Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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."


Laura - Nov 20, 2018 7:20:25 am PST #25207 of 28197
Our wings are not tired.

I'm just a big fan of series. Once I get to know my characters I'd like to continue spending time with them.


Tom Scola - Nov 28, 2018 6:09:49 am PST #25208 of 28197
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Margaret Atwood is coming out with a Handmaid's Tale sequel.

There's also a Handmaid's Tale graphic novel coming out, by an artist I like very much.


-t - Nov 28, 2018 6:51:29 pm PST #25209 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm not sure how to feel about that. The sequel, I mean. Graphic novel sounds swell.

But I came here to talk about Fire and Blood. I just got to a passage that includes "Kermit Tully was...'green as summer grass'....His brother Oscar ... was still greener" and I had to tell someone: I see what you did there GRRM


Jessica - Nov 29, 2018 4:15:23 am PST #25210 of 28197
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I see what you did there GRRM

Hey, it's not easy.


-t - Nov 29, 2018 4:39:49 am PST #25211 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I got suspicious with their father Elmo and his grandfather Grover


DebetEsse - Nov 29, 2018 8:28:27 pm PST #25212 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.

That's been canon since the World book. I know because I had to look it up because the tags on Ao3 seemed...unlikely


-t - Nov 29, 2018 9:00:12 pm PST #25213 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

World book?


DebetEsse - Nov 29, 2018 9:03:59 pm PST #25214 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.

World of Ice and Fire. It's an in-universe reference book, so there's some unreliable narrator stuff, but it has family trees for everyone (which we have no reason to think are inaccurate apart from Known Lies About Parentage).

It's also a lovely book, apart from the standard issue of pretty much all the women looking like models.


-t - Nov 29, 2018 9:12:20 pm PST #25215 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ah, I passed on that one. I almost passed on this one, but I'm enjoying the mock-historiography a lot.


sj - Dec 01, 2018 5:21:06 am PST #25216 of 28197
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm at the library bookstore for the next hour and a half if anyone is looking for Holiday gifts cheap or something for themselves.