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?
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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."
Jon B. - Apr 19, 2007 5:53:38 am PDT #2594 of 28175
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2007 3:31:29 pm PDT #2599 of 28175
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Just finished Bellwether. Sheep. Hee!
If I were to read To Say Nothing of the Dog, should I read Three Men in a Boat first? (I actually read it in college in a Brit. Lit. class, but I cannot remember one damned thing about it, other than feeling sorry for Jerome K. Jerome because of his name.)
-t - Apr 19, 2007 3:37:26 pm PDT #2600 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I didn't, and didn't feel the lack. Though I do want to read Three Men in a Boat, now.
Ginger - Apr 19, 2007 4:13:30 pm PDT #2601 of 28175
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Just finished Bellwether. Sheep. Hee!
Barbies! Bobbed hair! Duct tape!
When I first read To Say Nothing of the Dog, it had been years since I read Three Men in a Boat. I remembered enough to catch the jokes. I don't think it's necessary, though.
meara - Apr 19, 2007 5:19:23 pm PDT #2602 of 28175
I'm with -t...have never read it, kind of want to now...still enjoyed "To Say Nothing..." without that.
Kate P. - Apr 19, 2007 5:30:29 pm PDT #2603 of 28175
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I read To Say Nothing of the Dog without having read Three Men in a Boat and loved it. I might have missed a few jokes, but I still thought it was hilarious. (There was also at least one joke that I remember that I wouldn't have understood without reading some Buffista discussions about, hm, I think it was Georgette Heyer? Anyway, I felt Very Cultured about getting that one.)