10:53:49 am PDT #19142 of 28342

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

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Typo Boy - Jun 11, 2012 7:49:59 am PDT #19143 of 28342

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I'll check out Sutcliff. Again let me rec Firelord by Parke Godwin. Not only does it have a fascinating take on Farie, it has an amazing take on Merlin. It is well written, but it is also the quirkiest take on Arthur I've encountered - maybe quirkier than T.H. White. (Though, unlike White, not humor. )

Consuela - Jun 11, 2012 8:11:13 am PDT #19144 of 28342

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I like Parke Godwin. I also enjoyed his take on the Robin Hood legend, although I don't recall the title.

Hil R. - Jun 11, 2012 12:22:36 pm PDT #19145 of 28342

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

New Anne of Green Gables series on the CBC. [link] . It's going to be "set in a more modern era," which is giving me doubts. Anne really needs to be Victorian.

Typo Boy - Jun 11, 2012 12:58:42 pm PDT #19146 of 28342

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I like Parke Godwin. I also enjoyed his take on the Robin Hood legend, although I don't recall the title.

Sherwood.

Kind of replaying some of the historical themes of his Arthuran series. Liked it, but not nearly as much as Firelord and The Last Rainbow.

Consuela - Jun 11, 2012 1:36:55 pm PDT #19147 of 28342

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

New Anne of Green Gables series on the CBC.

Oh, dear. Is it Kevin Sullivan again? He's been milking that franchise to death ever since the first miniseries. The second one was okay (if horribly uncanonical), and the third (and fourth!) were horrors.

And frankly, it's just not Green Gables without Colleen Dewhurst.

Dana - Jun 11, 2012 3:08:59 pm PDT #19148 of 28342

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh, HELL no.

Consuela - Jun 11, 2012 3:13:29 pm PDT #19149 of 28342

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Apparently it's not Kevin Sullivan. Some other shop called Breakthrough Productions. The CBC story doesn't have any other information, but obviously we won't be seeing Megan Follows. Pity, that.

I did track her down on IMDB: she was apparently a regular on Brothers & Sisters when it was on.

meara - Jun 11, 2012 3:28:07 pm PDT #19150 of 28342

I just read "The Selection", which is so very Now. Post-massive-wars dystopia, where our plucky heroine is chosen to be one of the women vying for the prince's hand, a la the Bachelor! It was actually just fine as these books go, I enjoy them....but while it is labelled #1 and I knew there'd be sequels, I didn't expect it to end only halfway through the process, rather abruptly! Wtf?

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