There are definitely some similarities to Ready Player One, but it's much less agressively, um....less nerd-culture oriented? It's like the difference between reading a book and playing a video game.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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."
Dana - Jan 11, 2013 1:05:52 pm PST #20261 of 28348
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Polter-Cow - Jan 11, 2013 1:47:26 pm PST #20262 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That sounds like something I would enjoy! *adds to List*
sumi - Jan 17, 2013 4:31:29 am PST #20263 of 28348
Art Crawl!!!
Flavorwire's list of 10 Literary Boardgames.
Amy - Jan 17, 2013 4:42:25 am PST #20264 of 28348
Because books.
I want to play The Shining and Pride and Prejudice!
hippocampus - Jan 17, 2013 5:45:15 am PST #20265 of 28348
not your mom's socks.
Speculative roller derby anthology being kickstartered: [link]
Amy - Jan 17, 2013 6:00:45 pm PST #20266 of 28348
Because books.
Justine Larbalestier on snotty readers who dismiss whole genres.
sumi - Jan 18, 2013 4:35:26 am PST #20267 of 28348
Art Crawl!!!
Kindle Science Fiction/Fantasy Deal of the Day: Barbara Hambly's Blood Maidens.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2013 1:42:03 pm PST #20268 of 28348
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I did buy Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (for the Kindle, which is hilariously appropriate), and it's all kinds of nerdy fun. I'm about halfway through it (I bought it a week ago, not today). I'm likely to finish it this weekend.
Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2013 9:59:39 pm PST #20269 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For fans of SF Squeecast, a certain blog column about food and genre fiction is one of those mentioned this month. Around the 20 minute mark. It's a great show, and a great conversation.
It says the bandwidth is exceeded, but does it happen to be this one?? Because she linked to this post on one of Mark's Feed posts, and I really liked it.
And then she started working at my company.
askye - Jan 19, 2013 5:14:22 pm PST #20270 of 28348
Thrive to spite them
I'm putting all my books in GoodReads - especially the ones I got for free and still haven't gotten around to reading. Although I think I've gone a wee bit overboard in making shelves. A shelf for every series! And books in multiple shelves!
But I've also found I have a couple of duplicate books and I have a growing pile of books to donate to the library. I have a few books that ended up with bad reviews on GoodReads so I'm not going to keep them and try them out.