I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.

Wash ,'War Stories'


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."


§ ita § - Nov 28, 2007 12:03:08 pm PST #4380 of 28260
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't recall who read the Dexter that I'm currently listening to, but he's annoying. If I had any hope of getting the book itself out of the library itseld I'd go that way instead.


beekaytee - Nov 28, 2007 12:29:31 pm PST #4381 of 28260
Compassionately intolerant

Dexter that I'm currently listening to

Nick Landrum? Sounds familiar...good to avoid.

Nadine Gordimer

Sounds lovely, AND a Nobel winner. Great recommendation.


Strega - Nov 28, 2007 1:26:26 pm PST #4382 of 28260

The NEA's new report on reading patterns in the U.S.: [link] (pdf)

Short version: fewer people are reading; fewer people can read; this is bad.


Polter-Cow - Nov 28, 2007 1:31:52 pm PST #4383 of 28260
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Well, crap. J.K. Rowling isn't trying hard enough.


hippocampus - Nov 29, 2007 5:14:08 am PST #4384 of 28260
not your mom's socks.

Is anyone here a McSweeney's subscriber?


lisah - Nov 29, 2007 5:41:03 am PST #4385 of 28260
Punishingly Intricate

but I remember being awed the sheer sound of one particular author/reader on a long commute ages ago: Nadime Gordimer.

isn't she South African?


hippocampus - Nov 29, 2007 5:42:03 am PST #4386 of 28260
not your mom's socks.

isn't she South African?

yes she is.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 29, 2007 5:56:11 am PST #4387 of 28260
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I don't recall who read the Dexter that I'm currently listening to, but he's annoying. If I had any hope of getting the book itself out of the library itseld I'd go that way instead.

They so should have gotten Michael C. Hall to do those.


Scrappy - Nov 29, 2007 8:41:07 am PST #4388 of 28260
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

We are, Sox.


hippocampus - Nov 29, 2007 8:42:11 am PST #4389 of 28260
not your mom's socks.

how do you like it Scrappy?