P-C,
damn. you have to tell me which chapter. Because to my mind, there are about 2 or 3 possibilities. It all depends on whether you went for big big big intensity or if you went with HSQ #1.
I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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."
le nubian - Sep 06, 2012 1:42:21 pm PDT #19668 of 28343
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2012 1:47:07 pm PDT #19669 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Someone has already bought the chapter where Buffy dies. We want to see his brain melt when George does.
It's fun to follow the newbies' reactions in the comments. Some of them were just as unprepared as Mark; they didn't even know that it was about bloggers following a presidential campaign.
le nubian - Sep 06, 2012 1:52:06 pm PDT #19670 of 28343
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
I think it is quite possible you are a cruel person!
I am like the commenters. I think I read the book based on a few positive comments here. I didn't know ANYTHING about it except zombies. Literally.
I had even forgotten it was a YA. The main hurdle for me to get over was the book's structure. I didn't get it for a bit and then it all fit into place.
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2012 1:58:33 pm PDT #19671 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think it is quite possible you are a cruel person!
Quite. As are my four compatriots in cruelty.
I am like the commenters. I think I read the book based on a few positive comments here. I didn't know ANYTHING about it except zombies. Literally.
Very cool! It's interesting to read those perspectives, what people think of these earlier chapters without knowing some of the basic things. For instance, Mark and a lot of other people are really concerned about the Wall, and I never really thought much about it. Except now I am wondering about it! Where is it? Who maintains it? Is it just a website? Is there a physical Wall too?
I had even forgotten it was a YA.
It's not.
The main hurdle for me to get over was the book's structure.
What do you mean? You mean the blog entries?
le nubian - Sep 06, 2012 2:11:34 pm PDT #19672 of 28343
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
It's not YA?
WTF? I thought for sure it was while reading it. Hmm.
le nubian - Sep 06, 2012 2:12:12 pm PDT #19673 of 28343
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yeah, the blog entries and the little post-scripts at the end of each chapter, some with more oomph than others.
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2012 2:13:53 pm PDT #19674 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Someone else said they found it in the YA section, but it's sci-fi/horror. The characters are also older than the typical YA protagonists.
There is another Feed that IS YA, so that's why you may have been confused.
Yeah, the blog entries and the little post-scripts at the end of each chapter, some with more oomph than others.
Yep. Yep.
le nubian - Sep 06, 2012 2:33:21 pm PDT #19675 of 28343
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
well I'll be damned. you know, I am not sure I knew how old the protags were. they seemed young to me, but you are right, they aren't 14 or anything.
Steph L. - Sep 06, 2012 2:44:46 pm PDT #19676 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I haz Skulduggery Pleasant! There goes my weekend.
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2012 2:49:47 pm PDT #19677 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
they seemed young to me, but you are right, they aren't 14 or anything.
I think they're all mid- to late-twenties.