No, he was trying to finish the final volume, however long it was going to end up being.
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."
Huh.
It's weird--it feels like people are dying left, right, and centre. But really, it's just the passage of time and getting older.
His fans must be in all sorts of tizzies. I don't know a damned thing about his presence, just of his works. But I imagine they might feel like I felt when Octavia Butler died. I just hope they don't have a Fledgling left behind. That stung.
Yeah, one of my friends said that "selfishly" she hopes that his wife finishes the book.
I'm sure someone will finish the book.
Someone remind me that if I've read a book, wasn't that impressed with it, and now cannot remember most of the plot points, I should not be tempted to go read it again AND the two sequels, just because a bunch of people I know thought they were great? I know I was pretty "meh" on Twilight, I even threadsucked this thread and re-read comments), but ... I keep reading enthusiastic burbling about the three books everywhere. I haven't caved yet, but I can feel myself wavering.
Jilli, life is too short, and if you're anything like me, there are too many interesting books/series you haven't tried yet for you to waste your time forcing yourself through something just because other people enjoy it.
ETA of course there ARE exceptions. I'm glad I gave the Aubrey/Maturin series a second chance, because now I love those books beyond reason. But I can't think of any other books where the second read was vastly different from the first except when I'd changed, and that's big picture changes like enjoying books as an adult that I didn't get as a teen.
Jilli, my roommate slogged his way all the way through Eragon for this very reason. In the end I think he was pretty upset that he didn't listen to me and give up after three pages.
Don't do it, Jilli!
Signed,
Read 4 Dune prequels before convincing myself that, no, they really weren't ever going to stop sucking.
Oooh, cool book cover design from the New Directions series of the 40s-50s.
Full gallery of the covers - really gorgeous. Classic mid-century design. Perfect for beatniks.
How do people feel about books re-released as a series imprint?
Do you like collecting things like Virago Modern Classics or the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series?
I don't collect them, but I have discovered a lot of great female fiction through the Virago Modern Classics series. People like Elizabeth Hardwick, Storm Jameson and Grace Paley. I would take a second look at things because they've been chosen for that series.
I'm not very married to having older versions of books, just because I find musty book smell unbearable.
As a child I used to wash my hands fanatically after handing library books, they just felt dirty. (As a student job in a library, I actually had washing books--well their plastic covers-- as a duty.)