ok. those are wonderful
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
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."
hippocampus - Dec 07, 2012 5:19:48 am PST #20179 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2012 5:28:11 am PST #20180 of 28344
Always Anti-fascist!
I think they are lovely, but I don't think I could really wear one...if I wear plated metal, my neck(or finger, or wrist) breaks out in itchy hives.
Toddson - Dec 07, 2012 3:38:44 pm PST #20181 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Hola, all!
I want to mention that while Googling to track down the Aeslin mice Twitter feed, I came across the Aeslin mice SONG. Can't link, but it turns up in Google. Refrain: "Mark their rituals but my advice/ Don't give matches to the Aeslin mice."
Warning - it was an instant earworm for me. YEarwormMV.
Sheryl - Dec 08, 2012 4:51:20 am PST #20182 of 28344
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Toddson,
That's by Cat Faber. It was posted on her lj in March.(She's catsittingstill on lj) Heh, I should have figured it was hers, since the phrasing seemed familiar.
Consuela - Dec 13, 2012 9:06:46 am PST #20183 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wow, you know, I hadn't realized quite how much of a dick V.S. Naipaul is: [link]
That interview, just the way he keeps repositioning himself and aggrandizing himself. He's a great man, he's above politics but thinks all Muslim countries will end in tyranny, he's bored with Obama. And the Austen comments. And the way he won't get another cat a year after his cat died, but the day after his wife was cremated he moved in with another (younger) woman. Bleargh.
Also: LeGuin is still writing, and she's older than Naipaul. Age by itself doesn't destroy creativity. But then he would probably hate LeGuin.
sj - Dec 15, 2012 5:22:19 am PST #20184 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The kindle version of Terry Pratchett's Dodger is available for$2.99 today. link
Dana - Dec 15, 2012 10:37:48 am PST #20185 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
le nubian - Dec 15, 2012 10:45:26 am PST #20186 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have a question for all of you. If you had to list a set of books (say 5-10, but no fixed number is required) of your favorite books you have READ in 2012, what would they be?
sj - Dec 15, 2012 11:02:35 am PST #20187 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have a question for all of you. If you had to list a set of books (say 5-10, but no fixed number is required) of your favorite books you have READ in 2012, what would they be?
In no particular order: Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, The Paris Wife by Paula McClain, Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann, and Aloha From Hell by Richard Kadrey. Lunatic Heroes by Anthony Martignetti would probably also be on the list, but I haven't finished reading it yet.
meara - Dec 15, 2012 11:33:59 am PST #20188 of 28344
Ok, who has a recommendation for a book for my younger brother? He's 29, lives in Europe, and is vaguely libertarian about shit. I don't know what thrillers and stuff he's read, but I figure ill give him a book to go with an amazon gift card for his kindle.