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.)
Hello? Gay now!
Willow ,'Showtime'
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."
Toddson - Aug 27, 2021 9:49:38 am PDT #26957 of 28078
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
-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.
Cashmere - Aug 28, 2021 4:42:48 pm PDT #26962 of 28078
Now tagless for your comfort.
I did a book talk on Youtube for the American Hippo series (as they reedited it). I loved it. I also liked Magic for Liars and the Mirror Wife but I especially enjoyed the diversity in AH.
-t - Aug 28, 2021 5:58:52 pm PDT #26963 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I still haven’t read The Power! It’s been sitting on my reader a loooong time (because of Zombie Run, I don’t think I knew about the Buffy fic but it makes sense)
DebetEsse - Aug 28, 2021 6:15:16 pm PDT #26964 of 28078
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I would have liked The Power more without the framing device. I know the genealogy of it, but it didn't work for me in this context, largely because of all the real-world references to minute things that the framing device tells us are lost to "modern" understanding.
javachik - Aug 28, 2021 6:37:40 pm PDT #26965 of 28078
Our wings are not tired.
I’ve been listening to it (for example on the way back from Amyth’s memorial) and I wonder if I’m not as aware of the framing device? It’s weird to go back and forth between audio and visual.
Pix - Aug 28, 2021 9:11:48 pm PDT #26966 of 28078
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I loved the framing device, especially at the end! It's a truly messed up book but really good.