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.
Book: I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God. Mal: No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.
'Safe'
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 28175
I look more rad than Lutheranism
DavidS - Feb 22, 2007 9:07:39 am PST #1998 of 28175
"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 28175
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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 28175
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 28175
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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 28175
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 28175
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 28175
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 28175
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 28175
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.