You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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."


Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2012 9:04:10 am PDT #19619 of 28343
brillig

I have Sleepy Bedtime tendencies, which can be bad if I'm reading my Nook or Palm, because I fall asleep and drop them on my nose.


§ ita § - Aug 31, 2012 9:44:27 am PDT #19620 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I fall asleep and drop them on my nose

You read with the device held in the air the whole time? My arms would die.


Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2012 9:59:20 am PDT #19621 of 28343
brillig

well, the arm is braced on a pillow, then I drift off and I lose my grip, then bonk.


Liese S. - Aug 31, 2012 9:59:44 am PDT #19622 of 28343
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I am so lazy I want to figure out a way to make my nook flip the pages automatically at certain intervals. Then I could have it propped outside the covers and keep my arms underneath.


meara - Aug 31, 2012 10:31:13 am PDT #19623 of 28343

Then I could have it propped outside the covers and keep my arms underneath.

I believe this is why the "snuggie" and "slanket" were invented...


Liese S. - Aug 31, 2012 10:58:07 am PDT #19624 of 28343
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Fingers!


bennett - Sep 02, 2012 8:52:19 am PDT #19625 of 28343

Amazon has a bunch (all?) of Andre Norton's Kindle editions for free/cheap. Some are sets of collected works, some are individual titles.


Consuela - Sep 02, 2012 9:55:17 am PDT #19626 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

A bunch of those are already in the public domain, so there's no reason to pay for the bundled ones. I only found four of the free ones which aren't also on Project Gutenberg.


Connie Neil - Sep 02, 2012 10:11:16 am PDT #19627 of 28343
brillig

I grabbed a bunch off Gutenberg, but I didn't keep them. The early stuff is very pulp, and I find I don't have a taste for the tropes, not even from a Grand Master.


Zenkitty - Sep 02, 2012 4:42:21 pm PDT #19628 of 28343
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Anyone got any recs for good steampunk for my BFF, who has apparently just discovered it?