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.
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
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."
Amy - Jul 22, 2013 1:49:40 pm PDT #21154 of 28377
Because books.
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.
Amy - Jul 29, 2013 10:14:28 am PDT #21161 of 28377
Because books.
Or The Graveyard Book.
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2013 10:19:22 am PDT #21162 of 28377
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
P-C, Amy -- have you read The Ocean at the End of the Lane? Because it's quick and accessible as hell. I almost feel like telling her to start with that.
She's no slouch in the brains department, so it's not like American Gods will kill her, but it is so frigging dense. (True story: the first time I read it, I didn't see the Low-Key reveal coming. At all. And when it did, I smacked my forehead. And then the *second* time I read it, a few years or more had passed, and I 100% forgot about the whole Low-Key dealio. And once again, the reveal caught me by surprise, which made me smack my forehead even harder, because I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT but just plain forgot.)
Amy - Jul 29, 2013 10:22:30 am PDT #21163 of 28377
Because books.
I haven't read it yet, Steph. I have a bunch of Gaiman to read that I haven't gotten to yet -- I've only actually read Coraline, The Graveyard Book and the beginning of Stardust.
Edited to make sense.