I think Bradbury meant it as a joke...
In an odd bit of synchronicity, a friend of mine will be chatting live with Greg Bear over on Gather later this month.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
Jessica - Aug 08, 2007 8:37:59 am PDT #3634 of 28200
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Miracleman - Aug 08, 2007 10:18:50 am PDT #3635 of 28200
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I've read Bear's Blood Music. Creepy and weird. But very good.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 10:21:00 am PDT #3636 of 28200
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've read Bear's Blood Music. Creepy and weird. But very good.
Yeah, Blood Music is excellent. But it's not a book I'd reread.
Whereas, like Jessica, I'd gladly reread Queen of Angels because I really enjoyed being in that world.
Got any used bookstores nearby, MM?
Laga - Aug 08, 2007 10:26:02 am PDT #3637 of 28200
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Man we've got Arthurian legends going in the Harry Potter thread and cyber punks going in here. It's just too much for me! I'll be in my bunk.
Miracleman - Aug 08, 2007 10:34:24 am PDT #3638 of 28200
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Got any used bookstores nearby, MM?
Yeah. I'll have to put that one on my list.
Polter-Cow - Aug 08, 2007 10:44:09 am PDT #3639 of 28200
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Man we've got Arthurian legends going in the Harry Potter thread and cyber punks going in here.
I should combine the two and be a revolutionary.
Laga - Aug 08, 2007 10:49:57 am PDT #3640 of 28200
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Well there was this.
Atropa - Aug 08, 2007 10:51:35 am PDT #3641 of 28200
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm the only person I know of with ovaries who doesn't love The Diamond Age.
There are bits of The Diamond Age that I adore (go on, guess which ones), but for the most part I prefer Gibson to Stephenson. I re-read Idoru the other week, and damn if it wasn't eerily spot-on about what certain aspects of media fandom have become.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 10:52:41 am PDT #3642 of 28200
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well there was this.
Heh - that's where I went too.
Laga - Aug 08, 2007 10:57:03 am PDT #3643 of 28200
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Not exactly cyber punk but it has... um... been in my bunk.