I feel like there are several that I just can't quite remember. This is going to drive me nuts.
This is exactly how I feel.
But I sure didn't see the assault-y part coming. At all. Kind of shook me up.
This is also exactly how I feel.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:06 pm PDT #20923 of 28659
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Amy - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:49 pm PDT #20924 of 28659
Because books.
There's Drood by Dan Simmons. Maybe something like Reading Lolita in Tehran?
le nubian - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:51 pm PDT #20925 of 28659
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tep, I'm still leery. I was a bit put off by the gender relationships in the first book, so I think I'm going to keep away from the 2nd.
Steph L. - Jun 24, 2013 2:37:35 pm PDT #20926 of 28659
That which does not kill you should RUN
There are the Mary Russell books, which feature a retired Sherlock Holmes.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:40:01 pm PDT #20927 of 28659
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Now I really want to reread Possession.
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:40:03 pm PDT #20928 of 28659
The status is NOT quo.
I meant in that it uses characters created by someone else.
Ah, gotcha!
I thought Death Comes to Pemberley and The Magicians were not very good. There's Perks of Being a Wallflower, heavily influenced by Catcher, but I think the writing in that is abysmal. I seem to be in the minority for really not getting why it's become such a teen classic. Let me ponder other possibilities...
ETA: I ADORE the Mary Russell books, though the first three were better than any of the rest.
flea - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:23 pm PDT #20929 of 28659
information libertarian
The Jane Austen Book Club. You could probably do a whole salon on works that reference Austen heavily.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:26 pm PDT #20930 of 28659
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I feel like there are several that I just can't quite remember. This is going to drive me nuts.
Yeah, I just remembered the Mister Pip one seeing it in my notes and I remember loving the idea when I heard about it. I'm sure there are probably a bunch.
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:53 pm PDT #20931 of 28659
The status is NOT quo.
Oh, what about A Thousand Acres, a great book winning tons of awards and based on King Lear?
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:43:09 pm PDT #20932 of 28659
The status is NOT quo.
Found an interesting link: [link]