It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?

Joyce ,'Chosen'


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 - Nov 01, 2013 7:39:07 am PDT #21565 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

She was smart and funny and articulate - pretty awesome.

That's Seanan! I'm always impressed by how articulate she is in her public appearances. Some of it is having answered the same questions a million times ("Why did you use a pseudonym?" oh my God a three-second Google will tell you the answer) but some of it is magic. I still remember her glorious takedown of an Old White Guy who didn't think it was necessary to make an effort to include female authors in anthologies, just go by the quality of the work.


EpicTangent - Nov 01, 2013 7:45:03 am PDT #21566 of 28370
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Haha, she got million-and-one on the pseud question! Although I did find the answer interesting (and had never thought to Google), so you know, there's that...

I still remember her glorious takedown of an Old White Guy who didn't think it was necessary to make an effort to include female authors in anthologies, just go by the quality of the work.

That does sound like something that would be brilliant to see.

Sad I can't see smonster from work computer (FB blocked). Marked for later...


§ ita § - Nov 01, 2013 8:10:20 am PDT #21567 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Shouldn't "My date from hell" precede "My ex from hell" ?

Well, when you've read the books, you'll know why, right?


Polter-Cow - Nov 01, 2013 8:16:01 am PDT #21568 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

That does sound like something that would be brilliant to see.

I wish there had been a video. It would be all over Upworthy. "Watch This Woman Explain Something about Women in Science Fiction I've Been Trying to Say for 37 Years."


smonster - Nov 01, 2013 12:24:31 pm PDT #21569 of 28370
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Thanks, Hec.

I will have to google the pseud question, as I have wondered.


Atropa - Nov 01, 2013 12:26:11 pm PDT #21570 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I need to check and see if there's a Seattle stop on her book tour.


Polter-Cow - Nov 01, 2013 12:34:22 pm PDT #21571 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It's tonight!

smonsters, here's the answer. She likens it to when Disney created Touchstone to make content for grown-ups. As she says, "It's to avoid 'Disney presents...Reservoir Dogs.'"


le nubian - Nov 01, 2013 12:50:08 pm PDT #21572 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

smonster: WOWWEEEEE. *love* it.

Sparky (and Tep), for that matter:

are you referring to the stylistic differences being the shift in first-person perspective ? Still only halfway through but I just wanted to be sure what you are referring to.


Atropa - Nov 01, 2013 12:53:52 pm PDT #21573 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It's tonight!

Woe! I have other plans already. Well drat.


Typo Boy - Nov 01, 2013 4:06:49 pm PDT #21574 of 28370
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.

Well, when you've read the books, you'll know why, right?

But in the meantime, the order of the titles is a straightline inviting the smartass.