(And it is checked out of my local library - so I requested it.)
Thank you, sj.
Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
'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."
sumi - Aug 03, 2015 12:38:26 pm PDT #23462 of 28326
Art Crawl!!!
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2015 1:25:26 pm PDT #23463 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Was it The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu? I'm on my phone so I can't post a link.
That's what I was thinking too. Definitely recommended. My review is in the latest Lightspeed.
Mogget - Aug 04, 2015 6:54:25 pm PDT #23464 of 28326
Was it The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu?
Susan W. - Aug 05, 2015 7:28:24 pm PDT #23465 of 28326
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
A librarian friend of mine is working on a panel for Geek Girl Con where they'll be recommending authors to various fandoms--i.e. if you like Buffy/Doctor Who/SPN etc. you should read so-and-so--and when we were chatting at the information desk last weekend she asked if I had any ideas. I immediately said Seanan McGuire hit my Buffy and Sleepy Hollow spots, and that I'm always looking for places to recommend Lois McMaster Bujold but wasn't sure which fandom I thought she'd best mesh with. Librarian friend suggested Firefly, which...maybe? My favorite Vorkosigan books are the later ones with more Barrayar and romantic elements rather than the Miles-the-space-mercenary ones.
Anyway, I thought this would be a perfect place to ask for ideas. Help me maintain my reputation as a good amateur reader advisor!
Consuela - Aug 06, 2015 3:51:33 am PDT #23466 of 28326
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Susan, I might have mentioned it here before, but Becky Chambers' The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet scratches a lot of the Firefly itches: a small crew in a big complicated universe, just trying to get along. Plus some cool aliens, and sex.
I also think The Martian (the book) might work for Buffy fans, because it's fast-moving and has a lot of humor. (You can skim the mathy bits.)
sumi - Aug 06, 2015 4:15:27 am PDT #23467 of 28326
Art Crawl!!!
Maybe the Expanse novels: also a small crew of a ship with space adventues. (James S.A. Corey.)
sumi - Aug 06, 2015 4:18:27 am PDT #23468 of 28326
Art Crawl!!!
Mogget- it was fantasy not science fiction but the 3-Body Problem looks interesting and will now go on my tbr list. (i.e, Thank you!)
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2015 4:25:12 am PDT #23469 of 28326
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Buffy fans might like Julie Kenner's Carpe Demon series. Or the Harry Dresden books, but I assume those are already on the list.
Ginger - Aug 06, 2015 5:13:35 am PDT #23470 of 28326
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Buffy/SPN/Sleepy Hollow -- Kat Richardson's Greywalker series, Kim Harrison's The Hollows series
Sophia Brooks - Aug 06, 2015 5:28:27 am PDT #23471 of 28326
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think Buffy people would also like Amy's Cold Kiss.
I was just thinking about Firefly last night and how I generally don't like space or westerns, but I like Firefly, and when I try to think of something like it I come up with nothing. I think people in general would think of recommending other space-type things.