If y'all don't already know, the current Humble eBook Bundle is all sci-fi right now - [link]
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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."
Jessica - Jul 09, 2014 2:58:06 pm PDT #22484 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
hippocampus - Jul 16, 2014 5:54:35 am PDT #22485 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
I love that humble bundle.
Weightless Books is dropping the latest issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies early - I'm completely biased, but I like this issue very much. The stories will be online, free, later this month. [link]
If you're a fan of Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence, I'm interviewing him today for the Cooking the Books podcast (shiny new logo is by Raq!)... if you want to email me questions, profile addy is good.
DH is still reading The Goblin Emperor and loving it. He reads slow.
Anne W. - Jul 16, 2014 2:21:51 pm PDT #22486 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
If you're a fan of Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence
EEEEEE!!!! I just read these recently and adored them. I'm probably too late to contribute a question, but if I'm not, Sox, do please tell him that he's got at least 1 fan in St. Louis who is very much looking forward to reading Full Fathom Five.
hippocampus - Jul 17, 2014 5:35:48 am PDT #22487 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
I'm editing it now to post by noon - but you can tell him in the comments, if you want. I'll make sure he sees it.
Consuela - Jul 18, 2014 8:04:49 pm PDT #22488 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
If anyone has fond memories of The Dragon Prince back in the day, Judith Tarr is doing a reread of the trilogy by Melanie Rawn over at Tor.com.
§ ita § - Jul 23, 2014 11:39:58 am PDT #22489 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Paper Princess Bride: [link]
Connie Neil - Jul 30, 2014 12:40:29 pm PDT #22490 of 28344
brillig
A conversation on Facebook sent me to Abe Books to buy Elizabeth Enright's Melendy books and the Gone-Away Lake books. Here's hoping the childhood magic won't be ruined. I tried to find affordable editions close to the date I read them, hoping they haven't been "updated".
flea - Jul 30, 2014 12:52:17 pm PDT #22491 of 28344
information libertarian
I just read The Saturdays to my kids, a modern paperback edition, and I would be very surprised if it had been updated at all. It definitely read "book written in 1940s."
EpicTangent - Jul 30, 2014 12:58:15 pm PDT #22492 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Just started Shades of Milk and Honey, based on recs here. So far, so awesome!
Polter-Cow - Jul 30, 2014 1:18:32 pm PDT #22493 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hooray! The books get better and better. The first is the weakest by far, in my opinion, so if you're enjoying it, you'll LOVE the others. I was just recommending the series to JZ.