Awesome David!!
China Mieville - what sj said.
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
'Hell Bound'
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."
hippocampus - May 08, 2017 1:59:23 pm PDT #24555 of 28235
not your mom's socks.
-t - May 12, 2017 4:28:15 pm PDT #24556 of 28235
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can't remember if I tried reading Mieville and found him not my cup of tea or if I just haven't gotten to his stuff yet. Either way, will probably read eventually.
Right now I am working my way through the Foreigner series. Just started book nine, and am delighted to see non-Bren POV! I mean, I like Bren and all, but actual atevi thoughts is a pretty exciting prospect.
God bless the library and all its works.
Steph L. - May 12, 2017 4:40:39 pm PDT #24557 of 28235
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm re-reading the Skulduggery Pleasant books because I don't have the spoons to read anything new.* But that's how I found out there was a new book coming out, so hey. (I was idly searching Tumblr for the #SkulduggeryPleasant tag, and there it was.)
*Although I did read the new InCryptid book, which was fun.
-t - May 12, 2017 4:49:07 pm PDT #24558 of 28235
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks for that!
Consuela - May 12, 2017 4:54:05 pm PDT #24559 of 28235
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm reading Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries, and it's REALLY GOOD. Definitely recommended.
DebetEsse - May 12, 2017 6:08:04 pm PDT #24560 of 28235
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Ok, so I just finished Parasite, and I have an "ask the audience" question. At the end, Sal's all "Oh my god, a worm is driving this meat suit" And I'm like, "Lady, I've known that since page 4." Is that just me? Was it supposed to be at all suspenseful, or was it a literary exercise in a journey from denial to acceptance of self-as-other?
aurelia - May 12, 2017 8:59:25 pm PDT #24561 of 28235
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
DebetEsse, I guess the latter? Maybe? That seemed to be the continuing trajectory. That whole trilogy was really not up to the level of the Newsflesh series.
hippocampus - May 13, 2017 10:11:58 am PDT #24562 of 28235
not your mom's socks.
Consuela I cannot wait to read that
DebetEsse - May 13, 2017 10:29:09 am PDT #24563 of 28235
Woe to the fucking wicked.
aurelia, I'm only a little into the second book, but it does feel like it's more pages than the story thus far justifies.
Pix - May 13, 2017 11:31:51 am PDT #24564 of 28235
The status is NOT quo.
Honestly, Debet, I didn't pick up on that reveal for some time, honestly, though I had figured it out by the end.