They all sound so nice! I hope it’s one of those trends that catches on and spreads.
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
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 20, 2025 2:58:28 pm PST #28157 of 28200
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Consuela - Jan 20, 2025 9:16:25 pm PST #28158 of 28200
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
. What bookstore where?!
Clio's on Grand at Perkins. But apparently there's also a new place in Berkeley in Elmwood...
Susan W. - Jan 20, 2025 9:46:16 pm PST #28159 of 28200
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm always excited to see people getting introduced to Bujold, and I think the World of the Five Gods series is a great starting point. FWIW, I regularly re-read the Vorkosigan books from Memory onward, especially Komarr, A Civil Campaign, and Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, but rarely revisit the earlier parts of the series. Which I think just shows I'm more into space mystery, space comedy of manners, and space romantic romp than space opera.
I'm unusual in that I love the Sharing Knife series as much or more as anything else she's written--something about it just pushes everyone of my readerly buttons in all the right places.
bennett - Jan 21, 2025 6:44:51 am PST #28160 of 28200
I love pretty much everything Bujold has written but for me the World of the Five Gods and the Sharing Knife series reads, um, older (?), more mature (?). Not that there's sex, but the sensibility seems more grown-up for some reason. More regret about mistakes past, maybe. Anyway, not as much of a draw for teenagers.
JenP - Jan 26, 2025 12:46:03 pm PST #28161 of 28200
Welp, I finished Memories Legion , so now I am well and truly done with the Expanse universe.
Now I'm listening to Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen - random find. His first published novel. SciFi time travel. I've never read him before. Wish me good story!
ETA: Ha, ha, ha! SciFi time travel... as opposed to non-fiction time travel? Memoir?
-t - Jan 26, 2025 4:35:05 pm PST #28162 of 28200
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I mean, Outlander always seemed liked not SciFi but time travel. And A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. But that’s just me making pronouncements, I don’t have a rigorous taxonomy
JenP - Jan 26, 2025 5:19:38 pm PST #28163 of 28200
Yeah, I was like, "Well, fantasy... but that phrasing still tickles me! I'm going to ETA that shit!"
Susan W. - Jan 26, 2025 6:20:15 pm PST #28164 of 28200
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I think it depends on the mechanism of time travel. If we invent a time machine, SFF. If it's magic or some kind of mystic portal a la the standings stones in Outlander, fantasy.
JenP - Jan 26, 2025 6:42:30 pm PST #28165 of 28200
Yeah, OK, so not liking this one enough to keep going. I think I need to stay on alien worlds right now, and the writing does not appeal. Onto next!
ETA: That sounds right, Susan.
Consuela - Jan 26, 2025 6:49:45 pm PST #28166 of 28200
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm cranky: I used up all my Hoopla downloads for the month, so I can't listen to the next Ile-Rien novel (The Wizard Hunters, which has some fun subtext for fans of Hercules & Iolaus).