He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.

Anya ,'Touched'


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."


-t - Jan 29, 2014 7:50:49 am PST #21998 of 28358
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

They're really evocative of the source material! Very cool.


Amy - Jan 29, 2014 4:16:29 pm PST #21999 of 28358
Because books.

Janey Dailey died.


Calli - Jan 29, 2014 4:32:11 pm PST #22000 of 28358
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

RIP Dailey. My parents both liked her writing.


Amy - Jan 29, 2014 4:37:38 pm PST #22001 of 28358
Because books.

The plagiarism was, obviously, a huge betrayal, but early on she really did pioneer the romance genre for American women.


hippocampus - Jan 30, 2014 5:20:53 am PST #22002 of 28358
not your mom's socks.

Aliette de Bodard, Ann Leckie, Fran Wilde, Elizabeth Bear, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, and Rochita Loenen-Ruiz. A roundtable to talk about Food of the Future after a roaring discussion on Twitter last December. The resulting discussion was filled with give-and-take, and everyone posed excellent questions. They topped it off with a speed-round: Describe the Future of Food in 10 Words Or Less.

And it went live at Tor.com this morning.


Polter-Cow - Jan 30, 2014 6:25:17 am PST #22003 of 28358
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Whoa, what a lineup, nice!


Calli - Jan 30, 2014 7:10:15 am PST #22004 of 28358
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Very cool, Sox! And now I have more authors to explore.

One author who seems to pay a lot of attention to food is Steven Brust. I'd love to eat with some of his characters.


hippocampus - Jan 30, 2014 7:14:04 am PST #22005 of 28358
not your mom's socks.

Thanks PC and Calli - it was a really fun thing to do.

Calli, if you're interested, I interviewed Brust last year (and got him to autograph a Jhereg book for ita!). He passed on a pretty fine recipe at the end. [link]

And Scott Lynch and Brust came to visit and made up drinks for April fools. My personal favorite:

THE FATE OF BELOVED CHARACTERS 1 highball glass 1 bottle of bitters * TO SERVE: 1. Pour all the bitters into the glass. 2. Serve. Customer will garnish drink with own tears to taste.


Calli - Jan 30, 2014 7:43:02 am PST #22006 of 28358
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Thanks, Sox. Mmmmm, that recipe looks delicious. I wonder if it would work well without the green peppers? Might be worth a shot.


Typo Boy - Jan 30, 2014 12:53:20 pm PST #22007 of 28358
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.

Brust list of his hobbies include "inventing traditional Hungarian Cuisine". He does cook.