I'm saving Crystal Cave and Hollow Hills and Last Enchantment for last.
I did not enjoy The Wicked Day. Haven't read it since high school. But I read the Merlin Trilogy repeatedly. I wonder if I should give it another try.
Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.
'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."
WindSparrow - Aug 03, 2013 12:45:38 pm PDT #21209 of 28378
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.
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2013 1:22:34 pm PDT #21210 of 28378
brillig
You'll note I left Wicked Day off. I didn't enjoy it either.
Beverly - Aug 03, 2013 5:12:13 pm PDT #21211 of 28378
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ditto on The Wicked Day. It's one of the very few Stewarts I won't reread. Nine Coaches Waiting? This Rough Magic? Airs Above the Ground? Yes please. It's been awhile, I should revisit. My paperbacks are brittle and friable. I should probably replace them.
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2013 5:18:46 pm PDT #21212 of 28378
brillig
I also love Jane Aiken Hodge, but she's harder to replace.
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2013 5:32:33 pm PDT #21213 of 28378
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I highly recommend Fair Coin and Quantum Coin (spoilers for Fair Coin in review), by E.C. Myers. It takes the "wishing coin" idea and crafts a really cool world out of it. The books are ACTUALLY about parallel universes and the idea of the multiverse, and the second book especially is great YA sci-fi.
Amy - Aug 03, 2013 5:39:37 pm PDT #21214 of 28378
Because books.
Plus Eugene is a really great guy. I'm glad you found the books -- if I remember right, a amaller press published them. Soz knows him, too.
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2013 6:07:36 pm PDT #21215 of 28378
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I first heard about the book from Charlie Jane at Comic-Con last year, and it sounded really cool. And then Eugene retweeted the submission call for my sci-fi Theater Pub, so I thanked him for that when I met him at the Nebula signing. I said I was waiting for the books to come out on paperback, but he said that wasn't happening, which was sad. So since he had supported me, I supported him by buying the books right there. No regrets!
Ginger - Aug 03, 2013 6:17:18 pm PDT #21216 of 28378
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I tried to like Fair Coin, but for me the characters didn't resemble actual humans, plus I was busy throwing things through the holes in the logic.
Typo Boy - Aug 03, 2013 9:00:03 pm PDT #21217 of 28378
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Steve Brust just drove from Minnesota to Alaska and back. On the way, he sampled a certain Canadian agricultural product and apparently thinks -er highly of it:
BC buds are damn fine buds
They give me a stoner erection
BC buds are such good buds that–
Sorry, what was the question?
My buddy rolled a BC blunt
He wanted me to try
I took a hit last December
I don’t remember
Anything until July.
Cause…
repeat first verse.
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meara - Aug 03, 2013 9:34:36 pm PDT #21218 of 28378
I tried to like Fair Coin, but for me the characters didn't resemble actual humans, plus I was busy throwing things through the holes in the logic.
Yeah, I couldn't get into the characters, though I liked the concept once it was revealed