At least he hasn't read the recent sequels or prequels or whatever they were. How terrible to only know those - it's just occurred to me that that is possible.
Sometimes a thing gets broke, can't be fixed.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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."
-t - Apr 28, 2015 11:08:13 am PDT #23260 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Typo Boy - Apr 28, 2015 11:13:47 am PDT #23261 of 28333
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.
You mean you did not love "Red Princess of Dune"?
-t - Apr 28, 2015 11:27:37 am PDT #23262 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read a few pages of one, something about a Harkonnen in the title, and that was painful enough. I have actively avoided any further exposure.
Toddson - Apr 28, 2015 11:44:15 am PDT #23263 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
yeah, I saw the plethora of "sequels" and, well, just couldn't face all those additions ... plus, I figured they wouldn't stand up to the original.
Figured he wouldn't even get THIS.
Jessica - Apr 28, 2015 5:13:18 pm PDT #23264 of 28333
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I read all of the first prequel trilogy, hoping it would get better, and then about fifteen pages into the Butlerian Jihad I just couldn't even anymore.
Consuela - Apr 28, 2015 5:18:27 pm PDT #23265 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel on the plane, and it was marvelous. Really, just a great novel. Solid smooth beautiful writing, not too plot-heavy but not slow, interesting characters, and a narrative that weaves future and past and doom and rebirth and art and life. Comments on fame and destiny and family and found-family in wonderful ways.
I just really really liked it, and for a post-apocalyptic story with doomsday cults and superflus, it is remarkably optimistic.
-t - Apr 28, 2015 5:19:30 pm PDT #23266 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You have a lot more grit than I do, Jessica.
Jessica - Apr 28, 2015 5:30:56 pm PDT #23267 of 28333
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You have a lot more grit than I do, Jessica.
Or less sense.
Amy - Apr 28, 2015 5:33:18 pm PDT #23268 of 28333
Because books.
So I read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
I need to read this. It sounds fantastic.
Anne W. - Apr 28, 2015 5:38:10 pm PDT #23269 of 28333
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I just really really liked it, and for a post-apocalyptic story with doomsday cults and superflus, it is remarkably optimistic.
That is one of the things I loved about the book - the concept that there's more to living than merely surviving.