What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?

Jayne ,'Objects In Space'


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 - Feb 15, 2013 8:56:13 am PST #20441 of 28358
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Dana might appreciate this: one of the Tor bloggers is doing a periodic review of old Paramount Star Trek: TOS tie-in novels.

Interesting. Although I mostly completely disagree with her. She likes "Enterprise: The First Adventure" more than "Final Frontier"?


Connie Neil - Feb 15, 2013 9:21:57 am PST #20442 of 28358
brillig

I was reading some of those reviews, and it seems silly to be judging the books for not showing sufficiently advanced technology. They seemed plenty futuristic to me when I read them. I need to find the Diane Duane books again, I think they're in the garage.


EpicTangent - Feb 15, 2013 9:32:07 am PST #20443 of 28358
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Huh. I had no idea she wrote Trek books. But I think you've just inspired me to put the So You Want to be a Wizard series up next on the to-be-re-read list.


Gris - Feb 15, 2013 3:44:44 pm PST #20444 of 28358
Hey. New board.

Oh the wizard books! Good stuff. I lost track of them around the eighth book though - eight is too many of most things.


Amy - Feb 15, 2013 5:41:01 pm PST #20445 of 28358
Because books.

I will leave megan's response as my own. I don't think you are prepared for the WTF.

I'm now three-quarters of the way through [Gone Girl], and holy shit. Unprepared is an understatement.


Dana - Feb 15, 2013 6:06:12 pm PST #20446 of 28358
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Yeah, I agree about the wizard series. I enjoy them, but they keep getting more and more complicated. Which is true of her Star Trek books as well.


le nubian - Feb 16, 2013 11:45:11 am PST #20447 of 28358
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I'm now three-quarters of the way through [Gone Girl], and holy shit. Unprepared is an understatement.

And yet, the HSQ increases.


Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2013 4:12:54 pm PST #20448 of 28358
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Man, I am nearing the end of The Shadowed Sun, and I am having Mark-level reactions to this book.


Pix - Feb 16, 2013 6:37:28 pm PST #20449 of 28358
The status is NOT quo.

I told you those books were awesome.


Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2013 6:49:21 pm PST #20450 of 28358
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm more into the characters in this book (Hanani especially is way more relatable than Ehiru, and I love her). Though both books could use more Sunanda.