I know it's from As You Like It; I can't remember the character's name, though.
Dang. Time to turn in my college degree.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Steph L. - Feb 22, 2007 8:56:15 am PST #1997 of 28765
That which does not kill you should RUN
DavidS - Feb 22, 2007 9:07:39 am PST #1998 of 28765
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know it's from As You Like It;
Correct.
I can't remember the character's name, though.
Who's the clown in that play?
Also, you didn't answer the last question. I suspect you've used The Reply Churlish on chatty coworker this week.
Steph L. - Feb 22, 2007 9:16:54 am PST #1999 of 28765
That which does not kill you should RUN
I suspect you've used The Reply Churlish on chatty coworker this week.
Oh, I only EVER use The Reply Churlish. Anything else is just inauthentic dissembling.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2007 9:54:56 am PST #2000 of 28765
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm reading Octavia Butler's book, The Fledgling. I know it wasn't supposed to be one of her best, but I feel almost awkward reading it, like I'm in someone else's business. The POV character is not a very informed one at this point in the book, but somehow it all feels childlike to me. Having a hard time convincing myself to finish.
Why won't the damn library find me a copy of Swordspoint???
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2007 9:56:17 am PST #2001 of 28765
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Why won't the damn library find me a copy of Swordspoint???
I need to steal my library's copy of it. I swear I'll love it properly.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2007 11:30:57 am PST #2002 of 28765
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need to steal my library's copy of it. I swear I'll love it properly.
You! You are the villain!
Somehow I managed to end up with a book after it, and now it seems there's no way I'm getting Swordspoint before I have to return what I have.
brenda m - Feb 23, 2007 3:02:29 am PST #2003 of 28765
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Heh. I just started rereading that the other night. Hivemind in action.
Kate P. - Feb 23, 2007 3:54:18 am PST #2004 of 28765
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just read that a couple of weeks ago! I really enjoyed it, though I liked The Privilege of the Sword even better -- anyone read that one yet? I fell head-over-heels for the main character, while nobody in Swordspoint quite grabbed me like she did. It also made me wonder if Swordspoint would be a significantly different book if Kushner wrote it now, instead of in the 80s, just in terms of (barely spoilery) attitudes towards sex and sexuality -- how much to show vs. tell, that sort of thing.
Beverly - Feb 23, 2007 4:29:26 am PST #2005 of 28765
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I read Swordspoint when it first came out, and have had to buy another copy to reread before I tackle The Fall of Kings before I get to Priviledge of the Sword. All three are in the TBR pile. Somewhere. I loved her Thomas the Rhymer, too.
Consuela - Feb 23, 2007 1:57:49 pm PST #2006 of 28765
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really like Swordspoint, didn't like The Fall of Kings, and loved Privilege of the Sword. I'm not sure what any of that means.