Oh, Lolita cracks me right up. It's not my favorite Nabokov (I mean, seriously, what could come close to Pale Fire?), but I love how funny it is.
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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."
Hayden - Aug 11, 2007 11:47:23 am PDT #3704 of 28200
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
-t - Aug 11, 2007 12:06:53 pm PDT #3705 of 28200
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pale Fire is my gold standard.
I sometimes have trouble recognising humor in literature, I'll readily admit that. Though I did se the funny in Moby Dick, so it's not a complete blind spot.
Emily - Aug 11, 2007 12:31:51 pm PDT #3706 of 28200
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
does anyone even remember Darth?
Out of proportion to my actual interactions with him, I think -- every time I think of North Carolina, I think of Darth and Cybervixen.
Hayden - Aug 11, 2007 12:43:19 pm PDT #3707 of 28200
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I know! I met Darth & C'vixen there on one trip. They were my first Buffistas F2F.
meara - Aug 11, 2007 1:21:48 pm PDT #3708 of 28200
Its amusing that this ended up being my refuge more than his - does anyone even remember Darth? My lovely wonderful friend who lives way too far away now. :(
Yes, of course I remember him! Met him once or twice. See him still on LJ sometimes...
buffysmglover - Aug 11, 2007 2:52:32 pm PDT #3709 of 28200
Tim Cox - Buffy: Anya, that thing you created burst through solid pavement and ate her dog.
Anya (anguished): Oooh, puppy!
Consuela - Aug 11, 2007 3:27:05 pm PDT #3710 of 28200
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Um. Tim, it might be more appropriate to post that in the Great Write Way thread, actually. This thread is for discussion of books and literature, not posting of same.
DavidS - Aug 11, 2007 3:27:49 pm PDT #3711 of 28200
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
lurk soothly - Aug 11, 2007 7:38:28 pm PDT #3712 of 28200
Speaking of Monty Python: There is a series of books on Popular Culture and Philosophy that I think you folks would enjoy. You may have seen that among the first few books in 2003 was Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale. They have continued to publish over twenty others, including Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts; Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way; Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think!; and The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless. They would help make your spicy brains even spicier.
lurk soothly - Aug 11, 2007 7:41:10 pm PDT #3713 of 28200