Slate writes the ending to HP.
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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."
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2007 3:13:09 pm PDT #2878 of 28176
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 17, 2007 7:19:02 am PDT #2879 of 28176
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Slate writes the ending to HP.
Points upthread and to cable drama.
brenda m - Jun 17, 2007 7:48:12 am PDT #2880 of 28176
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Colbert spoiled the ending already anyway: Hermione's a duuude.
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2007 8:11:22 am PDT #2881 of 28176
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ha! Yeah. Busted.
Hil R. - Jun 17, 2007 4:17:37 pm PDT #2882 of 28176
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Why is Amazon saying that the illustrated Stardust won't be released until August. I'm positive I saw it in a bookstore a few weeks ago. (At least, I'm 90% sure I did.)
DebetEsse - Jun 17, 2007 5:32:15 pm PDT #2883 of 28176
Woe to the fucking wicked.
There's also a comics version of it: [link]
amych - Jun 17, 2007 5:39:14 pm PDT #2884 of 28176
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Stardust has always been illustrated -- the new edition is bigger and shinier, but the illustrations are absolutely an integral part of it, and always have been. Just so's we're clear.
DebetEsse - Jun 17, 2007 5:41:18 pm PDT #2885 of 28176
Woe to the fucking wicked.
See, I think I read the unillustrated, because it's what the library had. I skimmed the other, but I didn't read it again, as there were so many books at the library, and they were very pretty. So, that (and dial-up) is my excuse for having incomplete knowledge.
Hil R. - Jun 17, 2007 5:43:34 pm PDT #2886 of 28176
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Really? Because this one seems to not be illustrated: [link]
amych - Jun 17, 2007 5:55:31 pm PDT #2887 of 28176
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Really? Because this one seems to not be illustrated:
Huh -- honestly, I'm more confused now, since hitting "look inside" on that one goes to the illustrations I'm familiar with. I'll amend my statement to say that there may have been an unillustrated version, but if so I've never seen it and it strikes me as a sad thing. Because oh, so very lovely.
Anyway, to answer your question from before about whether it'll be an appropriate gift for someone fairly prudish, this summer's hardcover edition isn't actually a new set of illustrations, so you'll be able to pick up the (illustrated) paperback to judge whether they'll hit the wrong buttons.