Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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."
Amy - Jan 29, 2014 4:16:29 pm PST #21999 of 28358
Because books.
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.
hippocampus - Jan 30, 2014 12:57:13 pm PST #22008 of 28358
not your mom's socks.
He does. And he likes to create funny sentences like that one.