New Philip Pullman story to be published by Random House this spring.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
sumi - Jan 11, 2008 6:40:46 am PST #4685 of 28342
Art Crawl!!!
hippocampus - Jan 11, 2008 6:44:35 am PST #4686 of 28342
not your mom's socks.
It took me a couple too, meara.
thanks guys -
beth b - Jan 12, 2008 9:44:23 am PST #4687 of 28342
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I'm glad to see that the CE story is getting national coverage in the mainstream press. I like to tink that it shows that it is being taken seriously.
I've been doing a little book reviewing in my blog - for BART reads mostly . ( that's my term for fun reads) . I just did one for anges and the hitman which is a much better book than the first team effort by Crusie and Mayer.
Susan W. - Jan 12, 2008 9:48:34 am PST #4688 of 28342
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I really enjoyed Agnes and the Hitman, too, and I didn't finish the first Crusie/Mayer collaboration.
I just finished Gentlemen of the Road, which was the first Michael Chabon I've ever read. I thought it was a lot of fun as a playful take on old-school adventure stories--not the kind of book I'd want to read week in and week out, but great as something different.
Amy - Jan 12, 2008 9:55:16 am PST #4689 of 28342
Because books.
I didn't finish Don't Look Down, either. Didn't get past the first chapter, actually.
My Libba Bray came today! It's gorgeous and promisingly thick! Very excited.
Steph L. - Jan 12, 2008 10:54:29 am PST #4690 of 28342
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My Libba Bray came today! It's gorgeous and promisingly thick! Very excited.
I'm more than halfway through, and I'm really loving it. I don't want it to end...but I want to know how it turn out.
Toddson - Jan 14, 2008 5:25:41 am PST #4691 of 28342
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I watched Philip Pullman on Charlie Rose - very interesting to hear him speaking about the Dark Materials trilogy. He was saying that it was about a loss of innocence, yes, but more as growing out of innocence into wisdom rather than a loss.
brenda m - Jan 14, 2008 6:32:39 am PST #4692 of 28342
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
He was saying that it was about a loss of innocence, yes, but more as growing out of innocence into wisdom rather than a loss.
That's an interesting point. For something that is so fundamental, so needful to understanding and experiencing life, it's almost creepily often portrayed as tragic.
DavidS - Jan 14, 2008 6:40:23 am PST #4693 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ahoy hoy Buffistas Who Offerred to Distribute My Tom Waits Postcards.
Could you send me your mailing addresses (if you haven't already)?
Thank you!
My profile addy is good.
brenda m - Jan 14, 2008 6:45:22 am PST #4694 of 28342
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
D'oh! Insent.