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.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Gris - Jun 16, 2015 8:15:28 am PDT #23408 of 28333
Hey. New board.
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.
Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2015 8:37:45 am PDT #23416 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So, what are some good books about Baba Yaga?
The novelization of John Wick.
hippocampus - Jun 25, 2015 2:20:23 pm PDT #23417 of 28333
not your mom's socks.
REALLY Neal Stephenson, you aren't actually suggesting these things in the second half of your new book to do with genetic inheritance and brain chemistry leading to the destabilization of future cultures, are you? SURELY NOT. I am putting the book down.
Gently.
I am not throwing it against the wall.
Anymore.