Good lord. Someone paid money to publish that?
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
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."
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2016 9:07:12 am PST #23698 of 28295
brillig
Sue - Jan 21, 2016 9:13:05 am PST #23699 of 28295
hip deep in pie
I just finished slogging through it. It wasn't as bad as it seems, based on that. But at some point, it started to feel like work to get to the end. I skipped and skimmed a lot.
Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2016 10:16:10 am PST #23700 of 28295
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Someone needs to confiscate his thesaurus.
Liese S. - Jan 21, 2016 2:21:19 pm PST #23701 of 28295
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I have, megan.
megan walker - Jan 21, 2016 3:22:59 pm PST #23702 of 28295
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Re: The 5th Wave. It's about the character Evan. In the movie, the relationship with Cassie seems ridiculous (people were literally laughing at their dialogues) because he supposedly sees her in the woods and falls in love on sight and (follows her I guess? it's not totally clear) then saves her after she is shot by a sniper, taking her back to his place to tend her wound etc. Does it play out this way in the book? Given his apparent backstory (which BTW is not gone into at all and so we were like huh?), the relationship just didn't make sense so I was wondering if it there was more to it than that in the book to make it seem believable. It was too bad because parts of the movie were really well done, but that plot line make the whole thing seem ridiculous.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 21, 2016 3:23:33 pm PST #23703 of 28295
"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
Isn't writing a whole novel a lot of work just to win the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest?
DXMachina - Jan 22, 2016 6:00:41 am PST #23704 of 28295
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Isn't writing a whole novel a lot of work just to win the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest?
He was just making sure.
Atropa - Feb 02, 2016 11:46:46 am PST #23705 of 28295
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I've been working my way through Marion Zimmer Bradley's gothics, and I discovered that she "wrote" an urban fantasy/witchcraft/gothic series in the early 2000s. "Wrote", because it turns out that they were entirely ghostwritten by Rosemary Edghill. Which is great for me, because I love Rosemary Edghill's "Bast" mysteries, which were witchcraft-themed.
Toddson - Feb 03, 2016 8:28:12 am PST #23706 of 28295
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Oh, I loved the Bast mysteries! and I always wonder how many of the characters were based on real people.
She also wrote some Regency romances, three fantasy novels and, under the name eluke bes shahar (which may be her real name) she wrote a SF trilogy - the Hellflower books, which I really enjoyed (sometimes, when holding a door for someone I know, I'll say "I am a tongueless doorstop").
Beverly - Feb 03, 2016 9:38:30 am PST #23707 of 28295
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Thank you for reminding me of the Bast mysteries, Jilli. I have the three novels on your earlier rec, and just found and ordered the volume of short stories and novellas.
And Todd,I'm bookmarking the Hellflower books under the alternate name--thanks!
I do enjoy the way she writes.