You all are the best. I knew I could count on you. Thank you!
I miss Oz. He'd get it. He wouldn't say anything, but he'd get it.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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."
Kate P. - Apr 10, 2018 5:45:26 pm PDT #25018 of 28200
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Katerina Bee - Apr 10, 2018 7:29:09 pm PDT #25019 of 28200
Herding cats for fun
Oh man. Reading The King Must Die and The Bull From The Sea gave me a bigger Greek mythology crush than the big yellow D'Aulaire book of stories did. Good times! Even if I was a bit young for all the sex scenes.
Clive Barker's Abarat is YA friendly and if you get the older editions the colorful art is amazing.
Is he too young for Dune?
Read on, young person!
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 10, 2018 8:45:44 pm PDT #25020 of 28200
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
John Bellairs' The Face in the Frost is a must-read.
C.S. Lewis' Narnia books might be a good choice if he doesn't regard them as kid stuff.
Charles De Lint's Moonheart isn't a classic, but might be worth a look.
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Lythande collection is pretty good, and though it deals with some adult themes regarding gender I don't think there's anything graphic.
Fred Pete - Apr 11, 2018 5:52:47 am PDT #25021 of 28200
Ann, that's a ferret.
Is Christopher Stasheff's work still in print? I remember The Warlock in Spite of Himself and The Warlock Unlocked, in particular, as great fun. I remember the first as a bit suggestive in a couple spots -- for example, a woman turns herself into a mouse and runs under a man's clothes. No details, though -- we're talking no more graphic than mildly PG-13, if that.
sumi - Apr 11, 2018 6:42:53 am PDT #25022 of 28200
Art Crawl!!!
Question for the Literary Hivemind:
Do you recall a science fiction (or possibly fantasy) novel in which people lived their whole lives in tree because the ground was acidic and would dissolve them?
Thanks!
Toddson - Apr 11, 2018 8:22:46 am PDT #25023 of 28200
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Kate, an oldie that I liked was Joy Chant's Red Moon, Black Mountain.
EpicTangent - Apr 11, 2018 8:46:46 am PDT #25024 of 28200
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Oh, and of course! Megan Whalen Turner's The Thief and its sequels. Don't tell him ANYTHING. Just read them.
Co-signed. Like, a lot.
Mercedes Lackey? Valdemar series was my first thought.
sumi, have you tried the What's the Name of that Book? section on Goodreads?
-t - Apr 11, 2018 9:17:13 am PDT #25025 of 28200
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
sumi, I remember reading something with people living in trees (though I don't remember the ground being acidic) but it doesn't seem to be by who I thought it was and I can't remember the title so I am not helping you and giving myself something to look for. Oops.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 11, 2018 3:11:46 pm PDT #25026 of 28200
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Mercedes Lackey? Valdemar series was my first thought.
Aren't her books chock full of sex?
Connie Neil - Apr 11, 2018 3:14:28 pm PDT #25027 of 28200
brillig
Aren't her books chock full of sex?
I wouldn't say chock-full, but I'd think twice about letting a kid read the third volume of the trilogy.