There's not a known, safe method of inducing aphasia, is there?
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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."
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 06, 2015 10:07:20 am PDT #23592 of 28298
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
chrismg - Oct 06, 2015 1:01:58 pm PDT #23593 of 28298
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I dunno, Twilight itself seems to render people incoherent most of the time.
Or did you mean "amnesia"?
bennett - Oct 06, 2015 4:53:27 pm PDT #23594 of 28298
McKinley's Sunshine and Rose Daughter are also on sale - $1.99.
Rayne - Oct 06, 2015 7:14:53 pm PDT #23595 of 28298
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Ohhh... and The Hero and the Crown!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 07, 2015 7:21:18 am PDT #23596 of 28298
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Or did you mean "amnesia"?
Amnesia would only protect the individual reader. Aphasia, induced in the right person, could protect millions. (And it'd be a two-birds-with-one-stone deal, as preventing Meyer from writing would also prevent James!)
-t - Oct 07, 2015 7:29:57 am PDT #23597 of 28298
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't know, I think it's kind of nifty, an author's fanfiction about her own work getting published. Very ourobouros, publishing will eat itself.
I'm not going to read it, but hey, a lot of things get published that I have no intention of reading. The existence of this one at least amuses me.
Connie Neil - Oct 07, 2015 7:47:53 am PDT #23598 of 28298
brillig
And it will probably make some people pause and go "I wonder what Story X would be like if we swapped genders there . . . huh. That's kind of cool." Making people think about story structure is a good thing.
erikaj - Oct 07, 2015 2:13:41 pm PDT #23599 of 28298
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm actually surprised she went with that since she's so "with talent on loan from God," about her work overall. Maybe her agent was, like, "Look, Steph, it's this or we need a new idea." and her dreams aren't worth transcribing lately.
Liese S. - Oct 12, 2015 3:21:38 pm PDT #23600 of 28298
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ok, so I finished my reread of all the Tiffany Achings in preparation for the last new Pratchett. And it is very clear to me that I have been taking an absurdly long time (for me) to do so, because I don't want there to be a last new Pratchett. Am I ready for it now? Should I just embark on a lifetimes denial that the book exists?
-t - Oct 12, 2015 3:28:45 pm PDT #23601 of 28298
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I know I'm not ready. I think some day I might be? But not yet.