I think the dog is Dogmatix. I'm too lazy to pull out the books and check.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
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."
Jessica - Dec 15, 2013 11:28:46 am PST #21752 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
flea - Dec 15, 2013 11:41:02 am PST #21753 of 28370
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The dog is indeed Dogmatix. We have Asterix in Britain out from the library right now, and I am sure Casper (10) is missing some of the puns, but she still really likes it. She thought it was HILARIOUS when they invented tea at the end.
megan walker - Dec 15, 2013 6:11:40 pm PST #21754 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That's one of my favorites (juste un petit nuage de lait)!
megan walker - Dec 15, 2013 6:16:30 pm PST #21755 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Other Christmas book task:
Since my nephew has actually expressed an interest in books, which he hasn't since back when he was little and into Tintin and Harry Potter, anyone have ideas for something cool enough for a college athlete who likes "fantasy involving dragons and Games of Thrones." I don't think he's really a reader; I'm assuming GoT is popular on campus and he got into it that way.
Consuela - Dec 16, 2013 6:08:06 am PST #21756 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
If he really likes GoT, try Kate Elliott's The Spirit Gate and its sequels. It's epic in scope, but only a trilogy; has multiple POV characters; awesome magical creatures (giant eagles that fly some of the protagonists around); and big battles and political conflicts. It's short on the sexual assaults compared with GoT, but I consider that a feature rather than a bug...
Amy - Dec 16, 2013 6:13:54 am PST #21757 of 28370
Because books.
What about the second Jasper Fforde series, the one with the dragon and the ... VW Bug? (I really should have looked this up first ...)
Dana - Dec 16, 2013 6:15:52 am PST #21758 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My first thought was Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, though that might be a bit long on politics.
Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series is an epic series with monsters, elves, and occasional dragons.
Polgara - Dec 16, 2013 9:01:25 am PST #21759 of 28370
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Fantasy: Jim Butcher's Furies of Calderon series. David Eddings' Belgariad series. Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series.
megan walker - Dec 16, 2013 9:12:32 am PST #21760 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Thank you for the ideas. I will check those out.
He is the hardest one to buy things for and usually gives me no help on his annual questionnaire (I make my family fill out a modified version of the Buffista gift database form to get ideas). But this time he actually put something for "favorite section of the bookstore" so I don't want to waste the opportunity!
Amy - Dec 16, 2013 4:56:52 pm PST #21761 of 28370
Because books.