Some of the tango pirates were really privateers for the dancing queen.
Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Strega - Mar 24, 2006 9:42:08 am PST #241 of 28061
EpicTangent - Mar 24, 2006 1:35:16 pm PST #242 of 28061
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Some of the tango pirates were really privateers for the dancing queen.
BWAH!
meara - Mar 25, 2006 11:49:15 am PST #243 of 28061
OK, I know a lot of you like the Honor Harrington books. I've been feeling in a very space-opera mood lately, and picked up the first one at the used bookstore the other day, just cracked it open.
Someone please tell me it gets better. I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2006 11:56:47 am PST #244 of 28061
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Someone please tell me it gets better. I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
Intelligent empathic tree cat...
The first book isn't too bad. I think the second is better.
Jessica - Mar 25, 2006 12:48:58 pm PST #245 of 28061
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
Yeah, that's about as far as I got before I decided I'd be better off just rereading the Vorkosigan series.
Sheryl - Mar 25, 2006 4:49:05 pm PST #246 of 28061
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Oddly, the tree cat didn't bother me. It was the pages and pages of description of battle maneuvers that led me to decide I didn't have any interest in reading the rest of the series.
Ginger - Mar 25, 2006 5:12:28 pm PST #247 of 28061
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The tree cat was fairly minor, although annoying, and I'm okay with battle manuevers. I eventually gave up on the series because the Mary Sue-ness increased exponentially.
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2006 5:21:10 pm PST #248 of 28061
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Lately, I've been much happier with the side books and novellas in the Honorverse, mostly because the bizarre soap that HH's personal life has become is way off stage. I just finished the latest HH book, and it was better than the previous one. It did need to have its battle scenes edited down a lot, but except for a lot of painful eye rolling about her personal stuff (which there was less of this time out, fortunately), I enjoyed it well enough.
Jessica - Mar 25, 2006 5:21:19 pm PST #249 of 28061
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I eventually gave up on the series because the Mary Sue-ness increased exponentially.
Wow. I had no idea there even was a level of Mary Sue beyond empathic treecat.
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2006 5:25:02 pm PST #250 of 28061
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Wow. I had no idea there even was a level of Mary Sue beyond empathic treecat.
Well, now Harrington is also empathic via her link with the cat. Also, the cats turned out to be sentient, and they've been teaching them sign language.