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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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EpicTangent - Aug 20, 2013 11:10:02 am PDT #21283 of 28378

Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I've gotten fed up with a story arc that's been going through several books.

Now I'm stupidly intrigued to know what.

The one I just re-read was Cabinet of Curiosities. I knew I had already read that and Brimstone, but I wanted to reintroduce myself before hitting the next vein of books that I don't remember nearly as well. Though reintroducing Bill Smithback sucks a little since I know (some of) what's coming for him in the "zombie" book (I started before deciding I needed to relearn some characters) and I like the big dumbass.

Toddson - Aug 20, 2013 11:14:53 am PDT #21284 of 28378

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

There's a story arc in which it turns out Pendergast's wife, presumed eaten by a lion years before, is alive and hiding from some neo-Nazis who are running a eugenic program (she's part of it). There's the discovery that her death was not an accident (her gun was loaded with blanks), then who was responsible, then that she's alive ... and so on.

Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2013 11:16:23 am PDT #21285 of 28378

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Pendergast's wife, presumed eaten by a lion years before

...What.

is alive and hiding from some neo-Nazis

...Okay.

who are running a eugenic program

...Um?

(she's part of it)

...I see.

EpicTangent - Aug 20, 2013 11:16:41 am PDT #21286 of 28378

Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Oh, wow. And I thought the zombie thing was gonna be ridiculous...

Toddson - Aug 20, 2013 11:23:27 am PDT #21287 of 28378

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

It's just ... it's one of those things I dislike - it's kind of like when CSI: Miami was all about Horatio Cain and the angst of having his wife shot. All personal angst, spread over several books. And, yeah, he's just a little too perfect for my taste.

flea - Aug 20, 2013 11:24:03 am PDT #21288 of 28378

information libertarian

I learned today that a friend of mine used to be Elmore Leonard's gardener in Detroit. She describes him as "truly sweet" an apparently he liked peanuts so much she spent a lot of time removing peanut shells from flower beds.

Polgara - Aug 20, 2013 12:28:35 pm PDT #21289 of 28378

Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS

I agree with Toddson, the Helen Pendergast "trilogy" made me want to beat my head against a wall. Same with the preceding Diogenes "trilogy". (Trilogy in quotes, 'cause each storyline got THREE ENTIRE BOOKS, but I'm not sure they were billed as a trilogy.)

Calli - Aug 20, 2013 1:58:51 pm PDT #21290 of 28378

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

RIP Leonard, indeed. The man had an amazing hand with dialog.

EpicTangent - Aug 20, 2013 2:12:29 pm PDT #21291 of 28378

Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I agree with Toddson, the Helen Pendergast "trilogy" made me want to beat my head against a wall. Same with the preceding Diogenes "trilogy". (Trilogy in quotes, 'cause each storyline got THREE ENTIRE BOOKS, but I'm not sure they were billed as a trilogy.)

I'm pretty sure I got through the Diogenes Trilogy before I wandered off last time. I don't think I started Helen's. Maybe I better just get out while the gettin's good.

dcp - Aug 20, 2013 2:31:35 pm PDT #21292 of 28378

The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I don't care for the Preston&Child books, but I liked Preston's Cities of Gold - A Journey Across the American Soutwest [link] very much.

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