I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?

Angel ,'Sleeper'


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."


Toddson - Oct 24, 2007 6:42:04 am PDT #4207 of 28235
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

oooooh - the art in Tuesday is amazing!


Amy - Oct 24, 2007 6:55:00 am PDT #4208 of 28235
Because books.

And The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is told from the wolf's perspective--he was just trying to borrow a cup of sugar, but they got all hostile.

This book is awesome. So funny.


Ginger - Oct 24, 2007 7:10:13 am PDT #4209 of 28235
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Is there no Pat the Squid?


Liese S. - Oct 24, 2007 11:19:38 am PDT #4210 of 28235
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I told you about this, right? That when I was little I thought it was a bunny. Named Pat?

'Cause I did.


sumi - Oct 25, 2007 4:16:28 am PDT #4211 of 28235
Art Crawl!!!

I heard this on NPR and now I MUST have this book and an audio book with Steve Martin reading would not be remiss either.


Amy - Oct 31, 2007 7:03:42 am PDT #4212 of 28235
Because books.

A little Halloween topic, just out of curiosity:

Can anyone think of any mainstream-successful female horror writers aside from Anne Rice? (It took me a while to come up with her, because I tend to classify vampire fiction as distinct from horror the way Stephen King and Peter Straub write it, although I'm not sure why.)

I know there must be female horror writers out there, writing the kind of genre books that don't hit the bestseller lists (the same way I write low to midlist romance, and no one know who the hell I am except, like, my mom and my husband), but I can't think of any who have hit it really big. Am I missing people?


Dana - Oct 31, 2007 7:05:39 am PDT #4213 of 28235
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Laurell K. Hamilton? Though if she's classified as horror, it might be for unintentional reasons. And that's still vampire fiction.


Amy - Oct 31, 2007 7:06:48 am PDT #4214 of 28235
Because books.

Yeah, I forgot about her, too. And even there, she's got a big "Vampire Fiction" tag in my head. I don't know why it's different, but I can't seem to shake that classification.


Dana - Oct 31, 2007 7:09:06 am PDT #4215 of 28235
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I don't know why it's different, but I can't seem to shake that classification.

Because you can write about vampires without it being a horror story?


Toddson - Oct 31, 2007 7:12:56 am PDT #4216 of 28235
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Collins?