And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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 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.
Jessica - Jun 24, 2013 2:27:58 pm PDT #20916 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:28:56 pm PDT #20917 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 24, 2013 2:29:46 pm PDT #20918 of 28370
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Little Women and Pilgrim's Progress?