That's one of my favorites (juste un petit nuage de lait)!
I'm all up in the law now, but damn it feels good to get my violence on.
Gunn ,'Unleashed'
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."
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
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.
Kat - Dec 16, 2013 5:00:05 pm PST #21762 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sox,
is it the part where Hild notices the weft of the trade routes and how to maintain power in order to control trade? I love how she uses the weaving as an analogy. So beautiful.
hippocampus - Dec 16, 2013 8:05:54 pm PST #21763 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
YES