That might have been it, though the title doesn't quite ping me. I really can't remember much of anything specific, except multiple dimensions. And possibly sentient spiders. And a general atmosphere of nearly incalculable bentness.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
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."
JZ - Apr 27, 2006 1:20:11 pm PDT #393 of 28061
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 27, 2006 1:50:17 pm PDT #394 of 28061
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hmmm, may have been Weaveworld then.
I'd recommend reading "The Hellbound Heart" and "The Forbidden" (the latter being the story Candyman was adapted from) as finer examples of Barker's writing. I really think he handles horror in short story and novella form better than anyone alive.
Nicole - Apr 27, 2006 2:28:22 pm PDT #395 of 28061
I'm getting the pig!
I like Barker but sometimes he's confusing. I skim a bit when he goes off on his tangents.
I like Koontz to a certain degree. I enjoy the characters and the dialogue but then he seems (to me) to have this HUGE build-up with a corny reveal. I lovingly think of some of his books as being similar to the Big Bad Snake episode of Buffy.
I love King but I admit to skimming when he describes a field for three entire pages. All in all, though, I enjoy King the most. His voice and his characters ping me in (mostly) all of the right ways.
Volans - Apr 28, 2006 2:19:39 am PDT #396 of 28061
move out and draw fire
I still can't forgive Koontz for the phrase "his well-oiled piston of lovemaking."
Hil R. - Apr 28, 2006 2:51:07 am PDT #397 of 28061
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Snerk. Puzzle Embedded in Da Vinci Code ruling [link]
If you pluck all the italicized letters out of the text, you find that the first 10 spell "Smithy Code," an apparent play on "Da Vinci Code." But the next series of letters, some 30 or so, are a jumble, and this is the mystery that needs to be solved to break the code.
Ginger - Apr 28, 2006 4:27:23 am PDT #398 of 28061
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I still can't forgive Koontz for the phrase "his well-oiled piston of lovemaking."
I'm not sure I can forgive Gutenberg for the phrase "his well-oiled piston of lovemaking."
JohnSweden - Apr 28, 2006 4:42:35 am PDT #399 of 28061
I can't even.
I still can't forgive Koontz for the phrase "his well-oiled piston of lovemaking."
Well, he is a horror writer. Nah, I don't think there's an apologia for that. WTF? Piston? Oil? I think I'm trapped in the Uncanny Valley. Maybe I can make it a BSG thing in my head and escape. Toaster Sex!
Lola Walser - Apr 28, 2006 7:41:28 am PDT #400 of 28061
Madame, what you said to her was "squid", not "good morning".
Booooks. I owe them everything... if I speak English, it's cos I learnt it from ay booooook...
discreetly drags in her easy chair, hunkers down in a corner...
erikaj - Apr 28, 2006 8:18:43 am PDT #401 of 28061
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
Hi, Lola... I'll have that song in my head, now. You don't "look like a woman and walk like a man" do you?
Kathy A - Apr 28, 2006 10:53:05 am PDT #402 of 28061
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I have to tell my mom my final book count now that they're all boxed up for the move on Monday--I've got 19 boxes completely stuffed and very heavy (thank God for professional movers!), and that's after I weeded out ten boxes since last fall.