keep one chambered, huh? I have to confess I've never gotten through one of his books.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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."
erikaj - Jun 05, 2007 10:13:23 am PDT #2740 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Hayden - Jun 05, 2007 11:25:17 am PDT #2741 of 28370
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, I love his work. He's like a feral Faulkner.
hippocampus - Jun 05, 2007 11:50:08 am PDT #2742 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
Raq - you are totally on to something. I would have posted earlier, but things are nuts here. It's a tough read, but worth it. Going back and reading the first few chapters again helped. Where are you now?
Ink (the next one - really beautiful covers) is harder to focus through, seems a lot more scattered. And there are a lot of morality play bits that I'm having trouble with right now. I can't imagine what it took to write this.
Problem now is that I couldn't sleep one night, and Ink was too scattered... so I picked up China Mieville and now I've got a short story about feral alleys & streets (a really good story) all twined with the characters in Ink. Bad reader. No colophon.
eta: reads the word 'feral' in Corwood's post. blinks. You're right about him being a feral Faulkner - I'm just amazed that that word is having itself a mini-threadfest.
Volans - Jun 05, 2007 11:57:35 am PDT #2743 of 28370
move out and draw fire
Where are you now?
Almost done. I have like 6 pages to go, but the toddler has identified the competition and tries to kill the book every time I pick it up.
References I left out of my list include The Rule of Four and Gormenghast.
I love the idea of a feral Faulkner, but I suspect I would hate the experience.
erikaj - Jun 05, 2007 12:24:40 pm PDT #2744 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Second that emotion, Raq. I expect that's why I don't stick it through. Wonder what the regular Oprah audience thinks about that(Not to slam them: Pre-Buffista, I was a pretty devoted Oprah viewer. IJS, though, that it used to be that relatability used to be a fairly strong part of Oprah's choices, and now ??)
Toddson - Jun 05, 2007 12:25:58 pm PDT #2745 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
erika, have you ever read anything by Benjamin M. Schutz? I was reading an old one of his I picked up at a second-hand book sale and was thinking you'd like him.
erikaj - Jun 05, 2007 12:26:52 pm PDT #2746 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Really? Is he a sick fucker, too?
Gris - Jun 05, 2007 4:39:26 pm PDT #2747 of 28370
Hey. New board.
I'm in the middle of The Vor Game right now. The one shortcoming is not enough Cordelia.
I haven't read any of the Cordelia-centric books yet. I have to go backwards in chronology after finishing this compendium and correct that problem.
meara - Jun 05, 2007 6:38:30 pm PDT #2748 of 28370
Why did no one mention the new Kushiel book was out? I was so tempted to buy it tonight, to read in the hotel room tonight and tomorrow. But there is no room in my luggage for a hardback. Not to mention no room in my budget...
Consuela - Jun 05, 2007 7:24:48 pm PDT #2749 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Someone needs to report on McCarthy on Oprah. I thought The Road was astonishing, but so not the book I would expect Oprah to grok, or to pick for her book club.