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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."

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§ 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?

Kate P. - Nov 26, 2012 10:40:57 am PST #20127 of 28344

That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I don't know. It's the only story collection of hers that I'm aware of, but I have no idea if she has other stories floating around.

hippocampus - Nov 26, 2012 11:02:52 am PST #20128 of 28344

not your mom's socks.

"The Evening, The Morning, and the Night" isn't in Bloodchild. It's in the Best of Women's Fantasy and Science Fiction and a few other anthos. Don't know if it's collected.

-t - Nov 26, 2012 11:23:37 am PST #20129 of 28344

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Excellent, thank you!

Dana - Nov 26, 2012 6:57:22 pm PST #20130 of 28344

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Augh, I want to buy the Sayers, except I don't think I need them all, but then which ones do I choose? It's not like I'm going to get rid of my paper copies, so then it's only for convenience...

I could get Gaudy Night, Have His Carcasse, and Busman's Honeymoon. And Murder Must Advertise. And The Nine Tailors. Oh, shit, and Strong Poison.

Typo Boy - Nov 26, 2012 7:02:05 pm PST #20131 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.

Personally, if I needed to drop a couple, I'd skip The Nine Tailors and Have His Carcasse. I did like all the Whimsey novels but those two were my least favorite. The Nine Tailors because I could not get interested in the bell ringing details. "Have His Carcasse" because it is the only one of the series I can't remember a single detail of, so apparently nothing of it whatever stuck.

Dana - Nov 26, 2012 7:07:10 pm PST #20132 of 28344

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Have His Carcasse is definitely the weakest of the Peter and Harriet books, but I'm too much of a completist to leave it out, and it has some scenes I really like.

And I'm a musician, so I like the bell ringing, though it's kind of insane.

-t - Nov 26, 2012 7:38:05 pm PST #20133 of 28344

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The bell ringing details were my favorite part!

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