Of course.
I appreciate you saving me that step
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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."
-t - Jan 14, 2025 3:36:55 pm PST #28130 of 28200
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Atropa - Jan 14, 2025 5:04:22 pm PST #28131 of 28200
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I read it before your warning, Dana, and I'm sickened all over again.
juliana - Jan 15, 2025 12:41:08 pm PST #28132 of 28200
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I don’t know how I feel about my huge collection of Gaiman-related books and collectibles. I think I’m going to hang on to everything, at least for a while, but it’s all going to be boxed away.
Same here - I have a lot of stuff. Including dolls from ita. I'm not sure when I'll be able to look at them again.
-t - Jan 15, 2025 12:57:08 pm PST #28133 of 28200
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Including dolls from ita.
Oh, ouch. Yeah.
sj - Jan 15, 2025 3:42:11 pm PST #28134 of 28200
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Ouch, Juliana. That’s rough.
askye - Jan 16, 2025 10:20:18 am PST #28135 of 28200
Thrive to spite them
Atropa I thought of you when I read about Gaiman , not that I thought he hurt you , but I know what a big deal he had been and...the whole thing sucks.
flea - Jan 17, 2025 9:48:32 am PST #28136 of 28200
information libertarian
If I wanted to get the kids (18 and 21, currently reading Brandon Sanderson aloud to each other) into Bujold, what’s my starting point?
bennett - Jan 17, 2025 10:11:53 am PST #28137 of 28200
Much as I love Cordelia's stories, I'd start with Miles' - Warrior's Apprentice. He's more their age.
-t - Jan 17, 2025 10:14:54 am PST #28138 of 28200
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, huh, I am somewhat surprised to find I don't have an obvious answer. Penric is the series I am most in love with, and I think they probably are best read in order, so maybe Penric's Demon?
For Vorkosigans, jeez, what is a good entry point? I really enjoyed my internally chronological readthrough but I don't think that's a good way to get introduced. Hm.
Consuela - Jan 17, 2025 10:42:31 am PST #28139 of 28200
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I second The Warrior's Apprentice; you can pick up enough from context to see what's going on, and it's got some good narrative drive. Then if they want they can go backwards to Shards of Honor and Barrayar. (I admit that Barrayar is one of my all-time faves; Cordelia is such a badass but not in an obvious way.)
I haven't read the Sharing Knife novels, so I don't know if they are a good entry.