Weaponized math? I'm in.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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."
-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
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!
Consuela - Aug 18, 2015 6:54:50 pm PDT #23491 of 28326
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Damn, I just bought it -- it was on sale. So I can't read your review, P-C.
In other news, Kate Elliott's new YA Court of Fives dropped today, and it's supposed to be excellent, so I grabbed it. Can't wait. Also can't wait for Updraft, which will drop just in time for me to read it while hiking the hills of northern England. And I'm on the library hold list for Nora Jemisin's new book, which everyone appears to be squeeing about.
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2015 9:06:29 pm PDT #23492 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Damn, I just bought it -- it was on sale. So I can't read your review, P-C.
My reviews don't have spoilers! Well, no explicit spoilers.
And I'm on the library hold list for Nora Jemisin's new book, which everyone appears to be squeeing about.
Which I also reviewed! And squeed about.
-t - Aug 19, 2015 3:38:47 am PDT #23493 of 28326
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So much to read!
I either bought or got a sample of Grace of Kings recently but haven't read it yet. juliana is giving me pause - I have had that reaction enough times to dread it a little.
Can I just say I want to "like" Raq's post about Sox's Acknowledgments? Or upvote or favorite or whatever.
Toddson - Aug 20, 2015 12:48:24 pm PDT #23494 of 28326
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
If anyone (else) hasn't read it yet, the Kindle version of "The Wee Free Men" is $1.99 on Amazon.
Don't know for how long ....