I thought "Penric and the Shaman" did a nice job of mixing the Five Gods with the shamanistic religion of Hollowed Hunt.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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."
bennett - May 27, 2020 12:45:08 pm PDT #25911 of 28176
-t - May 27, 2020 1:03:39 pm PDT #25912 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Totally. Having read that improved my reread of Hallowed Hunt, I'm sure. Penric having Desdemona and shamanic training/powers seems like it should be Too Much but I guess he's got enough other flaws and weaknesses that it isn't? For me, anyway.
Consuela - May 27, 2020 2:12:05 pm PDT #25913 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I thought "Penric and the Shaman" did a nice job of mixing the Five Gods with the shamanistic religion of Hollowed Hunt.
... I can't remember if I've read that one. I'll have to check.
Gris - May 27, 2020 3:16:10 pm PDT #25914 of 28176
Hey. New board.
So I recently read the book Point B , A love story about teleportation, and I recommend it. I read it because the author, Drew Magary, writes funny rants for Medium and used to work for Deadspin which I loved before the editor was fired and all the staff quit.
It is self-published so it suffers from the occasional need-of-an-editor such usually do, but I still stayed up past midnight twice reading it, so I guess it didn't matter! Set in a future where teleportation is done through your phone and controlled by a company with no morals, it has a lot of good, pleasingly leftist social and economic commentary, plus a pretty cute teen girl love story.
meara - May 27, 2020 8:08:16 pm PDT #25915 of 28176
Ooh, I will take that rec, sounds good.
I just smashed through the Penric and Desdemona story. Loved it, and now need to go back and re read the others.
Pix - May 28, 2020 6:16:54 am PDT #25916 of 28176
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Read the new Penric last night — definitely would have felt on the nose if I wasn't sure she wrote it before all this started! Enjoyed it as always. Thanks for the rec of the Alexis Hall book -- just bought it for my Kindle.
Laura - May 28, 2020 6:48:20 am PDT #25917 of 28176
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks for the rec of the Alexis Hall book -- just bought it for my Kindle.
I just put it on my Nook too! I'm a few books into Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of St. Mary's, but I might pause and devour The Affair of the Mysterious Letter, the go back to St. Mary's.
Jessica - May 28, 2020 6:51:31 am PDT #25918 of 28176
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have fallen down an Alexis Hall rabbit hole and it is ALL YOUR FAULT
Toddson - May 28, 2020 9:51:42 am PDT #25919 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I finally managed to get the Penric novella and started it. It's a bit, um, on-topic for these times.
Have you read Seanan McGuire's "Kingdom of Needle and Bone" (possibly written as Mira Grant)? it's on-topic and seriously scary.
esse - May 28, 2020 11:54:35 pm PDT #25920 of 28176
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm thrilled you're all enjoying Alexis Hall! I've been reading Hall's books for the better part of a decade, and it's been fantastic watching her rise to success over that time -- she's so much more widely known and read now!
I am very fond of Hall's "Kate Kane" novels, and the third book was released this month after a multiyear delay. They're mysteryish novels in a fantasy setting, with vampires & werewolves etc. The main pairing is pretty established, between Kate and her female partner. It's all the great aspects of Hall's writing in a modern fantasy setting.