I grabbed it on Kindle, Gud! Looking forward to it.
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'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."
Consuela - May 05, 2016 7:10:28 pm PDT #23920 of 28286
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
hippocampus - May 06, 2016 8:57:10 am PDT #23921 of 28286
not your mom's socks.
SJ the novella is gemworld. There will be a set of linked short stories - another is up at BCS.
Thank you so much Beverly. I love buffista bookshelf.
I just turned in page proofs on CLOUDBOUND. I go boom now.
Burrell - May 06, 2016 9:35:03 am PDT #23922 of 28286
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Woot, Sox!
Beverly - May 06, 2016 11:29:48 am PDT #23923 of 28286
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Welcome. I'm a veteran of haunting bricks and mortar bookstores: facing Buffista books out on the shelves, talking enthusiastically to a friend about a Buffista book where we'll be overheard by browsers, if a book isn't apparent, asking about it in person--"We can have it sent from another store." and by phone--"No thank you, birthday party this afternoon and it was to be a gift (stock the book, dummy)" etc., etc., after pre-ordering multiple copies on Amazon to get numbers up, planning Christmas and birthday and other occasion gifts of books.
The Kindle has sort of obsoleted those skills. I need to learn new ones. And also, I R dum--what is BCS?
hippocampus - May 06, 2016 4:22:51 pm PDT #23924 of 28286
not your mom's socks.
Welcome. I'm a veteran of haunting bricks and mortar bookstores: facing Buffista books out on the shelves, talking enthusiastically to a friend about a Buffista book where we'll be overheard by browsers, if a book isn't apparent, asking about it in person--"We can have it sent from another store." and by phone--"No thank you, birthday party this afternoon and it was to be a gift (stock the book, dummy)" etc., etc., after pre-ordering multiple copies on Amazon to get numbers up, planning Christmas and birthday and other occasion gifts of books.
You are a book fairy godmother.
kindle has hanged all that.
Not entirely - bookstores are still hugely important, ditto for reviews online. And even more so, word of mouth. It's hard for a book to stay afloat without it.
BCS ?
An online SFF magazine called beneath ceaseless skies - Topaz is free there, along with many other excellent short stories.
Pix - May 07, 2016 5:29:38 am PDT #23925 of 28286
The status is NOT quo.
Yay Sox! Can't wait to read it!
I also bought Gud's book on my kindle and will be reading it this weekend. Buffista authors are indeed the best.
erikaj - May 07, 2016 3:45:31 pm PDT #23926 of 28286
Always Anti-fascist!
There are similar rumblings from time to time in Crime Fiction, that women, in particular(esp. Sara Paretsky, whom I love, and who sells many books regardless) get too political. But it's part of the tradition of crime fiction, unless you just want characters doing blow off a taut stripper's ass, in every story. But I still think it's ridiculous that chest-beating Manly Men, allegedly aware of the power of language, call themselves any "Puppies". Manly has gotten sad since Dashiell Hammett I guess. I haven't seen an "acronym problem" that major since Zadie Smith made up a terrorist group named "KEVIN"
Burrell - May 07, 2016 4:05:52 pm PDT #23927 of 28286
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
But I still think it's ridiculous that chest-beating Manly Men, allegedly aware of the power of language, call themselves any "Puppies".
IKR I think it's supposed to represent some sort of self-awareness, but it just comes across as Really?!
Dana - May 07, 2016 4:37:33 pm PDT #23928 of 28286
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Clearly, we are just humorless females who don't get the hilarity.
Beverly - May 07, 2016 4:39:28 pm PDT #23929 of 28286
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Found Topaz, Sox. Should I read it before Jewel, or does it matter?