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.
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
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 - Sep 02, 2012 10:11:16 am PDT #19627 of 28343
brillig
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?
Polter-Cow - Sep 02, 2012 4:46:42 pm PDT #19629 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anne W. - Sep 02, 2012 5:03:03 pm PDT #19630 of 28343
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Zen, I quite enjoyed Scott Westerfeld's "Leviathan" trilogy. It's an AU take on WWI, with one side deploying what are essentially giant robots, and the other side using biologically engineered zeppelins and the like. Much, much fun. It also (in the last book anyhow) involves Nikola Tesla, who is something of a favorite in steampunkish RPF.
Zenkitty - Sep 02, 2012 6:09:28 pm PDT #19631 of 28343
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks, Anne! That sounds like a good place to start.
Connie Neil - Sep 02, 2012 6:23:03 pm PDT #19632 of 28343
brillig
Those do sound good.
Polter-Cow - Sep 02, 2012 6:30:34 pm PDT #19633 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Among Others won the Hugo.
Consuela - Sep 02, 2012 6:36:02 pm PDT #19634 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Among Others won the Hugo.
What a surprise.
That is: not at all.
Consuela - Sep 02, 2012 6:51:54 pm PDT #19635 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
DavidS - Sep 02, 2012 7:01:56 pm PDT #19636 of 28343
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Best Novelette: "Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)
And Seanan wins (with others) on best Fancast.