SF/Fantasy geeks are such book-buying fools.
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
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."
Connie Neil - Apr 18, 2007 9:07:36 am PDT #2589 of 28175
brillig
brenda m - Apr 19, 2007 5:06:23 am PDT #2590 of 28175
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ha! This is hi-larious: [link]
sumi - Apr 19, 2007 5:11:59 am PDT #2591 of 28175
Art Crawl!!!
You know, now that I know that the regular edition does include a Tolkien map (like the one in the Silmarillion) I think I can be happy with the regular edition.
Ginger - Apr 19, 2007 5:14:37 am PDT #2592 of 28175
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
"The centrepiece is a boat ride which, loosely speaking, is Great Expectations presented as a log flume."
Jon B. - Apr 19, 2007 5:52:30 am PDT #2593 of 28175
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon B. - Apr 19, 2007 5:53:38 am PDT #2594 of 28175
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Oh, and my favorite bit?
The little ones can play in Fagin's Den, an area for preschoolers named after the gangmaster of the band of thieves in "Oliver Twist."
...where they learn to pick pockets?
Aims - Apr 19, 2007 7:15:10 am PDT #2595 of 28175
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I personally like the part where they take your pre-adolescent son and sell him in the streets.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2007 7:18:31 am PDT #2596 of 28175
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dear People Who Pimped Bellwether To Me:
I started it last night, and I'm really enjoying it! Though I want to kill Flip.
flea - Apr 19, 2007 7:25:58 am PDT #2597 of 28175
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Imagine me reading Flip out loud in my best disaffected teenager voice. She'll annoy you even more! (mr. flea could barely stand it.)
Polter-Cow - Apr 19, 2007 8:24:11 am PDT #2598 of 28175
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Best. Book. Promotional. Website. Ever: [link]
Oh, wow, that is awesome. I was loving her already and was interested in her book, and then Dave Eggers compared her to Lorrie Moore, and now I need to remember to go see her on May 16 when she comes to San Francisco.