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."
Shh! I kinda wanna hear me talking right now!
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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 8:16:01 am PDT #21568 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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!
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.
Connie Neil - Nov 01, 2013 4:14:19 pm PDT #21575 of 28370
brillig
I am re-reveling in Zelazny's Night in the Lonesome October. Glee.
edit: TorT's blocked me reading last night.
§ ita § - Nov 01, 2013 4:31:02 pm PDT #21576 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But in the meantime, the order of the titles is a straightline inviting the smartass.
Enh, I guess. Depends on your relationship with Hell.
Steph L. - Nov 01, 2013 5:38:43 pm PDT #21577 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
are you referring to the stylistic differences being
Partly the switch between POVs, and partly just...I feel like Veronica Roth spent a lot of time in her worldbuilding in the first 2 books, and this one feels very very VERY light on the worldbuilding.