oh. my. Going to look some more.
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
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 - Feb 13, 2013 3:29:11 pm PST #20422 of 28355
not your mom's socks.
Miracleman - Feb 15, 2013 4:34:05 am PST #20423 of 28355
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Anybody read Pratchett's "Snuff" yet? Just finished it and was disturbed by how not-quite-Pratchett it was.
Has his daughter started ghostwriting for him already?
Liese S. - Feb 15, 2013 4:38:06 am PST #20424 of 28355
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I have it. Have you read his other recent non-Discworld stuff? I feel like it's probably in line with that stuff.
Amy - Feb 15, 2013 4:42:15 am PST #20425 of 28355
Because books.
Okay, I'm still only about a quarter of the way through Gone Girl and I have the horrible feeling that I know what the twist is.
Is this something Amy and Nick set up together? Is it a twisted kind of treasure hunt Amy's making Nick go through to prove something about their marriage or his love?
Consuela - Feb 15, 2013 5:00:15 am PST #20426 of 28355
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read Snuff. I do rather wonder when we'll run out of species to learn not to be racist about.
Miracleman - Feb 15, 2013 5:10:39 am PST #20427 of 28355
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Consuela- Right?!
But beyond that...it just felt more like fanfic (no offense to anyone meant). Everybody was WAY too verbose and nobody had a distinct voice. Vimes was no fun...he had freakin' SUPERPOWERS for fuck's sake!
It read like somebody else playing in the Discworld sandbox.
sumi - Feb 15, 2013 5:54:41 am PST #20428 of 28355
Art Crawl!!!
Is the new Gail Carriger only available in hardcover right now?
megan walker - Feb 15, 2013 6:45:36 am PST #20429 of 28355
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy,
You think you know ... what's to come ... what you are. You haven't even begun.
Amy - Feb 15, 2013 6:50:43 am PST #20430 of 28355
Because books.
BWAH. Okay then!
-t - Feb 15, 2013 7:01:04 am PST #20431 of 28355
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read Snuff, but it was a while ago. I liked it and it felt Pratchett-y to me, but kind of unfinished, as I recall. Like it could have used a couple more passes of editing to tighten it up. But just having Vimes all happy on the boat pleased me a lot. On the whole, I liked Dodger better.
Has anyone else read The Long Earth? It's a collaboration between Pratchett and, um, Stephen Merchant? Someone. Anyway, love the premise but the plot is, well, it reads very much like the first in a series, which I'm sure it is meant to be.