For me, kids dying in high school is more like life than "soo romantic."(But still, at that age, I might have gone for it. And that doesn't include "Where Wallace at?"(Which still wrecks me now, actually)
Jayne, you'll scare the women.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
erikaj - Jun 03, 2014 7:04:15 pm PDT #22437 of 28344
Always Anti-fascist!
Atropa - Jun 03, 2014 7:59:55 pm PDT #22438 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(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.)
DING DING DING! Same here.
Gris - Jun 04, 2014 12:29:49 pm PDT #22439 of 28344
Hey. New board.
I have no desire to change y'all's Philistine minds, because it really is an emotional beatdown. It is a very good one, but I totally respect the not-in-my-house opinions. I think it's probably his greatest book, but you should totally read An Abundance of Katherines instead because it's happy. And if this movie does well I bet that movie gets made and it too will be happy.
I almost like John Green the Phenomenon more than John Green the author. Though I've liked all of his books quite a bit. His Youtube persona (and that of his brother) are even more appealing and almost mesmerizing to watch. They show mastery of the just-the-right-amount-of-nerdiness to appeal to a LARGE swath of the teen community in the its-cool-to-be-a-nerd world they actually really do live in right now. And he knows, too, that he's caught a wave that isn't really a wave that could have been caught in many other generations. I would like to know him. I think we'd get along. Which I'm sure is also part of his charm that has made him a phenomenon - I'm only actually sure it's true in this case and not projected because I've hung out with his best friend at a wedding and REALLY liked him.
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2014 12:53:13 pm PDT #22440 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think it's probably his greatest book, but you should totally read An Abundance of Katherines instead because it's happy. And if this movie does well I bet that movie gets made and it too will be happy.
Those are my two favorite John Green books.
Amy - Jun 04, 2014 3:35:20 pm PDT #22441 of 28344
Because books.
I think they already announced that Paper Towns is in development.
Cass - Jun 04, 2014 5:44:42 pm PDT #22442 of 28344
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I almost like John Green the Phenomenon more than John Green the author.
I haven't read his books (probably yet) but I love the videos. My favorite thing is that he does fantasy Indy Car racing. That was an amusing surprise.
DebetEsse - Jun 05, 2014 7:24:40 am PDT #22443 of 28344
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Paper Towns is one of my favorites and will, I think, make a good movie. It's much less internal.
I first became aware of him because of GIFs from the videos on Tumblr.
§ ita § - Jun 05, 2014 9:22:25 am PDT #22444 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey, you guys have all read the first two chapters of the Kylie+Kendal Jenner book, right?
Tell me how it goes.
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2014 9:58:19 am PDT #22445 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People who've edited or betaed or just plain read critically for word choice--who would you most want to be the editor for, and who the least?
I wonder what editing Samuel Delany would be like...
hippocampus - Jun 07, 2014 10:07:49 am PDT #22446 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
oh gods, editing Nova. Or Dhalgren. WOW.
This sounds like an editorial CFM, ita. ::thinking::