Is there no Pat the Squid?
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave 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."
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
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?
Amy - Oct 31, 2007 7:16:10 am PDT #4217 of 28235
Because books.
Because you can write about vampires without it being a horror story?
Oh. Well, yes!
Never heard of Nancy Collins, Todd. Poppy Z. Brite is a good example, but not as mainstream as I was thinking.
Toddson - Oct 31, 2007 7:29:27 am PDT #4218 of 28235
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
On reflection, I realize both do a lot of vampire stuff. (Nancy Collins - not sure of the spelling at this point - wrote "Sunglasses at Night" among other books and stories).