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?
Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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."
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
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.
Consuela - Feb 15, 2013 7:09:27 am PST #20432 of 28355
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I finished that Tom Simon novel, The Ends of Earth and Sky (I think?). And I don't think I'll be reading the rest. The writing's not bad, and the voice is fairly clear, but the POV character seems to have no emotional responses to anything. Even when he chooses to do something very dangerous, there's no evident emotional content or inner conflict: he just does it.
It's also really rather derivative. The hero has a wizardly mentor, who leads him up a forbidden mountain and across precipices, fleeing shadowy demonic figures. There's a brilliant macguffin that the hero picks up without knowing what it is. There are orcs and elves and lost gods. Oh, and the hero has Unexpected Talents, lacking only the discipline to put them to use.
Eh. I think I shall go read some Nnedi Okorafor or N. K. Jemisin instead.