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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."

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Connie Neil - Jul 26, 2007 7:56:51 pm PDT #3505 of 28197
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Tea with the Black Dragon

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Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2007 9:10:18 pm PDT #3506 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I just got my Entertainment Weekly today. Allyson's book gets its own little box at the bottom titled "Ultimate Fandom." They mention some highlights, including "Random Acts of PayPal." Pretty cool.

Toddson - Jul 27, 2007 3:44:41 am PDT #3507 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

ooh, I'd forgotten about R.A. McAvoy - Tea with the Black Dragon is good! and the Lee/Miller Liaden books are very good, although more SF than paranormal. I liked The Tomorrow Log as well. Kim Harrison's books ... can't remember the names ... the first one's good, but I thought the following ones were less good (the main character's a witch, there are vampires, werewolves, etc.).

Frankenbuddha - Jul 27, 2007 3:59:31 am PDT #3508 of 28197
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Grrrr. The online version of EW doesn't have the review up yet.

§ ita § - Jul 27, 2007 8:23:27 am PDT #3509 of 28197
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Will someone please transcribe the EW blurb?

Aims - Jul 27, 2007 8:27:33 am PDT #3510 of 28197
Shit's all sorts of different now.

EW Blurb:

This book is awesome. If it wasn't, we wouldn't have put it in our HP issue. You go buy this book now.

Toddson - Jul 27, 2007 8:28:35 am PDT #3511 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I imagine there are a lot more words and details, but that's TERRIFIC!

Polter-Cow - Jul 27, 2007 8:33:01 am PDT #3512 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Will someone please transcribe the EW blurb?

I knew I should have brought it with me! I was going to transcribe it last night, but A) I was tired and B) I figured it would be online soon anyway.

lisah - Jul 27, 2007 8:36:21 am PDT #3513 of 28197
Punishingly Intricate

Will someone please transcribe the EW blurb?

Sorry! I didn't bring it with me. My best friend did just email me with this about it though:

have you seen the new Entertainment Weekly? (Or are you avoiding it like the plague because of the Harry Potter spoilage?) Anyway, there's a little thing in there about the buffista founder's new book. Awesome!

Toddson - Jul 27, 2007 9:45:46 am PDT #3514 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

From Entertainment Weekly:

Ultimate Fandom Slices of "Slayer" Cake

In the Buffy-verse, there are fans, and then there's Allyson Beatrice. In Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby? (paperback), the message-board maven recounts how she found a new family in the show's devoted online community - and even a new home for series crator Joss Whedon's cat. Here are some of her lessons in cult fandom. -Mandi Bierly

  • THE BIG CHEESE MAY NEVER REMEMBER YOUR NAME.
Even after she campaigned to get Buffy an Emmy nomination and Whedon's Firefly a stay of execution - and met him numerous times at events like his 2004 "High Stakes" Fund-raiser for John Kerry and John Edwards - he couldn't place her. In fairness, Whedon didn't know that his assistant had contacted Beatrice to help relocate his kitty after his son developed an allergy.

  • BUT THE LITTLE GUYS YOU PISS OFF WILL.
Beatrice had e-mailed Angel scribe Tim Minear many times but got no response until she posted an online diatribe detailing why she thought one of the episodes he'd written was sexist. The subsequent exchange led to a complex friendship; he even encouraged her to write a book.

  • IN THE END, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FANS.
In March 2004, Beatrice witnessed "the greatest random act of PayPal," when Buffistas.org regulars raised $3,000 to bring an Israeli fan to the U.S. for a five-city tour.

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