I know! And given that it's a history of how government came to be, the issue comes up a lot.(I thought that was something UKers write like we do...of all the errors.Sometimes the editing is not that great when established books are kindle-ized, but that seems oddly specific. WTF, indeed!)
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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 - Aug 29, 2014 7:14:06 pm PDT #22622 of 28343
Always Anti-fascist!
Typo Boy - Aug 29, 2014 8:58:51 pm PDT #22623 of 28343
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I suspect that you are right that it is part of Kindleization. Weirdly consistent character substitutions do happen.
hippocampus - Aug 30, 2014 3:54:08 pm PDT #22624 of 28343
not your mom's socks.
Consuela, it made me so happy just now to see you and Liz Bourke twittering. Just waned to say.
Consuela - Aug 30, 2014 3:59:03 pm PDT #22625 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hah! I've been following her for a while, actually: I really like her posts over at Tor, especially when she was doing the massive rereads of women writers.
I respect that Judith Tarr is doing the reread of Melanie Rawn, but I rather wish someone would take on, say, some early Cherryh (The Morgaine Saga?) or LeGuin or Jonathan Strange. I loved Kate Nepveu's reread of LotR, and I'm kind of annoyed at all the acreage devoted to the books of the Malazan (forsooth).
hippocampus - Aug 30, 2014 4:07:09 pm PDT #22626 of 28343
not your mom's socks.
Oh man a LeGuin re-read or Jonathan Strange would be amazing. Ditto the Cherryh. Say something and aim it at tor.com? or post on one of the open threads?
EpicTangent - Sep 03, 2014 11:12:56 am PDT #22627 of 28343
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Description in the Bookbub email for today:
The Mine
By John A. Heldt
Joel Smith is transported nearly 60 years into the past to 1941. The country is approaching war, and Joel finds himself living a new life. But when he must choose between love and his former self, what will he do? “Refreshing and thought-provoking” (USA Today) with over 150 five-star Amazon reviews.
Just me, or does somebody owe Diana Gabaldon money?
Polter-Cow - Sep 03, 2014 5:13:47 pm PDT #22628 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Holy goddamn fucking shit, Code Name Verity is doing some amazing shit with the unreliable narrator. I was WONDERING what the shit the main character's name was (I had just been calling her Verity) and was intrigued that she seemed to be telling Maddie's story, that she was hardly in it, and then here's a new character called Queenie so now they're three friends and then WHAT THE GODDAMN SHIT SHE'S QUEENIE. This fucking book.
Consuela - Sep 03, 2014 7:44:03 pm PDT #22629 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Heh. You ain't seen nothing yet.
Polter-Cow - Sep 03, 2014 8:23:07 pm PDT #22630 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There's a lot of book left and I'm scared and clearly I need to pay more attention all the time.
sumi - Sep 04, 2014 4:56:02 am PDT #22631 of 28343
Art Crawl!!!
From way upthread: I feel much cooler to have in some way contributed to Ms. Hillenbrand seeing the Faulkner Derby story.
Unconnected: I like the animals in Harry Dresden's life and I knew what Mouse was (i.e., what breed of dog) almost as soon as he was introduced. . . although I find it hard to believe that even at a very young age that sort of dog is that small, you know?