And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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."


Kate P. - Aug 22, 2012 5:49:55 am PDT #19571 of 28343
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I'd suggest that you don't read "The Small Assassin" until Rose is much older.

Heh, I actually read it just a few weeks ago (been slowly making my way through a Bradbury collection ever since he died), but I thought it was more funny than creepy. The premise is unsettling, but I couldn't get past the fact that the mother thought her baby was evil because he didn't sleep at night.


Typo Boy - Aug 22, 2012 9:21:29 am PDT #19572 of 28343
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.

Warning: Homecoming is not a horror story. It always gives me a case of the sniffles. Damn allergies. A warm and loving family shows acceptance of the family oddball. Gee, can't think of why that would get to me.


Atropa - Aug 22, 2012 9:23:16 am PDT #19573 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Warning: Homecoming is not a horror story.

Oh, no. Not in the slightest. But it is my all-time favorite Bradbury story. I have the stand-alone short book for it that was illustrated by Dave McKean, and it's lovely.

(Huh. I wonder if I could convince Pete to illustrate a version JUST FOR ME.)


Typo Boy - Aug 22, 2012 9:50:05 am PDT #19574 of 28343
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 love it too. Just wanted to warn people that it can give a case of the sniffles.


Anne W. - Aug 26, 2012 8:51:02 am PDT #19575 of 28343
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Excellent news regarding Terry Pratchett. Excellent on a number of fronts, especially the post script.

Now excuse me, I must go squeeflail all over the place...


Polter-Cow - Aug 26, 2012 9:02:34 am PDT #19576 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Ooooooooooooooh.


Liese S. - Aug 26, 2012 9:37:24 am PDT #19577 of 28343
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

That is truly excellent news.


Consuela - Aug 26, 2012 9:45:55 am PDT #19578 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yay, indeed!


Connie Neil - Aug 26, 2012 10:16:01 am PDT #19579 of 28343
brillig

Let the casting speculation begin.


JZ - Aug 27, 2012 4:46:44 am PDT #19580 of 28343
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Free audiobook today from Amazon:

Colin Firth's unabridged reading of Graham Greene's The End of the Affair. Depressing as all hell, but it must sound utterly gorgeous.