Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.

'Safe'


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."


EpicTangent - Aug 15, 2017 9:14:00 am PDT #24714 of 28222
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Jilli, I assume you've had multiple people pointing you towards this, but just in case:

[link]

Giveaway on Goodreads, including a link to request a review copy from NetGalley - I'm not sure whether I'll qualify as a "reader of influence", but I'd bet folding money that you do.


Consuela - Aug 16, 2017 7:35:02 pm PDT #24715 of 28222
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Holy cow: The Broken Earth books might be a tv series! [link]


bennett - Aug 17, 2017 7:06:58 am PDT #24716 of 28222

I saw that, Consuela, but wondered how? It's such a very complex and different world.


-t - Aug 17, 2017 8:02:45 am PDT #24717 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, I can't imagine how they can pull that off but if they can I will be thrilled to watch it!


sumi - Aug 17, 2017 11:08:21 am PDT #24718 of 28222
Art Crawl!!!

I found River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey on the new book shelf today. It's a short AU about a 19th century America in which Congress actually did decide to populate Louisiana with free-range hippos.


-t - Aug 17, 2017 12:55:53 pm PDT #24719 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh! Amazon has been recommending that to me but I thought it was something entirely different. Intriguing.


hippocampus - Aug 19, 2017 1:13:57 am PDT #24720 of 28222
not your mom's socks.

I'm so so excited about Nora's series!!!

Also when it is posted, Ursula Vernon'/ Hugo acceptance speech is the funniest best thing.


Consuela - Aug 19, 2017 5:17:48 pm PDT #24721 of 28222
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I keep hearing about the legendary Whalefail speech, but I have seen no links to it yet!


-t - Aug 23, 2017 8:12:33 am PDT #24722 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Driving back from the eclipse, Lee and I listened to an episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour that recommended The Twenty Percent True Podcast so we listened to all 12 episodes of Season 1: Modern Monsters. Essentially short stories with a fantastic element read by the author. Very enjoyable, highly recommend! We especially liked Episode 6: The Roommate


Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2017 9:53:26 am PDT #24723 of 28222
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

OMG I have become obsessed with the Toby Daye books. InCryptid got me hooked, and Indexing I also love (especially Sloane - I really want more so there's some follow-up on what happened at the end of the second - book? - set of chapters?

However I've grown to Toby (and her crew) just amazes me. I think Tatiana Mislany would be the perfect choice to play her in a movie/series (Anna Torv who I miss would be a second) and really regret there isn't a young Alan Rickman who could play Tybalt.