Seconding Tiffany Aching. Also Jessica Day George, maybe. Possibly Douglas Adams?
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'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."
hippocampus - Jul 22, 2013 1:10:07 pm PDT #21151 of 28377
not your mom's socks.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 22, 2013 1:10:25 pm PDT #21152 of 28377
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Anne McCaffrey's Harper Hall trilogy?
WindSparrow - Jul 22, 2013 1:46:58 pm PDT #21153 of 28377
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Seconding the McCaffrey.
Amy - Jul 22, 2013 1:49:40 pm PDT #21154 of 28377
Because books.
Oh! Lois Duncan! They reissued most of them -- Down a Dark Hall is my personal favorite, but there are a bunch of thrillery sort of mysteries she might like.
EpicTangent - Jul 22, 2013 1:51:43 pm PDT #21155 of 28377
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Ooh, seconding Lois Duncan! Loved her!
Amy - Jul 22, 2013 1:54:22 pm PDT #21156 of 28377
Because books.
I can't find my original, hardback copy of Down a Dark Hall and it kills me. Mostly because I would love to reread it. I LOVE Lois Duncan.
sumi - Jul 25, 2013 10:12:04 am PDT #21157 of 28377
Art Crawl!!!
Tor is featuring previews of the new collection Dangerous Women - edited by G.R.R. M. and Gardner Dozois and featuring stories from a number of authors including: Jim Butcher, Diane Gabaldon and G.R.R.M.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 29, 2013 4:17:56 am PDT #21158 of 28377
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OK, I'm now halfway through Midnight Blue-Light Special (I loved Discount Armageddon), and loving this one too, and now I REALLY want Guillermo del Toro to turn the Verity Price books into a cable series. Like he isn't busy enough already (he had SIX upcoming things according to IMDB, although one was a rumored Hellboy 3).
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2013 9:56:40 am PDT #21159 of 28377
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I just finished The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and I was talking about it, and Neil Gaiman in general, with a friend who had never read any of his books. What would you guys recommend as a good first Gaiman? I love American Gods, but it's so fucking dense. And Anansi Boys comes better after American Gods, IMO.
What about Neverwhere?
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2013 10:09:21 am PDT #21160 of 28377
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That was my first Gaiman, and it's a decent gateway. American Gods was the first novel of his I really loved, but you're right that it's sort of daunting, and that Anansi Boys is a great complement to it.
Maybe Coraline ? It's also pretty simple, and I think it's more solid than Stardust.