The serials are a bit repetitive because each installment has to be able to stand alone. She does the same thing in the Velveteen stories, which are fantastic superhero fiction.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
Polter-Cow - Sep 03, 2013 3:26:51 pm PDT #21334 of 28377
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2013 4:39:21 pm PDT #21335 of 28377
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tep, did you get The Maleficent Seven (Tanith Low!) also? I'm a bit torn as to which to read first...
Read Maleficent Seven first. There's a Thing that is probably going to be relevant.
-t - Sep 03, 2013 4:44:05 pm PDT #21336 of 28377
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Cool, will do.
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2013 4:48:36 pm PDT #21337 of 28377
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I mean, a few Things happen, and the whole story feeds into LSoDM (I'm guessing), but...yeah. Definitely a Thing.
-t - Sep 03, 2013 5:57:07 pm PDT #21338 of 28377
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I definitely respect the Things that can happen, judging by previous Things. Odd that that didn't occur to me even when I realized there was, in fact, chronological order to consider (which took me a while - I can't even explain that except that literally all I knew about The Maleficent Seven until I had it in my hands was that people who bought Last Stand of Dead Men also bought it (and who the author is, of course))
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2013 6:10:24 pm PDT #21339 of 28377
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Is your Maleficent Seven book the hardcover with the pictures on the inside covers of the bad guys (front cover) and good guys (back cover)? I kept flipping back and forth between the text and the covers as more characters were introduced, so I could figure out who was who (some are obvious from the start, of course, like Tanith and Billy Ray Sanguine).
-t - Sep 03, 2013 6:22:59 pm PDT #21340 of 28377
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It is! Ooh, that'll be a treat.
WindSparrow - Sep 03, 2013 7:01:39 pm PDT #21341 of 28377
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I don't mind the repetition on the serials because it saves me the fuss and bother of going back to reread the previous chapter.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2013 2:42:11 pm PDT #21342 of 28377
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
New Skulduggery Pleasant is in my hot little hands!
hippocampus - Sep 04, 2013 3:49:58 pm PDT #21343 of 28377
not your mom's socks.
I have Aliette de Bodard's Servant of the Underworld, Seanan's Rosemary & Rue, and two more! And zero time to read. wahoooo.