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.
Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'
'Potential'
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."
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
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?
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:30:04 pm PDT #20919 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
In my memory, this is about a series like Narnia, but not Narnia, correct?
Yeah. Thinly veiled, but it's still not a direct tie.
le nubian - Jun 24, 2013 2:33:06 pm PDT #20920 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Lev Gross was attempting to provide an adult version of Harry Potter and Narnia. His writing is decent, but his plotting needs work. At least in the first book.
The second book caused a lot of outcry regarding rape/sexual assault. I decided not to read the second book when I read some of the complaints.
-t - Jun 24, 2013 2:33:49 pm PDT #20921 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pratchett's Dodger, in which Dickens is a character. I liked it quite a bit, anyway.
I feel like there are several that I just can't quite remember. This is going to drive me nuts.
Eta: as I recall, Daughter of Time only mentions the play to complain that people know it better than history.