I kind of want more.
Have you read Countdown (a prequel novella about the events leading to the Rising) and San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats (a novella about the Rising at Comic-Con)?
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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."
Polter-Cow - Oct 30, 2012 9:39:45 am PDT #20033 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
-t - Oct 30, 2012 9:48:29 am PDT #20034 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I need to read Cloud Atlas too. We can form a book club!
OK! I have the sample on my iPad, but so far every time I've thought I'd start reading it, I've been too tired to think straight and just went to sleep...
We don't even have to discuss it, just motivate me to actually read it and then skip straight to the margaritas (my understanding of how book clubs work comes primarily from television).
The other book I was thinking about starting reading was Feed (Mira Grant) since it seems appropriate for Halloween, but hit the same falling asleep instead of reading obstacle.
Polter-Cow - Oct 30, 2012 9:49:58 am PDT #20035 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's not only appropriate for Halloween, but also it's really fun to follow Mark Reads Newsflesh. He just read a certain chapter in Feed, and Seanan is laughing at his pain.
le nubian - Oct 30, 2012 9:51:03 am PDT #20036 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
I have not. I need to read. But I want the epilogue, not necessarily the prequels, if that makes sense.
Polter-Cow - Oct 30, 2012 9:52:26 am PDT #20037 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ah, well, that you're not going to get except in fanfic. Seanan has said that the Masons' story is over. Although she might follow some of the other characters, I don't know.
le nubian - Oct 30, 2012 9:53:50 am PDT #20038 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
hmm. okay. I don't find that particularly satisfying, but I'll take it.
Amy - Oct 30, 2012 2:46:43 pm PDT #20039 of 28344
Because books.
javachik - Oct 30, 2012 3:41:09 pm PDT #20040 of 28344
Our wings are not tired.
P-C, I really loved Firestarter.
Polter-Cow - Oct 30, 2012 3:51:13 pm PDT #20041 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I picked up Cujo at a garage sale a while ago. It came out the week I was born!
Amy - Oct 30, 2012 5:28:24 pm PDT #20042 of 28344
Because books.
Pet Sematary, Misery, and Dolores Claiborne were all great, and I also loved The Regulators and Desperation. They both came out in 1996, and The Regulators came out with Richard Bachman as the author. They're great to read one after the other, in whichever order, because he's basically playing with the same characters and settings and ideas, but tilting them one way or another. They're both good, and they *are* different, but they're also the same at the base. I loved seeing that, how you can take one story and tell it a completely different way.
Lisey's Story was also really good, and really worth it in the end, but the buildup was also slow, like Duma Key. If you don't give up on it, though, the characterization and the story are fantastic.