Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.

'Shindig'


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."


§ ita § - Nov 13, 2013 7:16:53 am PST #21613 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

War For The Oaks, man. Reading books doesn't feel as momentous these days as it did then. I don't know if it's the books or me, or what, but I don't remember as much about my life around my book as I do about the ones I read in university.

That's probably university and Montreal. I remember OSC in that context too. I remember my roomie and I going "What is his thing with nubile prodigy boys?" and starting to shy away from his fiction, but trying to stick it out with the Mormon stuff, of all choices.


Atropa - Nov 13, 2013 9:07:04 am PST #21614 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

War For The Oaks, man.

Exactly. I know there are some problems with the book, but my love for it hasn't diminished.


Calli - Nov 13, 2013 9:12:50 am PST #21615 of 28370
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

War For The Oaks, man.

I love that book. Hmmm. I haven't reread it in years--maybe I should change that.


Toddson - Nov 13, 2013 10:36:09 am PST #21616 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I reread it fairly recently ... and it's still enjoyable.


Tom Scola - Nov 15, 2013 4:19:57 am PST #21617 of 28370
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

NEWSFLASH: Mormons tend to write genre fiction.


Kat - Nov 15, 2013 6:04:13 am PST #21618 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

NEWSFLASH: Mormons tend to write genre fiction.

The New York Times is always so cutting edge.


Amy - Nov 15, 2013 6:24:40 am PST #21619 of 28370
Because books.

I hate the old-fashioned convention of "Mr. Morgan" and "Ms. Nunes," too. The Grey Lady needs to take some petticoats off.

I didn't know James Dashner was LDS.


§ ita § - Nov 15, 2013 7:45:47 am PST #21620 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

genre fiction, like fantasy, science fiction, and children’s and young adult literature

Interesting. What is non-genre fiction to the NYT? White men's 'reality' books? Or white women's? Straight, I'm assuming.

(You are ethnic. I am. Just am.)


Jesse - Nov 15, 2013 8:11:01 am PST #21621 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Capital L Literature. I.e., depressing stories about rich white people, right?


§ ita § - Nov 15, 2013 8:12:57 am PST #21622 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

At least they're not happy.