Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.

Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'


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."


Jessica - Aug 22, 2024 10:44:22 am PDT #28012 of 28050
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Oooh I've been wanting to do an Anne Rice Vampires reread too, at least up to Body Thief, after seeing the S3 teaser.


Steph L. - Aug 22, 2024 11:34:06 am PDT #28013 of 28050
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Maybe not until the POV switch?

I think it was after the POV switch that I really started liking them.


Jessica - Aug 22, 2024 11:59:08 am PDT #28014 of 28050
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Okay. I really don't want to DNF Casey McQuiston, so I will trust that Kit's POV will eventually make me less irritated with Theo's nepo-baby whining.


-t - Aug 22, 2024 1:06:26 pm PDT #28015 of 28050
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

after seeing the S3 teaser

Yeah, that's pretty much why


-t - Aug 22, 2024 6:48:54 pm PDT #28016 of 28050
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

So, Mercy of the Gods is my listen-while-commuting book right now. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about it yet, I can’t tell where it’s going enough to be emotionally prepared for, like, anything, but I definitely like how alien the aliens are. Not just humans in costumes, you know? And I think I just met a particularly intelligent shade of blue, which delights me


dcp - Aug 22, 2024 7:01:12 pm PDT #28017 of 28050
I have grown older, but not up.

I definitely like how alien the aliens are.

Have you ever read Startide Rising by David Brin?

In the sequel -- The Uplift War -- the aliens are ever weirder. I really enjoyed those stories, I should re-read them again.


JenP - Aug 22, 2024 9:00:07 pm PDT #28018 of 28050

I listened to Sundiver a few weeks ago, which was the first of the Uplift series. I enjoyed the alieness of the aliens. Brin is pretty clunky with the love interest parts, but, eh, whatever. Or, was in this one anyway. But I think I liked it enough to continue.


dcp - Aug 22, 2024 9:12:54 pm PDT #28019 of 28050
I have grown older, but not up.

I read Sundiver out of order, didn’t like it as well, don’t remember why.

Then there is a second trilogy, also weird but fun.


JenP - Aug 22, 2024 9:20:08 pm PDT #28020 of 28050

I actually just downloaded Startide Rising after reading your.post. Sundiver was a bit of a slog at parts, but overall a cool conceit, I thought. Looking forward to this one. Also, it was free!


-t - Aug 23, 2024 7:13:03 am PDT #28021 of 28050
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I read those a million years ago and don’t remember much, although I do know I liked the series. Making a note to myself to revisit

Eta: ooh, free is good! Add to library!