Oh! I forgot to mention the other day's successful pimp -- pushed it on friend K., who (a) works for a library reviews/readers' advisory service and (b) never EVER EVER shuts up.
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
amych - Jul 27, 2007 11:10:44 am PDT #3525 of 28197
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2007 11:30:27 am PDT #3526 of 28197
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, Toddson!
That's a sweet writeup, paperdol. Good job.
Toddson - Jul 27, 2007 12:13:04 pm PDT #3527 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In addition to the picture of Buffy, there was a little image of the cover of the book.
It would also be good for people whose friends and relatives think they're crazy for socializing on the web - it pretty much covers the good, the bad, and the craxy - but lets people know that a lot of what you get from the internets corresponds to what you put in. It won't make you any crazier than you were to start.
amych - Jul 27, 2007 12:32:33 pm PDT #3528 of 28197
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
won't make you any crazier than you were to start.
This needs to be the tagline for the whole internet.
Atropa - Jul 27, 2007 12:33:45 pm PDT #3529 of 28197
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It won't make you any crazier than you were to start.
Toddson, may I borrow that line for my review of the book? I'll give you whatever credit you would like.
Consuela - Jul 27, 2007 7:51:13 pm PDT #3530 of 28197
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm pleased to note that at least three people said they'd bought or would buy the book on my recommendation. YAY fandom!
Liese S. - Jul 29, 2007 1:09:33 pm PDT #3531 of 28197
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Go, Consuela! Yay, fandom!
I've been kinda vaguely thinking about it and I think I'd like for us to be googleable by the book's title. I'm just floating it out there, but how would people feel about it if we added to the slug of this thread something along the lines of, "including our own "Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby."
I don't know why I want it visible, necessarily. Just that it's Our Book About Us, by One of Us, and I want to publicly acknowledge it somehow.
Also that with all the publicity and potentially more to come, it's always possible that we'll attract one or two onlookers, and it would be kinda nice to be able to direct them to a place where they can talk about the book.
And I just kinda wanna give the author a nod.
I know, can I vague all that up any more? But I'm just thinking through it. Whaddya think?
Jessica - Jul 29, 2007 1:15:34 pm PDT #3532 of 28197
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Are any of the threads Googleable? I thought only the front page was supposed to show up in searches.
[eta....just realized the slug IS on the front page. I are dumb.]
Laga - Jul 29, 2007 1:17:38 pm PDT #3533 of 28197
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I know the author changed her nick for anonymity purposes. Maybe she would prefer if the site didn't show up on google. Doesn't the book give our web address so interested peoples could find their way here?
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2007 4:19:21 pm PDT #3534 of 28197
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The book mentions the URL, and at least one review has so far (EW).