In fairness to Heinlein wasn't he suffering mini-strokes at the time he wrote this?
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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."
Typo Boy - Nov 11, 2012 7:48:58 am PST #20083 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.
Connie Neil - Nov 11, 2012 7:50:00 am PST #20084 of 28344
brillig
I was starting something about religion, then realized I was remembering "Job", not "Friday."
Tom Scola - Nov 11, 2012 7:55:45 am PST #20085 of 28344
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise (1979), not only talks about the Internet, he describes a crowd-sourced Wikipedia, complete with its accuracy issues.
Volans - Nov 11, 2012 8:12:42 am PST #20086 of 28344
move out and draw fire
Connie, religion's in here too, just not as central. The interesting-to-me part is that he seems happy and comfortable with Scientologists, but really viciously down on Christians.
wasn't he suffering mini-strokes at the time he wrote this?
this would explain so much about the plot, structure, and pacing.
Amy - Nov 11, 2012 12:10:05 pm PST #20087 of 28344
Because books.
Anyone looking for free nonfiction to read should check this out. Long pieces by Susan Orlean and Tom Wolfe.
Kat - Nov 12, 2012 2:59:48 pm PST #20088 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Chris Ware's Building Stories arrived in the mail on Saturday. So amazing. Anyone else looked at it?
hippocampus - Nov 13, 2012 4:45:36 am PST #20089 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
Interview with Steven Brust - [link] (xpost with gww)
Polter-Cow - Nov 13, 2012 5:33:32 am PST #20090 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
An Abundance of Katherines and Will Grayson, Will Grayson, both by John Green. Amazing.
I don't know whether you saw that I loved The Fault in Our Stars and liked Looking for Alaska. I just started An Abundance of Katherines, and I love the narrative voice. I have no idea what to expect, but I think I'll like it more than Looking for Alaska.
DavidS - Nov 13, 2012 6:30:52 am PST #20091 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Has anybody read YA author C.J. Omololu?
She's the parent of one of the kids on Emmett's tournament team, and they hosted our season ending party.
Nice quote for a segue: "I almost quit writing my first book when John Green's Looking for Alaska came out because the writing was so good, I figured why bother."
Gris - Nov 14, 2012 7:04:17 am PST #20092 of 28344
Hey. New board.
I haven't read The Fault in our Stars yet - it's not at the Nashville Public Library in eBook form, so it's getting delayed.
Friday is basically awful, but does indeed have some cool ideas in it. I loved the bit where she researches the Shipstone corporation - it really piqued my interest in the insanity that already IS multinational conglomerate corporations. I still enjoy wasting time by reading about all of the brands/companies owned by Proctor and Gamble or Pepsico or whatever.
I also just like the idea of Shipstones. Sure would be a nice way to solve every energy crisis.