Ray Bradbury on sale for Kindle today:
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
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 - Aug 10, 2013 6:27:52 am PDT #21235 of 28406
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Atropa - Aug 10, 2013 9:57:45 am PDT #21236 of 28406
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ray Bradbury on sale for Kindle today:
Whoo! Time to go grab October Country, Death is a Lonely Business, and Lets' All Kill Constance! But dammit, From Dust Returned isn't in the sale.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2013 10:11:29 am PDT #21237 of 28406
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Consuela, thanks for the Cold Magic mention--I'm currently on the second one, so unless she does something weird and unforgivable, I'm in for the trilogy.
I do find Bee somewhat unbelievable. I have no idea how a person achieves the expressions or voices she's reputed to have. And good lord, did she rush to infodump at the end of the first one. All the better to get you close to the cliff she'll be hanging you off of!
Consuela - Aug 10, 2013 11:02:54 am PDT #21238 of 28406
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay, ita. I really enjoyed them, although I was less interested in the Spirit World than many people. I do really enjoy Elliott's world-building, and her interest in how societies change.
If you like these, I really encourage you to pick up the Crossroads trilogy--they start with The Spirit Gate, and are fantastic epic fantasy with gods, magic, multiple cultures, war, death, and giant eagles that carry our heroes around. They're really good and excellently plotted. [deleted rant about why Jordan & Martin get all the attention while women epic fantasists like Elliott, Wells, & Sherwood Smith are ignored]
Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2013 11:09:36 am PDT #21239 of 28406
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I was enjoying Elliott until my favorite character got kicked in the teeth one too many times. I know this stuff happens in epics, but I reserve the right to be petty and shallow about my pleasure reading.
Polter-Cow - Aug 10, 2013 11:40:48 am PDT #21240 of 28406
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Looks like Kate Elliott is embroiled in a Twitter conversation about worldbuilding and privilege, and it's really interesting. I'm going to have to add her to my to-read list. The Crossroads trilogy seems more up my alley than Cold Magic.
le nubian - Aug 10, 2013 12:13:10 pm PDT #21241 of 28406
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
well me too. Loved that and plan to read her books now.
Thanks for discussing the books here. I'm going to go buy some.
Typo Boy - Aug 10, 2013 12:44:36 pm PDT #21242 of 28406
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.
Vicky Blitz could sometimes be very very funny, at her best as funny as Peabody.
Consuela - Aug 10, 2013 12:50:41 pm PDT #21243 of 28406
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Thanks for discussing the books here. I'm going to go buy some.
Yay! And if y'all trust my judgment, do go find Martha Well's Cloud Roads, which has a deadly-but-woobiefyable lead, incredible world-building, bizarre but oddly endearing alien cultural structures, and a matriarchal society--oh, and nearly everyone is a flying shapeshifter.
So. Cool.
Also, the lead, Moon, is basically John Sheppard, but with wings. If you like the laconic loner who underneath it all just really wants a family.
ETA: you can get the whole Raksura trilogy on Kindle for $20...
Dana - Aug 12, 2013 4:22:52 am PDT #21244 of 28406
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.