I finished the third Sandman Slim book yesterday and then started reading Something Wicked This Way Comes which I have been meaning to read some October for several years now but somehow keep not doing it. So far, I love it!
Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.
'The Message'
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."
sj - Oct 21, 2012 5:39:59 pm PDT #19953 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Anne W. - Oct 21, 2012 5:41:53 pm PDT #19954 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oooh! Thanks for reminding me of SWTWC. I know what I'll be reading next...
Atropa - Oct 21, 2012 5:56:19 pm PDT #19955 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yes, all of you read SWTWC. Go, do it now.
sj - Oct 21, 2012 6:03:17 pm PDT #19956 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Oooh! Thanks for reminding me of SWTWC. I know what I'll be reading next...
Happy to help!
Yes, all of you read SWTWC. Go, do it now.
Why didn't I take this advice sooner? I really haven't read much Bradbury other than Fahrenheit 451 and some short stories, which is odd because I have really enjoyed what I have read by him.
Polter-Cow - Oct 21, 2012 6:07:14 pm PDT #19957 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Right? I was the same way when I read it a few months ago. I clearly need to read more.
sj - Oct 21, 2012 6:13:14 pm PDT #19958 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jilli, what other Bradbury would you recommend?
Ginger - Oct 21, 2012 7:25:58 pm PDT #19959 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I really should read SWTWC for the third or fourth time for Halloween.
Jilli, what other Bradbury would you recommend?
Not Jilli, but I'd say Dandelion Wine and all the short stories. I find The Martian Chronicles problematic, but others may feel differently.
He should have lived forever.
Connie Neil - Oct 21, 2012 7:31:41 pm PDT #19960 of 28344
brillig
I wonder where my copy of A Night in the Lonesome October is.
Atropa - Oct 21, 2012 8:46:33 pm PDT #19961 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
He should have lived forever.
Yes. Yes, he should have.
Other Bradbury you should read? The short story "Homecoming", which had a bigger influence on me than even SWTWC. From Dust Returned, which follows "Homecoming". Death Is A Lonely Business and the kinda-sorta sequel Let's Kill Constance. And oh! The Halloween Tree. Everyone needs to read that.
sj - Oct 22, 2012 3:04:00 am PDT #19962 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Other Bradbury you should read? The short story "Homecoming", which had a bigger influence on me than even SWTWC. From Dust Returned, which follows "Homecoming". Death Is A Lonely Business and the kinda-sorta sequel Let's Kill Constance. And oh! The Halloween Tree. Everyone needs to read that.
I think I have a pretty, illustrated version of Homecoming somewhere. I also definitely have Let's All Kill Constance, which I bought found out it was a sequel, didn't have the first book, so never read it. Thanks!