Ahahahahaha!!!!
If Harry Potter ended like The Sopranos (so yes, it spoils the Sopranos): [link]
Elliot: I thought I said discreet. Gwen: What, do you see nipple?
'Just Rewards (2)'
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."
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2007 5:15:38 am PDT #2844 of 28176
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Aims - Jun 15, 2007 5:24:45 am PDT #2845 of 28176
Shit's all sorts of different now.
An aside: I wish people would stop looking for a meaning behind the final episode of The Sopranos. I know most people like a nice tidy ending, but I like it when I get to choose the ending.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 15, 2007 5:29:34 am PDT #2846 of 28176
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am rereading Agatha Christie mysteries on the bus-- I can do about 1 and 1/2 books per day. And while they are enjoyable, I keep being shocked by the racism and classism in them. I can't tell if Agatha Christie is brilliantly skewering the attitudes of the British at the time, or is so steeped in that culture that she doesn't even notice.
Also, I am finding a couple of the mystery "surprises" seem a little bit like cheating. That is, she writes thoughts from the point of view of the murder and doesn't include the murderous thoughts. I a little disappointed as they were favorites growing up.
They are, however, perfect bus books-- small, paperback, quick and absorbing. I tried to read a biography of Elizabeth I and two Jodi Picoult books on the bus, and I couldn't concentrate.
Gris - Jun 15, 2007 6:07:55 am PDT #2847 of 28176
Hey. New board.
I would so dig that HP ending.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2007 6:28:38 am PDT #2848 of 28176
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I would so dig that HP ending.
JK Rowling would be living like Salman Rushdie used to if she went that route. She'd probably need more protection, actually.
megan walker - Jun 15, 2007 6:55:41 am PDT #2849 of 28176
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can't tell if Agatha Christie is brilliantly skewering the attitudes of the British at the time, or is so steeped in that culture that she doesn't even notice.
I'd say the latter. I love AC (and have a complete faux-leather set I collected in a monthly book club through high school and into college!), but yeah, her books aren't exactly PC and she often "cheats" in the whodunits.
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2007 7:17:34 am PDT #2850 of 28176
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I vote with Megan. And I hate the cheaterliness. But when she sticks to the detective's POV, I like her storytelling better.
Beverly - Jun 15, 2007 8:52:16 am PDT #2851 of 28176
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I keep being shocked by the racism and classism in them. I can't tell if Agatha Christie is brilliantly skewering the attitudes of the British at the time, or is so steeped in that culture that she doesn't even notice.
Same thing happened to me with my vintage Nancy Drews. It shocked me so badly I packed them away. I was going to sell them, but inertia borne of not wanting to pass along books containing such attitudes (and okay, pure laziness) has so far prevented me.
megan walker - Jun 15, 2007 8:58:47 am PDT #2852 of 28176
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don't think Agatha Christie mysteries are as bad as early Nancy Drews (although I suppose it depends what year series you have as they went through many incarnations for precisely that reason).
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2007 9:05:29 am PDT #2853 of 28176
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't think Agatha Christie mysteries are as bad as early Nancy Drews (although I suppose it depends what year series you have as they went through many incarnations for precisely that reason).
On the other hand, I think Nancy Drew at least avoided using the n-word in one of the titles. That one is probably my favorite Christie book (not that I've read a lot of them), and pretty atypical for her from what I gather.