what are the whitefont guidelines? One week after publication? Two? Enter at your own risk?
Well, on HP6, this question was also raised ( Steph L. "We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good" Jul 12, 2005 10:37:56 am PDT) and it seems like the thing people decided to eventually do was similar to the Movies spoiler policy ( Steph L. "We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good" Jul 12, 2005 12:22:35 pm PDT):
whitefont all plot-related discussion for 1 month, and whitefont major HSQ (Harry & Draco 4Evah!!) until 1 month after the paperback release
And then it was all moot because the BookClub Thread which we had at the time became the no-whitefont home for HP6 discussion ( Wolfram "The Buffista Book Club: Isn't the Point of Computers to Replace Books?" Aug 7, 2005 8:01:35 pm PDT), which I personally thought was a great idea.
I just saw my first HP7 spoilers, by the bye. They were in reaction format, and very OTT, and hilarious, so I'm still not actually sure whether or not they were a great big joke.
Which is as it should be.
I'm currently reading China Miéville's
Un Lun Dun,
and finding it remarkably unlike the punky, pugnacious socialist I know its author to be. (I mean, it's a YA book, but still.)
Raq - if Meara leaves dregs in the box, lemme know (or let Sparky know, and she maybe can relay them once she gets back and finds out I've obligated her for something without asking...)
I'm current reading
Privilege of the Sword.
It makes me very happy.
Hec:
Cat and Girl discuss the literature of WWI
Ummm, isn't Robert Graves really a bad example for this point? Nobody reads "I Claudius"?
One thing I remember from college is that there was one passage in Suetonius about Tiberius that no one except Robert Graves would translate ... I read it and promptly wished I hadn't. No - I won't talk about it (shudder).
Ummm, isn't Robert Graves really a bad example for this point? Nobody reads "I Claudius"?
Also "I, Claudius" not so much about WWI.
I read THE BOOK - I meant to try to make it last, but I just couldn't stop reading. I laughed a lot, I sniffled a little, did some vigorous head-nodding. sigh ... I wish there were more.
Dear author, a lot of the book was a love letter to your internet communities - the people who've become the family of your heart, the people who "get" you in ways your birth family never have. It made me love my Buffistas more than ever. I hope you know that we love you back.
Nobody reads "I Claudius"
I read it, but only because I loved the mini-series so much.
And then it was all moot because the BookClub Thread which we had at the time became the no-whitefont home for HP6 discussion ( Wolfram "The Buffista Book Club: Isn't the Point of Computers to Replace Books?" Aug 7, 2005 8:01:35 pm PDT), which I personally thought was a great idea.
I'd be up for reopening that thread for a while, if people wanted to. (Or having the discussion here - I don't care either way.) But if people think it might be easier.
