You mean you did not love "Red Princess of Dune"?
Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.
'Dirty Girls'
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."
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.
-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.
-t - Apr 28, 2015 6:01:43 pm PDT #23270 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Or less sense.
That is hard to imagine in a general sense, but perhaps in this one particular very narrow arena.
I've finally finished reading Children of the Sky (having Mt Toberead half virtual does not seem to have noticeably helped me scale it any faster, although it is certainly easier to carry the virtual part around with me - that must help if only incrementally). Man, the Zones of Thought are such a clever idea, and the Tines are great aliens - familiar enough to be relatable but definitely not just funny-looking humans and well positioned to explore my favorite theme of identity. After I really didn't care for Rainbows End I'm relieved to have enjoyed this one so much.