I don't know how many Chicagoistas spend their time downtown, but I have found my new favorite used book store: After Words on Illinois. New & used books upstairs, a giant basement of used books downstairs, and a store cat.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'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."
shrift - Jun 05, 2007 6:02:32 am PDT #2732 of 28176
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
sumi - Jun 05, 2007 8:05:19 am PDT #2733 of 28176
Art Crawl!!!
I guess today is the day that Cormac McCarthy appears on Oprah.
Hayden - Jun 05, 2007 8:11:09 am PDT #2734 of 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Do you think he'll kill her?
Gris - Jun 05, 2007 9:04:34 am PDT #2735 of 28176
Hey. New board.
I think LibraryThing combined with Delicious Library on my Macbook is going to be a beautiful thing. I may have my weekend planned (up to the Tony Awards, that is)
ETA: Oh yeah, I came in here to say that this thread inspired me to start reading a lot of Lois McMaster Bujold. I finished the Young Miles compendium ( The Warrior's Apprentice, The Vor Game, and "The Mountains of Mourning") in about a day and a half. They were very good. I'm about 50 pages into the first novel in the i Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem compendium ( Cetaganda is the original title) now.
I had forgotten how much I love a well-written space opera. I can really fall into these characters, and I'm even starting to figure out the politics of the universe.
Dana - Jun 05, 2007 9:05:43 am PDT #2736 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Gris, have you seen that Salon is doing a week of articles leading up to the Tonys? It's nice for me, since I'm not able to see the nominated musicals.
Steph L. - Jun 05, 2007 9:45:51 am PDT #2737 of 28176
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm in the middle of The Vor Game right now. The one shortcoming is not enough Cordelia.
erikaj - Jun 05, 2007 9:51:02 am PDT #2738 of 28176
Always Anti-fascist!
Don't know, Corwood, dude...you're in Texas now. Does she need killin'?
Hayden - Jun 05, 2007 9:54:49 am PDT #2739 of 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Does she need killin'?
Oh, I don't know about that, but I'd approach any personal meeting with McCarthy with extreme caution.
erikaj - Jun 05, 2007 10:13:23 am PDT #2740 of 28176
Always Anti-fascist!
keep one chambered, huh? I have to confess I've never gotten through one of his books.
Hayden - Jun 05, 2007 11:25:17 am PDT #2741 of 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, I love his work. He's like a feral Faulkner.