I'm really looking forward to reading the final book because I know she's changed things from the first draft (the opening is different, for starters, and she seems to have added a new structure/framing device), and also I've gotten over the "It's not like Feeeeeeeeeeed" part. I liked Deadline a lot more the second time around too.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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."
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2013 8:54:17 am PDT #20906 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
dcp - Jun 23, 2013 11:19:01 am PDT #20907 of 28370
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Read Mira Grant's Parasite...
Envy.
Strix - Jun 23, 2013 11:34:05 am PDT #20908 of 28370
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oooh, you have the BEST scoop, P-C!
dcp, I'm PRETTY sure Parasite is an auto-read on NetGalley. Lots of ARCs there you have to request; sometimes you're approved, sometimes not.
You can give it a try:
ETA: But be sure to buy it when it comes out! Support your authors!
Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2013 1:14:09 pm PDT #20909 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:10:48 pm PDT #20910 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Coming up with new book salon ideas and wondered about doing something with books that riff on classics.
Jane Eyre/Wide Sargasso Sea and Dr. Jeckyll.../Mary Reilly would be examples of ones more in the fan fiction vein, but I'm also thinking about books where a particular classic is a big plot point.
This is mostly because I want an excuse to read Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine.
Ideas?
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:15:26 pm PDT #20911 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
WSS as fan fiction? Really? I teach it as a postmodern classic.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:16:46 pm PDT #20912 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I meant in that it uses characters created by someone else.
ETA: Whereas Treasure Island!!! is a novel about someone obsessed with the book Treasure Island, not a story about some of its characters.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:19:55 pm PDT #20913 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There's "Death Comes to Pemberly", but I didn't think it was very good.
Lev Grossman's Magician series, which are riffs on Narnia?
Connie Willis' Doomsday Book?
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:22:41 pm PDT #20914 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Josephine Tey's "The Daughter of Time" is about Richard III, but I don't remember if it's about the play specifically, or just the history.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:25:53 pm PDT #20915 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And there's something like A.S. Byatt's Possession, but that's about fictional authors, not real ones.