The Onion's Elmore Leonard obit: [link]
That's great.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
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 28635
"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 28635
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 28635
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 28635
"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 28635
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 28635
not your mom's socks.
She read from Diviners 2.
Steph L. - Aug 22, 2013 6:24:34 am PDT #21303 of 28635
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oooh, excellent!
sumi - Aug 22, 2013 11:03:43 am PDT #21304 of 28635
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 28635
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
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 28635
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."