The Jane Austen Book Club. You could probably do a whole salon on works that reference Austen heavily.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
flea - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:23 pm PDT #20929 of 28476
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megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:26 pm PDT #20930 of 28476
"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 28476
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 28476
The status is NOT quo.
Found an interesting link: [link]
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:43:34 pm PDT #20933 of 28476
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The Jane Austen Book Club.
Oooh, that's a great example (although I didn't like that particular book).
And I know one person in the salon who would probably love the Mary Russell books (which I've been meaning to try myself).
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:45:22 pm PDT #20934 of 28476
The status is NOT quo.
I love Atwood's Penelopiad, but that's in part because I've taught the original Odyssey so many times that I get all of her references and find them endlessly entertaining.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:45:36 pm PDT #20935 of 28476
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
There's probably a whole other pile based on The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aenead. And retellings of Medea.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:45:54 pm PDT #20936 of 28476
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Found an interesting link: [link]
Thanks! Lots of good ideas there. Bridget Jones Diary is perhaps stretching it a bit, but a few of those seem exactly the type of thing I'm looking for.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:46:56 pm PDT #20937 of 28476
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:47:57 pm PDT #20938 of 28476
The status is NOT quo.
Dana, one of my students gave me Gertrude and Claudius for Christmas this year. I really need to read it.