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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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Gris - Jun 13, 2015 11:18:47 am PDT #23406 of 28333
Hey. New board.

Seveneves: the first half is Neal Stephenson in what I consider his best form. Narratively compelling but with plenty of willingness to go theoretical and descriptive for pages on end when appropriate. Near future. Very cool hard science for anybody interested even slightly in space exploration.

The second half jumps 5000 years and felt like an Arthur C Clarke novel but he is not nearly as good at far future out there weirdness as Clarke. It was perfectly decent but wasn't wonderful. There were several moments where I thought his extrapolations were ridiculous and far too reliant on coincidence.

hippocampus - Jun 13, 2015 6:30:24 pm PDT #23407 of 28333
not your mom's socks.

Gris, I'm working through Seveneves right now.

After reading Uprooted in 12 hours. And I'll do it again.

I love Stephenson (and I checked to see if this one has an ending) but this is a slow read for some reason.

Gris - Jun 16, 2015 8:15:28 am PDT #23408 of 28333
Hey. New board.

Definitely. I paid 3 dollars for the audio upgrade with my kindle copy (which is BRILLIANT) and it was a good choice for that. The technical passages ended up feeling like an interesting podcast rather than a manual.

Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2015 7:38:30 pm PDT #23409 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

All right, you all were right about Station Eleven. What a marvelous book.

Consuela - Jun 23, 2015 7:49:29 pm PDT #23410 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Wasn't it? I really loved it.

Speaking of good stuff, I really liked your story, P-C. Fun stuff!

WindSparrow - Jun 23, 2015 8:01:25 pm PDT #23411 of 28333
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I haven't read your story yet, Sunil. But I did buy the Kindle version.

Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2015 8:37:36 pm PDT #23412 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Speaking of good stuff, I really liked your story, P-C. Fun stuff!

Thanks!! It's been getting a very good response, which is happymaking and confusing. It's my highest-profile release, so I'm waiting for the negative reviews to filter in. But people I don't even know have liked the story, so I hope they go read my other stuff.

tommyrot - Jun 24, 2015 6:44:19 am PDT #23413 of 28333
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So I've read Naomi Novik's Uprooted at least three times, plus I've read my favorite parts a few more times. This is definitely one of my favorite books of the last few years.

So, what are some good books about Baba Yaga?

Here's one modern interpretation: Wickedly Magical (Baba Yaga) by Deborah Blake.

But I'm leaning towards reading some of the original Russian and Polish folktales about Baba Yaga. This sounds intriguing: Russian Fairy Tales (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

Any suggestions for other Baba Yaga books? Movies?

-t - Jun 24, 2015 7:03:36 am PDT #23414 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That second one looks like a book I read as a kid. If it is the same one, it's got some good stories that have stuck with me.

DavidS - Jun 24, 2015 7:10:36 am PDT #23415 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Any suggestions for other Baba Yaga books? Movies?

I.B. Singer has a great, creepy short story about Baba Yaga.

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