In other news, I've discovered that Audible has The Great Courses available: an entire series for 1 credit or about $25. So right now I'm listening to a 24-hour lecture series about the lives of ordinary people in the ancient world, which is pretty interesting. Doesn't hurt that the lecturer is British: I'm always more inclined to believe a narrator with a British accent. [insert winking icon here]
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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."
Consuela - May 17, 2014 6:51:25 am PDT #22389 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Pix - May 17, 2014 7:02:31 am PDT #22390 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
Kat is me. Love Atwood, enjoy dystopia, totally didn't like Oryx and Crake or its sequel. I haven't read the third book, which says something given my aversion to leaving series unfinished. But I know may people who adore it, so.
hippocampus - May 17, 2014 7:05:13 am PDT #22391 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
The occasional musical score is fun, though.
Oh that's interesting! How was writers with drinks, PC?
Atwood other than Handmaid's Tale
I really liked the Blind Assassin and Alias Grace. I also liked Oryx and Crake and the Handmaid's Tale, but for different reasons.
Strix - May 17, 2014 7:30:16 am PDT #22392 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Alias Grace, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride -- these are my favorite Atwoods. I have still to read MaddAdam.
Sue - May 17, 2014 7:35:02 am PDT #22393 of 28344
hip deep in pie
I also could not abide Oryx and Crake.
Sue - May 17, 2014 7:35:03 am PDT #22394 of 28344
hip deep in pie
I did not dislike it so much to say it twice.
Amy - May 17, 2014 7:40:32 am PDT #22395 of 28344
Because books.
I love Atwood's really old stuff, like Surfacing and Bluebeard's Egg, and then The Handmaid's Tale, and Cat's Eye. I never read anything past that, although I've had The Robber Bride on my shelf for years.
-t - May 17, 2014 7:59:45 am PDT #22396 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am Amy. I just kind of fell off of reading Atwood for a while, though if keep meaning to catch up on her more recent stuff. So many books, so little time.
Amy - May 17, 2014 8:06:01 am PDT #22397 of 28344
Because books.
So many books, so little time.
This.
Polter-Cow - May 17, 2014 9:24:04 am PDT #22398 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Writers with Drinks was great, Sox! Nicola Griffith should do audiobooks; I love her voice. Sofia Samatar read from a new story, and Ken Liu read a new story. The local artists were really funny, and Charlie Jane was a hoot as always.
And yeah, the Coldest Girl audiobook occasionally has music at really tense moments, which is cool.