Ooh, good ideas AND an expansion of my reading list! Thanks!
But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you.
River ,'Safe'
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."
Susan W. - Aug 06, 2015 8:45:28 pm PDT #23481 of 28326
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Amy - Aug 12, 2015 3:43:53 pm PDT #23482 of 28326
Because books.
Interesting piece on the role of the novel: [link]
I liked this bit a lot:
Since Tristram Shandy was seven years in the publishing, other writers chipped in, offering unauthorized alternative versions, sequels, and prequels. There was a snowballing effect. Enthusiasts invented Tristram Shandy recipes, set up graveyards with the tombs of the novel’s characters, and named racehorses after them. The book had become part of a national—and on occasion international—conversation. People understood their relations to each other by gauging how they related to the book.
Early fandom!
Consuela - Aug 17, 2015 7:51:58 pm PDT #23483 of 28326
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Polter-Cow - Aug 17, 2015 8:01:39 pm PDT #23484 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That does sound pretty sweet.
-t - Aug 18, 2015 5:08:32 am PDT #23485 of 28326
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Weaponized math? I'm in.
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2015 5:52:22 am PDT #23486 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
If you like weaponized math, also look into S.L. Huang's Russell's Attic series, which I need to get around to reading. She describes it as "contemporary science fiction thrillers about a mercenary heroine whose superpower is doing math really, really fast." The first book is Zero Sum Game.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2015 5:59:47 am PDT #23487 of 28326
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Crap, now I have to buy Zero Sum Game.
-t - Aug 18, 2015 6:10:31 am PDT #23488 of 28326
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK, then!
Dammit, why do I have to do this work stuff instead of lying around reading all day? I need a better lifestyle.
juliana - Aug 18, 2015 3:16:12 pm PDT #23489 of 28326
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
So, has anyone read Grace of Kings? I wanted to like it so much, and I didn't. Did we already talk about this?
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2015 4:03:22 pm PDT #23490 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!