My favorite line from the terrible, terrible romance novel I picked up for free:
They stared at each other, lone-wolf amber mating briefly with angelic blue innocence.
I thought for a second I'd tripped into Nikita fic.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'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."
Dana - May 31, 2007 10:36:34 am PDT #2696 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
DavidS - May 31, 2007 10:37:44 am PDT #2697 of 28176
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's pretty horrible. But it doesn't involve psychic bestiality whatever, so I've heard worse.
sumi - May 31, 2007 10:38:37 am PDT #2698 of 28176
Art Crawl!!!
That's hilarious.
Anyone else in the middle of an HP re-read? I just started HP&GOF this morning. With just about a month before #7, I have the three longest books left to read!
Kathy A - May 31, 2007 10:46:53 am PDT #2699 of 28176
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I just started Sorceror's Stone last night! I figure if I can read one book a week, I'll be on track to finish HBP by mid-July, just in time for Deathly Hallows.
Polter-Cow - May 31, 2007 10:52:10 am PDT #2700 of 28176
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
They stared at each other, lone-wolf amber mating briefly with angelic blue innocence
I...so they're eyefucking? Wow.
le nubian - May 31, 2007 11:08:27 am PDT #2701 of 28176
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Kathy, that's a great idea. I probably will do the HP re-read AFTER Book 7 comes out. Although given that I'm expecting the worst (no spoilers, just pessimistic), I might be re-reading the series through my tears...
Aims - May 31, 2007 11:30:09 am PDT #2702 of 28176
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Anyone else in the middle of an HP re-read? I just started HP&GOF this morning. With just about a month before #7, I have the three longest books left to read!
I need to start mine - alas, my books are in storage. Maybe I can borrow them from my cousins.
SuziQ - May 31, 2007 12:12:55 pm PDT #2703 of 28176
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm taking HBP with my next week - figure it would be good airplane reading.
The new book comes out on CJ's birthday. He is quite excited - though he has already declared the reading order within the family.
Volans - Jun 01, 2007 2:55:18 am PDT #2704 of 28176
move out and draw fire
OK, so what I said about Vellum before still stands, but it's moving way up in my estimation. It's the most referential and yet original thing I've read in a while. In addition to the nods Sox and I already mentioned, there are heavy Lovecraft refs, light William Gibson refs, John Constantine is name-checked, and I think Burroughs' Mars series also, but subtly.
Then you've got real-world stuff like Guy Fawkes (and not a little V for Vendetta) and Iraq, and underlying everything are the great myth-cycles, from Inanna and Metatron to Odin and Narcissus.
The author gives you all these snapshots and seemingly expects you to connect them to create a cohesive story...and yet, his characters discuss schizophrenia and apophenia and the fallacy of seeing connections where there are none. Yet there are.
It's like the literary equivalent of modern fusion cuisine.
Amy - Jun 01, 2007 7:11:00 am PDT #2705 of 28176
Because books.
I just started rereading OotP, to prepare for the movie, and will reread HBP before Deathly Hallows comes out. All Harry all the time!
They stared at each other, lone-wolf amber mating briefly with angelic blue innocence.
Classic romance badness! I love it.