So it wasn't here I read about Iain Banks having less than a year to live: [link] ?
That's not what making out sounds like -- unless I'm doing it wrong?
Willow ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
§ ita § - Apr 03, 2013 8:41:09 am PDT #20579 of 28367
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Apr 03, 2013 9:49:46 am PDT #20580 of 28367
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh no! That's terrible news.
hippocampus - Apr 03, 2013 12:37:34 pm PDT #20581 of 28367
not your mom's socks.
I love his books --
§ ita § - Apr 03, 2013 1:10:43 pm PDT #20582 of 28367
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You have to respect a guy who proposed by asking his significant other if she'd do him the honour of being his widow.
I like his books too, but...that just made things extra real.
le nubian - Apr 03, 2013 3:12:14 pm PDT #20583 of 28367
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
He is married to her now (note: not THE Adele, but another Adéle).
Amy - Apr 03, 2013 5:41:46 pm PDT #20584 of 28367
Because books.
Booklamp, a Pandora-like book rec engine.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2013 5:58:20 pm PDT #20585 of 28367
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Interesting! I'll have to play around with that. Not that I need more book recommendations, just to see what it does.
EpicTangent - Apr 04, 2013 8:05:29 am PDT #20586 of 28367
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Fun concept, but definitely still needs work. Took me 3 tries to get it to recognize a book, then the suggestions weren't all that. Hopefully, it's one of those things that learns as it gets used.
le nubian - Apr 04, 2013 8:09:45 am PDT #20587 of 28367
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
What ET said.
The site didn't recognize the last 3 books I read. Which actually gave me a bit of a complex.
EpicTangent - Apr 04, 2013 8:38:20 am PDT #20588 of 28367
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Okay, tried again, using le n's "last 3" model. Did much better - current book recognized and other books in same series recommended; didn't get 3rd Montmaray book, but had the first 2; got the recent Niffenegger, though I'm not sure about the recs.
So maybe it is learning...or my last 3 books are less obscure than my first sample (though really, the one it didn't recognize was Time Traveler's Wife - it got Her Fearful Symmetry, but not Niffenegger's actually famous, made into a movie book?)