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.)
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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."
Kate P. - Apr 19, 2007 5:30:29 pm PDT #2603 of 28452
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
brenda m - Apr 19, 2007 5:53:06 pm PDT #2604 of 28452
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
-t is me. And so is meara, apparenlty. Except probably not as drunkl, at least if we go by speeling.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2007 6:10:11 pm PDT #2605 of 28452
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I read To Say Nothing of the Dog without having read Three Men in a Boat and loved it.
Me four.
Consuela - Apr 19, 2007 6:46:04 pm PDT #2606 of 28452
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And 5. I almost bought the Jerome last weekend, though. But didn't, because there were other books demanding my attention.
I stood for a while in front of the new science fiction shelf at Moe's, looking at the titles.
What I learned was interesting: the only female writer on that shelf was Jaqueline Carey. Granted, Moe's has a small new SF shelf, just six feet by six.
But still: one woman? WTF? No Bear, Walton, Traviss, Cherryh, McKillip, McKinley, or Bujold. Just Carey. Not even Hamilton.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2007 4:55:19 am PDT #2607 of 28452
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow. That's a weird woman to pick to be your only.
I don't shop in many bookstores that aren't Borders or B&N, so I'm rarely presented with that sort of winnowing.
How is their standard SF shelf? Better balanced?
Dana - Apr 20, 2007 5:33:45 am PDT #2608 of 28452
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oxford University Press is having a big spring sale.
Hayden - Apr 20, 2007 6:42:15 am PDT #2609 of 28452
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2007 6:53:51 am PDT #2610 of 28452
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Heh. FAQWife just forwarded that to me. I love the Sarah Vowell bit.
Hayden - Apr 20, 2007 6:58:33 am PDT #2611 of 28452
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That was spot-on.
Consuela - Apr 20, 2007 4:49:09 pm PDT #2612 of 28452
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
their standard SF shelf? Better balanced?
Who is "their"? If Moe's, that was their standard shelf. Their other SF is all used, so there's a wide variety (Berkeley, you know).
If Borders et al., they generally have a broad distribution, although I rarely find the writers I've been hearing on LJ I should be reading, like Charlie Stross, fr'instance.