I bought the second and third books used (in hardcover, because ... I have the first one in hardcover, and they have to match), and the third actually came first -- very distressing! And it's huuuuuuge! I told my mom (who read the first one when I told her to) that you had said the third one is a real heartbreaker, too. I can't wait!
I'm just trying to tell you that we have nothing in common besides both of us liking your penis.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
Amy - May 20, 2013 6:07:40 pm PDT #20816 of 28370
Because books.
sumi - May 21, 2013 5:35:12 am PDT #20817 of 28370
Art Crawl!!!
I just got alerted to a Seanan McGuire serial available on Kindle!
Polter-Cow - May 21, 2013 6:45:24 am PDT #20818 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's so good!! I look forward to the rest of the book.
DebetEsse - May 25, 2013 11:58:45 pm PDT #20819 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Is there some sort of welcome or orientation table that the ASOIAF fandom has set up for once you've reached the end of the published books? A "Now Begins the Waiting" kiosk, perhaps? "Winds of Winter is Coming...eventually"?
One note before I head off to see a ship that got unsunk: it is unallowed to kill Jon Snow. You may not. That is all.
Cass - May 26, 2013 12:30:05 am PDT #20820 of 28370
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Is there some sort of welcome or orientation table that the ASOIAF fandom has set up for once you've reached the end of the published books? A "Now Begins the Waiting" kiosk, perhaps? "Winds of Winter is Coming...eventually"?
I kinda hope so. I just finished all five books.
DebetEsse - May 26, 2013 5:43:54 am PDT #20821 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Me, too, Cass. I was thinking of plunging into the wiki.
Any thoughts you'd like to share with the class? I'm not sure I have a lot formulated into words.
DavidS - May 29, 2013 11:07:41 am PDT #20822 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Knut just noted on FB that Jack Vance died.
I loved The Dying Earth. One of my alltime favorite fantasies.
Cass - May 29, 2013 3:39:47 pm PDT #20823 of 28370
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Any thoughts you'd like to share with the class? I'm not sure I have a lot formulated into words.
I binge read 5,000 pages. I haven't even begun to figure out what I think of it.
I was doing that thing where you analyze the author but it kinda creeped me out so I tried to avoid it. I wanted to know nothing. As much as possible.
DebetEsse - May 29, 2013 7:17:21 pm PDT #20824 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Huh. You know, this is one time when I didn't have a "Your id is showing..." Reaction, though I did notice a few phrases that the editor let go through more often than I would have ("many and more"/"little and less" for example). I've started reading some fan theories, and there are some I find credible, especially one on Jon's parentage.
Pix - May 29, 2013 7:28:08 pm PDT #20825 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Huh. Just finished Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. Still trying to figure out what I think about them.