The Onion's Elmore Leonard obit: [link]
That's great.
Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
DavidS - Aug 21, 2013 6:55:52 am PDT #21297 of 28405
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ - Aug 21, 2013 10:40:08 am PDT #21298 of 28405
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
It's very McSweeney'sesque.
hippocampus - Aug 22, 2013 4:01:43 am PDT #21299 of 28405
not your mom's socks.
Nova Ren Suma's ghost story coming in 2015? I heard her read from the draft last night. zOMG want.
Libba Bray remains amazing. I am schlepping two massive hardcovers back to Philly.
Fangirl out.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 22, 2013 4:20:51 am PDT #21300 of 28405
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sad about Elmore Leonard, but he had a pretty good run. RIP.
Steph L. - Aug 22, 2013 4:29:54 am PDT #21301 of 28405
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Libba Bray remains amazing. I am schlepping two massive hardcovers back to Philly.
The Diviners? Or something else?
hippocampus - Aug 22, 2013 5:38:32 am PDT #21302 of 28405
not your mom's socks.
She read from Diviners 2.
Steph L. - Aug 22, 2013 6:24:34 am PDT #21303 of 28405
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oooh, excellent!
sumi - Aug 22, 2013 11:03:43 am PDT #21304 of 28405
Art Crawl!!!
Retold fairy tales by Tanith Lee and others.
And Amy Tan's post about what was behind her new novel.
erikaj - Aug 22, 2013 2:14:29 pm PDT #21305 of 28405
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, totally, but he was just supposed to live forever, turning out capers for my amusement.
Typo Boy - Aug 22, 2013 5:06:02 pm PDT #21306 of 28405
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.
Hey I'm sure that, given the choice, he would totally have done that.
My Mom was ordering vitamins from a catalog by phone,and the sales person asked her if she wanted an herb that would stop her aging. Her response: "I'm 91. I'll stop aging soon enough, but I intend to postpone it as long as possible."