There are 18 books in Cherryh's Foreigner series?!? Why did I think it had concluded way back when?
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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."
-t - Apr 13, 2017 9:24:07 pm PDT #24493 of 28249
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
aurelia - Apr 14, 2017 5:29:13 am PDT #24494 of 28249
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
That was my thought, too. I only knew about 6 and I think I've only read 4.
-t - Apr 14, 2017 6:13:48 am PDT #24495 of 28249
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
All those one word titles are so similar, I'm having trouble figuring out which I've read. I think maybe just the first trilogy. And if I've got 15 books to catch up on maybe I should just start at the beginning anyway, that was a long time ago I'm sure I've forgotten a lot.
Laura - Apr 14, 2017 7:42:16 am PDT #24496 of 28249
Our wings are not tired.
I'm so confused! Has anyone else had odd pagination issues with Nook? I was psyched to finally read The Jewel and Her Lapidary, but I was confused with the page count being 50 when the Nook edition shows 80 pages. It was a whole and satisfying story so I don't think they chopped out 30 pages, but it was just peculiar that the page count was wrong.
So I wrote to them asking about the difference and they replied -
I have confirmed that the problem you described with "The Jewel and Her Lapidary " results from a content issue. Please respond to this email if you wish to have this order refunded while waiting for the NOOK Book's content to be fixed. You can repurchase the title at a later date after the issue has been resolved.
I replied that no, I didn't want a refund, but could they just update the content when they fix it.
This was the absolute only issue I had with the book, which is clearly an issue with Barnes & Noble and not with the author!
eta: but where my 30 pages be?
sumi - Apr 15, 2017 6:05:24 am PDT #24497 of 28249
Art Crawl!!!
I somehow just managed to find this: "Nevertheless, she persisted" - a short fiction event on tor.com.
sumi - Apr 15, 2017 6:06:19 am PDT #24498 of 28249
Art Crawl!!!
Laura - I find that pagination with e-books is extremely inexplicable. Whether they use page numbers or "location" numbers (as with Kindle).
Calli - Apr 15, 2017 6:42:33 am PDT #24499 of 28249
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The page numbers differ on the same ebook depending on whether I'm reading it on my phone or my computer. That's probably because of the difference in screen size, which affects the amount of text can fit on a given page.
Laura - Apr 15, 2017 6:48:27 am PDT #24500 of 28249
Our wings are not tired.
I never had the page count be different than it said on the description. They said it was a "content issue" but I don't know what that means. Oddness.
Laura - Apr 15, 2017 6:49:38 am PDT #24501 of 28249
Our wings are not tired.
Normally it takes 3-5 page swipes to turn page number, and that was the same as usual. I'm going to bring it up on the computer and see if it is different.
hippocampus - Apr 16, 2017 12:12:51 am PDT #24502 of 28249
not your mom's socks.
Ughh Laura - I don't know about the Nook at all but that's upsetting & I'll let people know. I have a couple copies left, if you want to hit me at my profile addy I can send.