I liked River of Teeth well enough,but I loved Magic for Liars
Yes to all of this.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
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 - Aug 26, 2021 12:30:51 pm PDT #26952 of 28078
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
dcp - Aug 26, 2021 3:48:17 pm PDT #26953 of 28078
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Clock Star Rose Spine got some nice blurbs, including one from Samuel R. Delany.
I just started reading. The line "Exact change is required" made me laugh.
sj - Aug 26, 2021 5:02:45 pm PDT #26954 of 28078
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I loved River of Teeth and pretty much everything I have read by Gailey.
bennett - Aug 27, 2021 8:28:25 am PDT #26955 of 28078
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Hee, I like World of the White Rat as a description! Possibly my favorite fictional religion. And I am a bit of connoisseur.
That's how they're grouped at GoodReads. And, indeed, one of things I like about the books is the importance of religion to some of the characters. Stephen's longing for the certainty the he lost with the death of the Saint of Steel, Caliban's need to be a true Paladin again make the characters real to me. This is something I love from Bujold's World of the Five Goods books as well.
So many other books do not include religion at all or only in a superficial way. Or go to the other extreme and are just preachy.
-t - Aug 27, 2021 9:29:24 am PDT #26956 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, yes, the Five Gods are another favorite.
I forget how I have seen the Kingfisher books grouped - Clocktaur War, Saint of Steel and I guess it is just Swordheart but she did say she was going to write the other sword's stories - although they are all the same world so grouping them together makes sense. And World of the White Rat delights me as a term of art. Good job, Goodreads.
Toddson - Aug 27, 2021 9:49:38 am PDT #26957 of 28078
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I really liked the White Rat ... clerics? is that the right word? ... they seem to be intelligent and pragmatic and work to actually help people. I hadn't made the connection with Bujold's Five Gods world, but I could see the White Rat and the Bastard (one of whose symbols is a white rat) getting on well. (If this inspires any fanfic, please let me know.)
-t - Aug 27, 2021 9:59:16 am PDT #26958 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
True! What an interesting idea
Consuela - Aug 27, 2021 10:47:17 pm PDT #26959 of 28078
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, I love the idea of a White Rat/Five Gods crossover. Brilliant.
I have read about three of Gailey's books, but they don't hook me. I feel like they lack complexity or depth or something. It's all about the premise and not about the complicating factors/characters. "Upright Women Wanted" was a premise in search of a story, IMO.
I'm glad they work for some people though.
meara - Aug 27, 2021 11:09:18 pm PDT #26960 of 28078
I fully support those fanfics. Please someone write.
And I only read Magic for Liars and Uprighgt Women—the first just didn’t hook me, the second I liked better, but not enough to reread.
javachik - Aug 28, 2021 3:22:06 pm PDT #26961 of 28078
Our wings are not tired.
I just learned the author of the book I’m reading got her start writing Buffy fanfic (Naomi Alderman’s The Power). Oh! And MsBelle is reading it too - we are reading it for the virtual book club she invited me to. They let me pick my first time out, which was awfully nice of them.