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?
Spike: Taking up smoking, are you? Harmony: I am a villain, Spike. Hello!
Spike/Harm ,'Help'
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."
lisah - Nov 29, 2007 5:41:03 am PST #4385 of 28260
Punishingly Intricate
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?
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2007 6:20:24 am PST #4390 of 28260
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have a question about Laurell K. Hamilton. I've never read her, but I find this sentence from her Wikipedia entry hilarious:
Her prose eschews the use of the subjunctive mode.
What is that supposed to mean? That is the sole descriptor of her prose. That's her trademark? That she doesn't realize that it's "I wish I were"?
Dana - Nov 30, 2007 6:24:15 am PST #4391 of 28260
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That's her trademark? That she doesn't realize that it's "I wish I were"?
From the couple books I read, I would say her trademarks are bad sex and over-description of clothes.
Ginger - Nov 30, 2007 6:24:41 am PST #4392 of 28260
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
She doesn't believe there is anything contrary to fact, particularly if it's related to sex.
Nutty - Nov 30, 2007 6:45:30 am PST #4393 of 28260
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
"So, if my privates were suddenly to start making noises like a brass band -- hang on, actually, they already are..."
Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2007 7:34:17 am PST #4394 of 28260
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"So, if my privates were suddenly to start making noises like a brass band -- hang on, actually, they already are..."
So tempted to COMM this out of context. I've never read any of her stuff, but this made me snorfle my water.