Gore Vidal totally invented slash: [link]
Willow, check you out! Witch-Fu!
Buffy ,'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."
Tom Scola - Aug 01, 2012 6:30:29 pm PDT #19476 of 28343
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2012 6:36:41 pm PDT #19477 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From what I can tell it's not the Emberverse because it's only electricity. Apparently it's been vetted by a physicist, so I'll give it a look--all the promo material makes it seem impossible, since biological electricity still works, but if a pro had a look at it, maybe it could work.
erin_obscure - Aug 02, 2012 12:20:41 am PDT #19478 of 28343
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
At first I thought it must just be another no electricity/post apocalyptic spin...but the characters are using swords and crossbows. Why would people move away from firearms unless they *had* to? Not that the Emberverse explanation for gunpowder no longer working makes any sense...but at least there is an attempt at a reason behind everyone wielding medieval weaponry. It's not like 15 years would be so long that Americans could run out of firearms or ammunition, ammunition doesn't expire, and an EMP wouldn't affect ballistics at all.
SA confirms that it is based on the Emberverse books, but it still is a mystery to me why the relationship is buried so deep and not being openly referenced. Does Kripke not want people reading the books and being turned off by them or reading about the supernatural aspects? I don't know much of anything about Stirling, but it seems like most any writer would want the publicity associated with a major network show. eta: I'm also a little sad at losing the local focus on the Willamette Valley. I gotta admit that one of the reasons I kept reading was the setting of the first few books in and around MAH LAND. Which is remarkably temperate and fertile, IJS.
Jessica - Aug 02, 2012 3:08:29 am PDT #19479 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm not saying the show is in any way good, but the pilot does address most of these questions.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2012 5:17:18 am PDT #19480 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was also pretty sure that the photos had guns in them. I'm really surprised by the Emberverse link, since IO9 readers brought it up and discarded it explicitly.
Jessica - Aug 02, 2012 5:18:09 am PDT #19481 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If there's real interest, I could take this to Spoilers.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2012 5:21:20 am PDT #19482 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, there are definitely guns in it--the issues would seem to be manufacture, not whether gunpowder works or not.
I'm not interested in anything beyond the promo stuff. I don't want to be spoiled, so I'm bowing out here.
erin_obscure - Aug 02, 2012 5:40:05 pm PDT #19483 of 28343
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I'm interested and will switch over to spoilers :)
Ginger - Aug 02, 2012 5:47:56 pm PDT #19484 of 28343
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I would also liked to be spoiled.
sumi - Aug 07, 2012 5:58:47 am PDT #19485 of 28343
Art Crawl!!!