Roberta Gellis also died earlier this month - [link] . Not a good month for historical romance writers.
Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
'The Message'
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."
bennett - May 25, 2016 4:10:56 pm PDT #23981 of 28282
hippocampus - May 25, 2016 6:31:59 pm PDT #23982 of 28282
not your mom's socks.
Have ordered A Head Full of Ghosts... Book discussion!
Consuela - May 25, 2016 6:55:14 pm PDT #23983 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Jo Beverly and Roberta Gelis. Oh, my. I knew Jo a little: I was on a Dunnett mailing list with her for some years. Very nice, smart woman.
In other news, I just finished Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs, which was GREAT. Has anyone read this? It reads like Kate Elliott & Alan Furst had a kid, who was then raised by N. K. Jemisin. So good.
Polter-Cow - May 25, 2016 10:14:29 pm PDT #23984 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In other news, I just finished Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs, which was GREAT. Has anyone read this? It reads like Kate Elliott & Alan Furst had a kid, who was then raised by N. K. Jemisin. So good.
Loved it, my favorite book of 2014. City of Blades is also really good. Looking forward to City of Miracles.
Anne W. - May 26, 2016 2:43:56 am PDT #23985 of 28282
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
For those who have read it, is A Head Full of Ghosts something that would work well as an audiobook? I was about to order it, but saw the comparison to House of Leaves and wondered if that meant I'd be better off with the physical book.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2016 5:34:57 am PDT #23986 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anne, it would work great as an audiobook! The House of Leaves comparison is not because of weird formatting shit.
Anne W. - May 26, 2016 5:45:44 am PDT #23987 of 28282
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thanks! It's not available until 6/2, but I've still got a book and a half of the Southern Reach trilogy to get through.
Speaking of which, so far I'm liking the series, but will wait until I'm finished to give a review/rating. It's unsettling as hell, and creepy the way the X-Files and Lost were creepy at their best, but I want to see if it sticks the landing, if that makes sense.
Volans - May 26, 2016 10:01:09 am PDT #23988 of 28282
move out and draw fire
I really liked City of Stairs and made my DH read it. He couldn't disassociate from real Indian and Russian culture/history/stuff enough. Plus the whole embassy thing. I thought it was worthy but not quite enough to make me get City of Blades. IOW, not quite N.K. Jemisin good.
A Head Full of Ghosts is still bugging me and I think I've finally figured out why. It's not a gothic horror and it should be. It's missing the key component. Also, I think that the author needed to pull on a particular strand more than he did; for that I blame his editor. Or beta readers. I don't know. Someone should have been able to come back 24 hours after reading it and say "Dude, shift just a touch to make X the thesis. You hardly have to change anything and this becomes a brilliant book."
Gris - Jun 02, 2016 3:59:07 pm PDT #23989 of 28282
Hey. New board.
Having finished my personal Vorkosigan saga, I am craving a solidly great sci fi or fantasy series I can get cheap on Kindle or free through my library (at least the first book) . I have read some of the obvious ones. The first Dark Tower and Wheel of Time book are both checked out; I put on holds but am impatient to start something. Suggestions? Minimum three published books: I crave a quest.
Dana - Jun 02, 2016 4:05:36 pm PDT #23990 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm rereading the Steerswoman series, but that isn't finished.
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams? The Young Wizards by Diane Duane? She's had a sale on at her ebook store lately.
The last book of the Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater has just come out.
Barbara Hambly's Darwath books?