Jay Lake has passed away.
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
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."
chrismg - Jun 01, 2014 8:56:04 am PDT #22420 of 28344
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Consuela - Jun 02, 2014 3:33:39 pm PDT #22421 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The John Green fans might enjoy this extended profile in the New Yorker: [link]
DavidS - Jun 02, 2014 7:07:28 pm PDT #22422 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, I really loved that piece though it made me think he's never going to get a new novel out with that kind of schedule.
Seriously, that's very counter-productive to a writer's job.
But I am chuffed that three Kenyon authors are on the NYT (various) best seller lists.
John Green, Ransom Riggs and Laura Hillenbrand.
Amy - Jun 03, 2014 11:38:31 am PDT #22423 of 28344
Because books.
I do love John Green's work (well, the two I've read), but I am so tired of him and The Fault in Our Stars right now. The movie PR is bad enough, but if you're in the YA sphere online, no one has talked about anything BUT John Green (and his influence, etc.) for months.
Which is not to be grumpy about the linked article! Just to say I, personally, am sort of Green'd out at the moment.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 03, 2014 11:42:10 am PDT #22424 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I just realized today that John Green is not the same person as John Scalzi
Steph L. - Jun 03, 2014 11:44:30 am PDT #22425 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am so tired of him and The Fault in Our Stars right now. The movie PR is bad enough
I haven't read the book, but I understand from people whose opinion/taste I respect that it's very good. That said, I have ZERO desire to see the Teen Cancer Movie Where At Least One Character is Obviously Going To Die. NOPE.
(Seriously, no one needs to try to change my Philistine mind. I get to decide what kind of emotional beatdown my fiction gives me, and I choose not to see the teen cancer movie.)
Polter-Cow - Jun 03, 2014 11:48:15 am PDT #22426 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just realized today that John Green is not the same person as John Scalzi
HA!! No, they are very different people. John Scalzi, for instance, is incredibly conscious of his privilege and does everything he can to redirect conversations when people hold him up as Popular Science Fiction Author (who just happens to be a straight white male, hm, why are we talking about him all the time).
Steph L. - Jun 03, 2014 11:49:32 am PDT #22427 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am amused that the same actor plays Shailene Woodley's less-than-endearing brother in Divergent and cancer boyfriend in The Fault in Our Stars. That's got to be weird.
Dana - Jun 03, 2014 11:52:28 am PDT #22428 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That said, I have ZERO desire to see the Teen Cancer Movie Where At Least One Character is Obviously Going To Die. NOPE.
Yup! Character death is on my list of things I don't have to watch in movies if I don't want to, because I am an adult. Also includes wars (especially WWII), Nazis, former Nazis, dying parents, parents with dementia, and bleak stories of drug addiction.
Jesse - Jun 03, 2014 12:33:56 pm PDT #22429 of 28344
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, no thank you!