One of my co-workers is reading The Handmaid's Tale and I mentioned that someone had commented it was not meant to be an instruction book.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'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."
Toddson - May 06, 2022 4:56:54 am PDT #27371 of 28067
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Calli - May 06, 2022 7:42:49 am PDT #27372 of 28067
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Fans of The Goblin Emperor and Witness for the Dead might be interested in this short story, set in the same universe: [link]
meara - May 06, 2022 8:24:58 am PDT #27373 of 28067
Thanks Calli!!
Consuela - May 09, 2022 10:36:52 pm PDT #27374 of 28067
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh indeed, that was a lovely little story.
dcp - May 16, 2022 4:44:54 pm PDT #27375 of 28067
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I just finished copperbadge's latest in the "Shivadhverse" series. [link]
The first work was predictable, but fun.
The second work was a little more twisty, but still fun -- enough that I couldn't wait for the chapter releases, and instead read the still-being-polished draft in Google Docs. I enjoyed it a lot.
Recommended.
Now I think I'm going to go re-read all of Leonard Wibberly's "Duchy of Grand Fenwick" books.
Toddson - Jun 02, 2022 7:52:11 am PDT #27376 of 28067
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I have been having problems with reading new books, so I've gone on a massive re-read of the "In Death" series (out of order, picking them at whim). I suddenly realized something - when Eve wakes up in the morning, Roarke is watching the financial news with the cat on his lap. Sometimes she comes in and he's stretched out on the sofa with the cat on his lap. The REAL mystery - why doesn't he ever seem to have cat hair on his clothes?
Calli - Jun 03, 2022 6:43:05 am PDT #27377 of 28067
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The REAL mystery - why doesn't he ever seem to have cat hair on his clothes?
That's his SF/mystery/romance hero superpower.
EpicTangent - Jun 06, 2022 9:23:36 pm PDT #27378 of 28067
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
The REAL mystery - why doesn't he ever seem to have cat hair on his clothes?
Especially since he's ALWAYS wearing black silk, and the cat is grey!
out of order, picking them at whim
This is funny to me because I've always read them out of order, as I found them at used book stores or wherever, so I've undertaken to read/re-read them all in order.
Calli - Jun 20, 2022 9:29:00 am PDT #27379 of 28067
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I just finished The Grief of Stones, the third book in The Goblin Emperor universe. I really liked it. I sort of want to sit with the ending for a while before I start some other book.
Pix - Jun 20, 2022 9:43:41 am PDT #27380 of 28067
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Calli, I liked it, too, but the ending seemed so abrupt I honestly thought it was missing a chapter at first.