I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.

River ,'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."


Katerina Bee - Mar 30, 2017 3:58:36 pm PDT #24458 of 28260
Herding cats for fun

I think it's a lovely little building. Surely the books are better off there than in the dumpster. Hopefully the owners have thought out all that's needed to keep mold at bay.

Hi Beverly!!!!!!!

Did anyone enjoy the Great Brain books? I re read those awhile back and they were quite dated, but not all that bad as far as offending my sensibilities today. Was Mercer Mayer the illustrator? My favorite was always the book about the little brother "Me and My Little Brain."


aurelia - Mar 30, 2017 5:51:38 pm PDT #24459 of 28260
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I liked them. I would agree with you on the best one.


Beverly - Mar 30, 2017 7:00:12 pm PDT #24460 of 28260
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Hi KatieBee! Nice to see you around these parts!


Jesse - Mar 31, 2017 2:53:34 am PDT #24461 of 28260
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The Great Brain books are the reason I thought gentile meant non-Mormon, right? Good times.


flea - Mar 31, 2017 3:05:33 am PDT #24462 of 28260
information libertarian

My son read The Great Brain books recently, and I reread the first one. They hold up ok. They were written in a past setting anyway. Yes, Mercer Mayer was the illustrator.


Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 5:35:02 am PDT #24463 of 28260
brillig

the reason I thought gentile meant non-Mormon,

It does--in Mormon country. Standard figure of speech amongst The Brethren.


Jessica - Mar 31, 2017 7:29:01 am PDT #24464 of 28260
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Was Mercer Mayer the illustrator?

Yes!


DavidS - Apr 03, 2017 2:43:15 pm PDT #24465 of 28260
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Did anyone enjoy the Great Brain books? I re read those awhile back and they were quite dated, but not all that bad as far as offending my sensibilities today. Was Mercer Mayer the illustrator? My favorite was always the book about the little brother "Me and My Little Brain."

Loved the Great Brain books, including the mostly forgotten Great Bain at the Academy which was one of my first introductions to the Boarding School genre.


lisah - Apr 04, 2017 5:38:02 am PDT #24466 of 28260
Punishingly Intricate

wooohooo go, hippocampus!!!


Sparky1 - Apr 04, 2017 5:40:44 am PDT #24467 of 28260
Librarian Warlord

Google says this is Finnish for congratulations, hippo:

Onneksi olkoon!