I read To Say Nothing of the Dog without having read Three Men in a Boat and loved it.
Me four.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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."
Jessica - Apr 19, 2007 6:10:11 pm PDT #2605 of 28176
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Consuela - Apr 19, 2007 6:46:04 pm PDT #2606 of 28176
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 28176
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 28176
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 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2007 6:53:51 am PDT #2610 of 28176
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 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That was spot-on.
Consuela - Apr 20, 2007 4:49:09 pm PDT #2612 of 28176
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.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2007 6:08:46 pm PDT #2613 of 28176
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ouch.
Not entirely fair since they've done a lot of things like the Embedded in Afghanistan stuff. Still, a pointy stick in the eye.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2007 9:38:21 pm PDT #2614 of 28176
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who is "their"? If Moe's, that was their standard shelf.
I meant Moe's. I thought you were only looking at the new stuff.
Interesting.