I love the Penric stories ... the first one, where he's pleading for the demon's continued existence (can't say life) made me sniffly.
Zoe: Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller. Wash: Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles.
'Safe'
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."
Toddson - May 27, 2020 8:51:25 am PDT #25894 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Toddson - May 27, 2020 9:18:25 am PDT #25895 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Just a quick link.
-t - May 27, 2020 9:42:27 am PDT #25896 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was wondering about the timing, Consuela. I couldn't imagine she could have written it that fast to be so timely on purpose!
It was like Fallen London had come to Sherlock Holmes.
Y'all have read Who Killed Sherlock Holmes, right?
I mean, that's a whole different conversation, but speaking of Fallen London
In between stories I forget how much I like Penric, a little. The World of the Five Gods (or whatever it's called) is probably my favorite Bujold 'verse, but I have it in my head that I like Curse of Chalion and, um, the other one with her better. Which I might! But Penric is also great and the bite-sized novellas have their own special appeal (although every time I finish one I am seized with the urge to read the older ones because of how much I have forgottten...)
Toddson - May 27, 2020 9:58:40 am PDT #25897 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm pretty sure the Curse of Chalion is the first of her books in the World of the Five Gods.
-t - May 27, 2020 10:03:43 am PDT #25898 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, first published anyway
Toddson - May 27, 2020 10:05:56 am PDT #25899 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I slightly prefer The Paladin of Souls, which does follow The Curse of Chalion. The third in the series - which I believe is supposed to take place well before that time - I don't like much. But it's Bujold, so ....
Consuela - May 27, 2020 10:06:30 am PDT #25900 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I just reread all the Chalion novels, including The Hallowed Hunt, which isn't set in Chalion, and didn't do as well. I admit that the characters in HH aren't as lovable, although I would happily read a book about Learned Hallana's adventures, and maybe another one about Prince Jokol and his icebear Fafa.
Consuela - May 27, 2020 10:06:45 am PDT #25901 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Toddson, GMTA.
-t - May 27, 2020 10:16:55 am PDT #25902 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thank you, Toddson, Paladin of Souls was the title I couldn't think of
Agreed on Hallowed Hunt - although I liked it better when I re-read it in the last couple of years than I remember liking it the first time. Would love more Learned Hallana!
I really like the I guess subgenre of fantasy that's about made up religions, and the 5 gods are an excellent example. Other favorites that spring to mind are The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (I think the series has a different name but I forget what it is) and Raven Tower. Stuff like that is catnip for me
Cashmere - May 27, 2020 10:17:21 am PDT #25903 of 28176
Now tagless for your comfort.
Cashmere, thank you SO MUCH for mentioning this book.
I wanted more people to squee with about it! The audiobook is to DIE for. The narrator is so hilarious and wonderful with the characters. I've listened to it multiple times. (I own it in print, ebook and audio).