In case anyone is not aware of this:
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
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."
Dana - Nov 06, 2014 9:02:43 am PST #22838 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
erikaj - Nov 07, 2014 2:42:35 pm PST #22839 of 28343
Always Anti-fascist!
I can't say enough about Katha Pollitt's new book, though I know that in general, we don't talk about political books on Lit Buff, but it's really good.
DebetEsse - Nov 07, 2014 5:56:57 pm PST #22840 of 28343
Woe to the fucking wicked.
So, somewhere (I honestly don't recall where), I happened upon the name "Samuel Delany" as a Sci-Fi author worth reading. I'm now 18% into Trouble on Triton. I think I like it. I'm not entirely sure. Anyone read any of his stuff?
Ginger - Nov 07, 2014 6:20:36 pm PST #22841 of 28343
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Chip Delaney is one of the sf greats -- winner of Hugos and Nebulas and named an SFWA Grand Master. He was the first major African-American and probably the first openly gay SF writer. His work, particularly his work in the '70s, was enormously influential.
I haven't read him in years. I should remedy that. I am, however, one of the people who could not finish Dhalgren.
DebetEsse - Nov 07, 2014 6:33:26 pm PST #22842 of 28343
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Dhalgren is on hold for me once it gets e-turned-in.
Polter-Cow - Nov 07, 2014 8:42:42 pm PST #22843 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I really dug Babel-17, and Empire Star was pretty good, but he's pretty trippy.
DavidS - Nov 07, 2014 8:46:25 pm PST #22844 of 28343
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I really loved Delaney's novel Stars In My Pocket, Like Grains of Sand [link]
One section in particular where he goes over all the imagined literature of that culture's civilization is dazzling and fascinating.
Typo Boy - Nov 07, 2014 11:47:04 pm PST #22845 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.
Always loved Delaney. If you have not read him before a good way to get get a taste "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" , his Hugo winning short story which was so extensively collected you ought to be able to find it in some omnibus or other at your local library.
Calli - Nov 08, 2014 1:51:50 am PST #22846 of 28343
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Delaney was one of my Dad's favorite authors. I've been meaning to check his work out myself.
Connie Neil - Nov 10, 2014 6:38:57 am PST #22847 of 28343
brillig
For Ravelry fans, there's a thread started in the LSG form about disappointing classic books. Wonderful fun.