I posted a link to the article in Bitches yesterday, but for anyone interested here is the link to the article.
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
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 - Nov 22, 2012 4:32:20 am PST #20117 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
victor infante - Nov 22, 2012 12:50:46 pm PST #20118 of 28344
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Dude, Victor's article about it just got retweeted by Gaiman.
Yeah. I noticed that. Amanda, too.
Very odd day ...
Consuela - Nov 26, 2012 8:11:32 am PST #20119 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Among Amazon's Cyber Monday sales are special Kindle deals on what looks like Barbara Hambly's entire fantasy catalog.
And also Octavia Butler.
Steph L. - Nov 26, 2012 8:13:56 am PST #20120 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
A lot of Dorothy Sayers too, IIRC.
-t - Nov 26, 2012 8:18:04 am PST #20121 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Where's a good place to start with Octavia Butler? I've never read her, and I should fix that.
Connie Neil - Nov 26, 2012 9:29:45 am PST #20122 of 28344
brillig
Crap, I'm utterly broke and I don't have a Kindle.
Kate P. - Nov 26, 2012 10:09:22 am PST #20123 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
-t, I've read both Parable of the Sower and Kindred, and they're both excellent (and very different from each other).
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2012 10:23:10 am PST #20124 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kindred is a great book, but it stands on its own. Apart from Fledgling (which I do not recommend--I found it skeevy and I can't help but wonder if that's the final version, or she had more to do before she died (doubtlessly that's all wishful thinking, because I love all the rest of her stuff, and I hate this, and I just want something not-her to blame)) the rest of her works take place in 2 (3?) shared universes.
- Patternist: Patternmaster, Mind of my Mind, Survivor, Wild Seed, Clay's Ark
- Parable: Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents
- Xenogenesis (so, 3, then): Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago
I think I liked Xenogenesis the most, but they're all good--pick any start of a series.
Kate P. - Nov 26, 2012 10:30:30 am PST #20125 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, there's also Bloodchild, a story collection. I remember loving that one too.
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2012 10:36:30 am PST #20126 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes--sorry. I was in novel mode. Are all her stories in Bloodchild?