Somebody's picking off my personal heroes.
He was 83. I don't think he was picked off so much as went off. It's a good old age.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
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."
§ ita § - May 18, 2007 5:25:51 pm PDT #2666 of 28176
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jon B. - May 19, 2007 5:35:47 am PDT #2667 of 28176
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Dana - May 20, 2007 10:01:48 am PDT #2668 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's time for the annual "crap, I have to get my dad a birthday present" post. Anyone have book recommendations in the sort of non-fiction, historical or political areas?
Strix - May 20, 2007 10:15:09 am PDT #2669 of 28176
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
What area of history or politics? Serious or satire?
Dana - May 20, 2007 10:16:08 am PDT #2670 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Either. I've given him a Molly Ivins book before. He's a leftie like me, obviously.
Strix - May 20, 2007 10:55:42 am PDT #2671 of 28176
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hmm. What about a collection of Sarah Voewll essays? Combine history and leftie politics? And she's a fun writer to read/
dcp - May 20, 2007 11:55:05 am PDT #2672 of 28176
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America is very good.
Hil R. - May 20, 2007 12:29:44 pm PDT #2673 of 28176
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I second dcp's recommendation. I only read about half of it (someone had left a copy in a dorm common room, and I started reading it, but then the next time I was in that lounge, it was gone), but it was very good.
flea - May 20, 2007 12:38:12 pm PDT #2674 of 28176
information libertarian
I am generally pimping John Hope Franklin's Autobiography: [link]
My stepfather (age 75, likes history, lefty) seems to have liked it.
Dana - May 20, 2007 2:02:57 pm PDT #2675 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That sounds like a great recommendation, dcp, though he might already have it. Which is the problem with my father.
Thanks for all of the recs. I'll check them out when I make it to the bookstore.