can't stand Sayers
t gasp
t shuns Brenda
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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."
Dana - Apr 10, 2007 5:25:38 pm PDT #2514 of 28175
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ginger - Apr 10, 2007 5:43:47 pm PDT #2515 of 28175
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
can't stand Sayers
Maybe we can get you therapy.
Emily - Apr 10, 2007 6:41:13 pm PDT #2516 of 28175
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hmm, yeah, The Doomsday Book does provide some explanation that comes in at least handy for To Say Nothing of the Dog.
Volans - Apr 10, 2007 9:38:37 pm PDT #2517 of 28175
move out and draw fire
It's okay, brenda...I can't stand Willis.
I guess we all have our deep dark secrets.
JohnSweden - Apr 11, 2007 7:25:06 am PDT #2518 of 28175
I can't even.
I love Connie Willis, starting with Lincoln's Dreams, which held up for me on a recent re-read. Here's the weird thing though: Doomsday Book, which should have been tailor-made for me, fell kind of flat. I was doing a lot of reading about the 14th century at the time, and that might have been part of the problem, everything just blended in for me.
My dissatisfaction with the book may be pettier than that, however. The title just irks me. When I heard about the book, I thought it would have some connection to the 11th century survey ordered by William the Bastard. NSM.
Ginger - Apr 11, 2007 7:32:46 am PDT #2519 of 28175
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Lincoln's Dreams has one of the more shiver-inducing endings of any book. I really liked Doomsday Book and the connection didn't really bother me, but that may be because I think of the survey as the Domesday Book, which, while pronounced the same way, is different in my head.
JohnSweden - Apr 11, 2007 9:40:34 am PDT #2520 of 28175
I can't even.
that may be because I think of the survey as the Domesday Book, which, while pronounced the same way, is different in my head.
Is there a 14th century reference to Domesday that I'm not getting? To me, it's like she's conflating, when she's really all about the detail. That's what bugs. Doomsday/Domesday -- same thing. 14th C, black plague/11th C, norman invasion -- not same thing. Irrational, perhaps, but irky for me. Irk, irk.
ETA: indulge me as I flog this plague-ridden horse a touch more. It's like she's making a fannish pun out of the title. Plague = doom, je comprends, but Domesday was referring to the "doom of man", ie. our mortal lifespan. It may be the first riff on death and taxes in English.
The subject matters are too close, like when someone says "they were using dogs for guinea pigs!" The brain stumbles over the reference and goes back. Well, mine does anyway.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2007 10:34:40 am PDT #2521 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have been possessed by a sudden need to read more steampunk. I've read Anubis Gates (tho' it's been a while), and I'm re-reading The Difference Engine. Does anyone have any recommendations for other steampunk literature?
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2007 10:39:55 am PDT #2522 of 28175
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Perdido Street Station is kinda steampunk.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2007 10:44:09 am PDT #2523 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Perdido Street Station is kinda steampunk.
The gay stunt husband keeps agitating at me to read it. I glanced at a couple of pages a few years ago and it didn't grab me, but I probably should give it another try.