One I would NOT recommend--"My Stroke of Insight". Neuroscientist who had a stroke. Terrible writing.
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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."
meara - Aug 19, 2013 10:47:11 am PDT #21272 of 28379
erikaj - Aug 20, 2013 5:09:25 am PDT #21273 of 28379
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod. Interesting story, but she couldn't tell it. Sometimes I wonder why certain books get so beloved.
Tom Scola - Aug 20, 2013 5:18:11 am PDT #21274 of 28379
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
erikaj - Aug 20, 2013 5:28:22 am PDT #21275 of 28379
Always Anti-fascist!
(Takes off businessman's Stetson, for moment of silence.)
DavidS - Aug 20, 2013 5:31:35 am PDT #21276 of 28379
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For as much effect as Leonard had on crime fiction and westerns and movies, his effect on science fiction is also notable. Wm. Gibson didn't really know how to plot out a full novel, so he just copied the structure of an Elmore Leonard book.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2013 5:39:17 am PDT #21277 of 28379
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
RIP
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 20, 2013 6:03:58 am PDT #21278 of 28379
"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
Thanks for giving us Jackie Brown, Mr. Leonard.
erikaj - Aug 20, 2013 8:31:24 am PDT #21279 of 28379
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod. And "Out of Sight", and Raylan Givens.
EpicTangent - Aug 20, 2013 10:05:16 am PDT #21280 of 28379
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Does anybody else read the Preston & Child books, specifically Agent Pendergast? I've read the first half-dozen or so, but then took a bit of a break (possibly while waiting for a next book to come out). Now there are a few out that I haven't read, so I thought I'd go backward a book or two to refamiliarize myself with the world and characters, but all of a sudden Agt Pendergast is such a Marty Stu. Anybody else have this problem? It's weird. I've always loved him (and this is just a couple/few years ago, not like when something you loved as a teenager sucks as an adult), I'm gonna be bummed if I can't get back in the story.
Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2013 10:13:40 am PDT #21281 of 28379
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I loved Relic back in the day, but Reliquary was weird, and I never really followed him after that. I read a few Preston & Child books during my airport-thriller phase (see also: James Patterson).