Do you need my address, Hec? Can't remember if I gave it to any of y'all while I was there.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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."
Daisy Jane - Jan 06, 2008 10:23:21 am PST #4609 of 28342
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Steph L. - Jan 06, 2008 10:50:33 am PST #4610 of 28342
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
re: Libba Bray's The Sweet Far Thing, I really *ought* to re-read the first two books, but I'm too impatient to do so. I want to know what happens. And, at the same time, I don't want it to end. I'm about 100 pages into the 800+ pages, and Bray has done a really good job of bringing in things from the previous books so that I remember them without being bludgeoned by heavy-handed exposition.
Like Fee's rotten father. Feh on him. I totally forgot what a vile shit he is. I hope Bad Things happen to him.
....and that's all I've got, so far, other than wondering where the hell Kartik is.
Daisy Jane - Jan 06, 2008 11:16:32 am PST #4611 of 28342
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Hey, Facebook buffistas! Why aren't every single one of you on iRead?
DavidS - Jan 06, 2008 2:20:41 pm PST #4612 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do you need my address, Hec? Can't remember if I gave it to any of y'all while I was there.
Yes, ma'am. Please send.
Java cat - Jan 07, 2008 2:42:58 pm PST #4613 of 28342
Not javachik
David, I'll put some cards around Marin for you.
sj - Jan 08, 2008 4:17:38 am PST #4614 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Can anyone point me to a good online list of the reading order of Terry Pratchett's books?
-t - Jan 08, 2008 6:24:20 am PST #4615 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
sj - Jan 08, 2008 6:28:02 am PST #4616 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I like published order, myself. [link]
Thanks! That's what I was looking for. I couldn't find a complete updated list.
Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2008 8:31:08 am PST #4617 of 28342
brillig
I think Jingo is my favorite Pratchett, it's got almost perfect Vimes-Vetinari interaction.
I so adore Vimes, in all his righteous Vimesness.
Toddson - Jan 08, 2008 12:25:40 pm PST #4618 of 28342
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Just fyi, I was over at Smart Bitches Trashy Books and they've discovered that Cassie Edwards lifted entire passages from older books (non-fiction, describing Native American life, customs, etc.) and incorporated them wholesale into her "books" (such gems as Savage Thunder, Savage Wind). One source was an article on ferrets (which has me completely boggled). They're screaming plagairism (in addition to their usual complaints of bad writing). If you want to watch a kerfuffle, without being actually involved, it might be entertaining. It's also been mentioned in fandom wank.