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.).

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

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Will someone please transcribe the EW blurb?

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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.

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

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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.

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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!

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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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That is so awesome.

Allyson, I for one would like to thank you for your wonderful body of work. I have to say, that's now that there's a book about our on-line family, my family and RL friends finally realize that I'm not making up 100+ friends.

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I wonder how Tim feels about being called a "little guy."

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