I am about 30% into Zone One (according to the Kindle) and wondering when the exposition dump is going to stop.
And now my boy's in love. All hearts and flowers. But, doesn't it freak you out that she used to change your diapers? I mean, when you think about it, the first woman you boned is the closest thing you've ever had to a mother. Doing your mom and trying to kill your dad. Hm. There should be a play.
Angelus ,'Damage'
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."
Dana - Sep 17, 2012 5:18:27 pm PDT #19726 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Typo Boy - Sep 17, 2012 5:45:20 pm PDT #19727 of 28344
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.
Appropos of nothing, I have a theory about Mary Poppins. A theory about who she really is - sort of head canon, cause I have no idea of authorial intent.
For any one who knows Poppins only in the movie, in the book she is a much more frightening figure - still on the side of good, but powerful and dangerous and able to easily back down very powerful supernatural creatures. One thing in common with the movie: she is prudish and while she does date Bert, it is obvious that things are veddy veddy proper.
So my theory: Mary Poppins is the Maiden aspect of the triple goddess. Any aspect of the triple goddess is powerful. And concern with children is not confined to the Mother aspect. Especially since they are really one goddess, any one avatar will have aspects of other faces of the goddess. I'm not prepared to make a big argument for this: just that it fits, and does not actually contradict anything in book. Anyway, a passing thought.
Atropa - Sep 17, 2012 5:55:18 pm PDT #19728 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hmmm. I like that theory. I'm not sure I agree 100% with it, but it makes a certain amount of sense.
Atropa - Sep 17, 2012 6:00:00 pm PDT #19729 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And the only reason I'm not 100% behind it is because I think, in some ways, she's scarier than the Maiden aspect of the triple goddess. She's petty, she's the catalyst for inexplicable mysteries, she refuses to explain any of them, and she gets affronted if anyone does ask her for explanations. Which to me doesn't mesh well with any aspect of the triple goddess.
le nubian - Sep 17, 2012 8:07:03 pm PDT #19730 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana,
I could not get past Chapter 1 because of the exposition issues. Let me know if it gets better?
Typo Boy - Sep 17, 2012 8:33:27 pm PDT #19731 of 28344
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 think the triple Goddess is very scary. Most goddesses are aspects of her. So Hera and Cybele are both aspects of the mother. Diana, Athena are aspects of the maiden. Both are scary. Diana and Actaeon, scary for sure - petty if he really stumbled on them accidentally, not so petty if was plotting rape. Athena and Arachne scary and definitely petty. Also moving beyond the Maiden, Cybele to whom men sacrificed their manhood, Hera who tricked Semele into asking Zeus to show himself in all his glory, which killed her. Not liking to be asked questions - well fits the general arrogance of Gods and Goddesses. Fundamentally I see the Triple Goddess as scary indeed - wild, primal, dangerous, capable of anything from mass slaughter and starting wars to petty and spiteful revenge on one person.
-t - Sep 18, 2012 7:20:27 am PDT #19732 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have Glass Heart. The temptation to curl up on the couch and read all day is very strong.
Amy - Sep 18, 2012 7:38:59 am PDT #19733 of 28344
Because books.
Thanks, -t. I hope you like it.
Anne W. - Sep 18, 2012 8:20:10 am PDT #19734 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Ooh! Glass Heart is out? How did I miss that! (zooms off to Amazon)
Sophia Brooks - Sep 18, 2012 11:10:05 am PDT #19735 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I heard about a book that I want to read, but can no longer remember the author or title. It was a non-fiction book where the author made friends with and wrote about people living in low income city neighborhoods (possibly in chicago) and how there was a whole alternate economy going on that the mainstream public doesn't know about. I am pretty sure that there was a segment about this book on This American Life, where someone had a garage sale and sold furniture with money in it?