Cool. I didn't think that was it, but I couldn't remember. Now I have another to read.
When I'm up to another shipwreck, anyway. This one was excellent, really gripping, but harrowing.
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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."
brenda m - Apr 24, 2007 5:02:23 pm PDT #2636 of 28176
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
Consuela - Apr 24, 2007 8:11:41 pm PDT #2637 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Ship of Gold is more about the hunt for the shipwreck one hundred years later than it is about the wreck itself. Well, it's about that, but the part I liked the best was about finding it, and the battle over the salvage rights.
Yes, I studied the Abandoned Shipwreck Act in law school. t /geek
... which, consider what I do for a living, is pretty damned ironic. Or prophetic, or something. Something poetic.
Lee - Apr 24, 2007 8:21:32 pm PDT #2638 of 28176
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What she said, though I did enjoy the part leading up to the wreck, too, especially the SF history, and I loved the captain.
sumi - Apr 26, 2007 10:33:36 am PDT #2639 of 28176
Art Crawl!!!
I wanted the deluxe edition of Children of Hurin because of the Alan Lee illustrations but I realized that I couldn't afford it and the regular edition had the classic Tolkien map in it after all - so I got the regular edition.
Guess what? The regular edition is also illustrated by Alan Lee.
hippocampus - Apr 27, 2007 9:52:37 am PDT #2640 of 28176
not your mom's socks.
Sparky suggested I visit over here to ask if anyone's read Vellum or Ink ? Still new to the multithread.
eta: italics
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2007 6:49:42 pm PDT #2641 of 28176
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Finished Barrayar today.
Damn, that was good. Tense, though -- I was holding my breath for, like, the last 1/4 of the book. Good stuff.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2007 7:27:08 pm PDT #2642 of 28176
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I finished a book too! Way too exciting, considering it's not exciting. I just read so rarely these days.
Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner. I have to admit, the shenanigans in Swordspoint sometimes went over my head, when they weren't primarily emotional. This one talks down to me more, and I can't say I don't appreciate it.
I think she did a good job of a clueless learning-her-way story without me feeling impatient or scornful. Katherine didn't know some things, and she was going to learn them, but I didn't dislike her or the author for it.
Didn't love the book, but I sure did enjoy it.
Ginger - Apr 30, 2007 4:36:18 am PDT #2643 of 28176
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Finished Barrayar today
Shopping!
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2007 5:10:35 am PDT #2644 of 28176
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Finished Barrayar today
Shopping!
Oh, YEAH. I forgot you had mentioned that!
Damn, I love Cordelia.
Consuela - Apr 30, 2007 5:54:10 pm PDT #2645 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
She paid too much.
I do adore Cordelia. She's just awesome. Aral is too, of course.