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...
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'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."
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2014 9:58:19 am PDT #22445 of 28635
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
hippocampus - Jun 07, 2014 10:07:49 am PDT #22446 of 28635
not your mom's socks.
oh gods, editing Nova. Or Dhalgren. WOW.
This sounds like an editorial CFM, ita. ::thinking::
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2014 10:26:50 am PDT #22447 of 28635
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This sounds like an editorial CFM, ita
Yes, one with an open cast. I still haven't finished Dhalgren. I love it, but I can't fucking READ it. I'm fascinated by the opinions of people with more reading and more critical reading than mine.
Nook is having a sale right now on book bundles. Is the Divergence series worth $29.99. Three Dragonriders for $9.99--Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon, maybe. I'm curious to see how rapey they feel to an adult reader. Outlander for $50 (that is probably more than I can justify right now, but I could pull tight on other things--it is 7 books)? Here's the full list, for anyone interested (remember, you can read them without having a Nook (Amy).
lisah - Jun 07, 2014 10:32:36 am PDT #22448 of 28635
Punishingly Intricate
Has anyone else read the Martian yet? SO GOOD!!!
Amy - Jun 07, 2014 10:45:54 am PDT #22449 of 28635
Because books.
Oh man, the Outlander series is so tempting. I still haven't read the last few books, and I need to reread from the beginning.
ita, if you want the Divergent books, give me a day or two and I'll mail you the first two. I have them, and I'm not going to read them.
Also, explain the editing question some more? This is someone you would want to edit because you feel s/he needs editing that doesn't get done?
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2014 11:14:36 am PDT #22450 of 28635
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is someone you would want to edit because you feel s/he needs editing that doesn't get done?
No--someone who you think you'd be good at editing, whose prose you'd like to be part of fixing up, and could produce a book you'd be proud of.
Why aren't you reading Divergent? I mean, should I?
Dana - Jun 07, 2014 11:21:31 am PDT #22451 of 28635
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
How much does it bother you when the third book in a trilogy goes off the rails?
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2014 11:22:27 am PDT #22452 of 28635
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh. Well, that can vary from amusement to stopping reading. Hmm.
Amy - Jun 07, 2014 11:28:26 am PDT #22453 of 28635
Because books.
It's just not my kind of dystopia. I'm actually not a huge fan of dystopia -- I really prefer post-apocalyptic stuff. The Hunger Games books were fantastic, but they also made a weird kind of sense to me that some of the other really contrived dystopias don't.
I forget how I ended up with them. When I was promoting Cold Kiss, I ended up getting a lot of books from my editor and other people.
No--someone who you think you'd be good at editing, whose prose you'd like to be part of fixing up, and could produce a book you'd be proud of.
That's a complicated question, I think because any author I'm already reading has already been edited, so it's hard to tell where the raw material ends and the editor's work began. If that makes sense.
I do remember what it felt like to come across new authors I wanted to acquire who blew me away,though. That's a great feeling.
erin_obscure - Jun 07, 2014 12:10:27 pm PDT #22454 of 28635
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I wouldn't pay for the Divergent series, it's not something I have any desire to re-read. First book was pretty good. Second, meh. Third total waste of reading time.