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."


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.


-t - Aug 24, 2017 10:08:28 am PDT #24724 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sloane is def the best part of Indexing. I'm kind of meh on the rest of it. But I am with you on Toby & Co - love!

Are we getting a new one? ::checks iBooks:: Yes! The Brightest Fell 9/5/17 Oooh, the description looks wonderful.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2017 10:35:24 am PDT #24725 of 28222
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I like Henry too. The first book was very disjointed, probably because the way it was written as a serial, but I think it comes together and I really like the second book, of course mainly because it was very Sloane Slanted. I still want more, especially the fallout to Henry possibly giving Sloane a true love's kiss.

Need to go read the description of the next Toby book. I was expecting it to be about the wedding which should be entertaining.

I HATE that we have to wait until 2018 for the next Antimony book. She got the short end of the stick in that family.