Indeed.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Consuela - May 11, 2020 7:52:52 pm PDT #25827 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
esse - May 12, 2020 7:39:08 pm PDT #25828 of 28176
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Jemisin is relentless in conveying her concept of the world. I couldn't read it straight through; I had to read a bit at a time, and it did get more challenging to come back to it the grimmer it got.
I'm reading "Empress" which is a biography of the Nar Jahal, who for several years was the ruler of Mughal India following the death of her husband, the Emperor. The only female ruler -- she's amazing and largely unknown to the West.
Jessica - May 13, 2020 6:15:28 am PDT #25829 of 28176
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This is my obligatory plug for the Broken Earth trilogy on audio - Robin Miles does phenomenal work with the 2nd-person narration.
But yeah, it's not a *comforting* read, and it doesn't get cheerier as the series goes on.
Dana - May 13, 2020 8:32:20 am PDT #25830 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
God, I'm not sure I could listen to it, rather than read it.
Consuela - May 13, 2020 9:19:04 am PDT #25831 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I have her new one, I'm hoping it's more cheerful.
Jessica - May 13, 2020 9:20:39 am PDT #25832 of 28176
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The City We Became is practically a beach read compared to Broken Earth.
-t - May 13, 2020 9:24:38 am PDT #25833 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I didn't care for the short story (The City Born Great? Something like that) so I was thinking I'd skip the novel. First thing of hers I'd read that I didn't like, I think.
Jessica - May 13, 2020 9:38:17 am PDT #25834 of 28176
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The style is very different from most of what she's written before, but I really really enjoyed it. I'm not sure how much I would have gotten out of it if I didn't live in NY though.
-t - May 13, 2020 10:02:45 am PDT #25835 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I think that might be the crux of it for me.
Calli - May 13, 2020 10:07:08 am PDT #25836 of 28176
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
There's a new KJ Charles book out today. Slippery Creatures, set in 1920s London. I'm a couple of chapters in and enjoying it immensely, as is usual for me with her books.