I'm not saying the show is in any way good, but the pilot does address most of these questions.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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."
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
§ 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!!!
sj - Aug 09, 2012 12:49:59 pm PDT #19486 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Has anyone here read the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey? I just finished the first one and ran right out to pick up he second one. I thought maybe someone here had recommended it, but I had no luck searching the thread. Anyway, if you like urban fantasy, this is a darkly delicious example of the genre.
hippocampus - Aug 11, 2012 5:19:03 am PDT #19487 of 28343
not your mom's socks.
I haven't read Sandman Slim - might check it out.
I just started Rachel Hartman's Seraphina*. Has anyone else?
(*also started 2312 and re-started Range of Ghosts, but Seraphina won the weekend pile.)
Amy - Aug 12, 2012 5:27:52 pm PDT #19488 of 28343
Because books.
Did anyone read Code Name Verity? If so, why do you think the author made up a French town? If she didn't, I can't find anything about Ormaie anywhere online.
Never mind -- I finished and read the author's note in the back. Fantastic book.