Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
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!
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?
WSS as fan fiction? Really? I teach it as a postmodern classic.
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.
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?
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.
And there's something like A.S. Byatt's Possession, but that's about fictional authors, not real ones.
I'm also thinking about books where a particular classic is a big plot point.
I haven't read it, but from what I know, Among Others might qualify.
There's "Death Comes to Pemberly", but I didn't think it was very good.
Yeah, my concern is that there aren't very many "good" ones. I definitely wouldn't want the P&P with zombies types of books.
In fact, I would mostly prefer contemporary books about classics, for example, Mister Pip, a story about reading Great Expectations that was up for the Booker a few years ago.
Lev Grossman's Magician series, which are riffs on Narnia?
In my memory, this is about a series like Narnia, but not Narnia, correct?
The idea would be that salonistas could read books about classics they've already read or do a reread along with the new book.