I have to admit I gave up on the Outlander books after book ... three? maybe? ... they were too long and were getting too confusing for me. I did like the first ones; I've never seen the series, although I've read some things about it (and greatly admired the actor playing Jamie).
And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.
Giles ,'Touched'
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 - Sep 28, 2021 10:56:54 am PDT #27070 of 27939
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Calli - Sep 28, 2021 1:36:33 pm PDT #27071 of 27939
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
T. Kingfisher fans, the next Paladin book is available for preorder: [link]
bennett - Sep 28, 2021 1:38:44 pm PDT #27072 of 27939
Thank you, Calli!
-t - Sep 28, 2021 1:45:34 pm PDT #27073 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thank you! Also, yay on the featured Paladin, I have been hoping he'd get his own story
Consuela - Sep 28, 2021 7:38:43 pm PDT #27074 of 27939
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
yay, purchased! There are a few writers I will purchase sight unseen, and Ursula is one of them.
Toddson - Sep 29, 2021 5:44:47 am PDT #27075 of 27939
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh yay! and a "brave gnole"!
meara - Sep 29, 2021 1:42:51 pm PDT #27076 of 27939
-t - Sep 29, 2021 7:15:23 pm PDT #27077 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Last Graduate is like Buffy Graduation Day cranked up to 11.
It's pretty great.
And I want to scream at having to wait for the next one. Dammit.
I have more thinky thoughts to try to get in order but I wanted to get that out there right away.
-t - Sep 29, 2021 7:16:59 pm PDT #27078 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's terrific, meara
-t - Sep 30, 2021 2:38:03 pm PDT #27079 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I do have a question, though: I must have missed the bit where Novik explains why children are so at risk: are the maleficaria just more attracted to kids, or are they just less able to defend themselves? And how is the mundane world not aware of any of this?
OK, I had these questions in mind as I was rereading the first one and then reading the second and while she goes into a little more detail in the second one I don't think it's spoilery to say they are more attractive because they are less able to defend themselves? I think? I have the feelig, although I cannot justify this with textual evidence, that newly blossomed power may be extra fresh and tasty to mals. But also having no power means not being an attractive morsel, so really young kids are safe. The mundane world is apparently quite the magic damper, it's apparently hard to even demonstrate magic in front of someone who doesn't know magic is a thing the way we know gravity is a thing - being open-minded or credulous or whatever is not enough - and even if you can the mundane brain will paper that experience over with some alternate explanation. I find that first part hard to wrap my mind around, like, historically how did that happen? Because surely everyone intrinsically believed in magic 5,000 years ago if not much more recently, why would that have changed so dramatically? Maybe it has something to do with enclaves splitting themselves off from reality for security reasons.