So, I finished The Sweet Far Thing (the third Libba Bray book).
Wow. Yeah. She did a thing that I totally didn't see coming. I mean, *really.*
The book? Fantastic. Really fucking fantastic.
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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."
Steph L. - Jan 14, 2008 8:15:44 am PST #4696 of 28342
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Atropa - Jan 14, 2008 9:23:54 am PST #4697 of 28342
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Gaaaah. My copy of The Sweet Far Thing arrives this week. I can't wait!
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2008 9:51:13 am PST #4698 of 28342
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For something that is so fundamental, so needful to understanding and experiencing life, it's almost creepily often portrayed as tragic.
It's the fall from Eden. It's almost hardwired into us that no matter how pragmatic the result of our feet touching the ground, it makes the baby Jesus cry (feel free to ignore the timelines violated in this post).
Polter-Cow - Jan 14, 2008 6:41:13 pm PST #4699 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
This Cassie Edwards thing just gets more and more hysterical.
She A) plagiarized for the AUTHOR'S NOTE and B) plagiarized from the goddamn ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
brenda m - Jan 15, 2008 2:47:50 am PST #4700 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
And now this:
SAVAGE OBSESSION
Page 284 (pg 434 in Large Type edition)
The odors of the forest, the dew and damp meadow, and the curling
smoke from the wigwams were left behind as Lorinda […]
HIAWATHA by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (!):
Lines 3-5 of the Introduction
With the odors of the forest,
With the dew and damp of meadows,
With the curling smoke of wigwams
From Nikki the Super Badass Researcher
Aims - Jan 15, 2008 3:36:26 am PST #4701 of 28342
Shit's all sorts of different now.
LONGFELLOW?? She stole Longfellow??
Holy schnikes.
Dana - Jan 15, 2008 4:18:57 am PST #4702 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
She also sent out a message to some supporters that compared her persecutions to that of the Native Americans, and called the Smart Bitches bloggers "spiteful girls."
I'm telling you, next comes pseudicide, and then we start getting notes from "her husband." Might be helped in this case by the fact that she actually has a husband.
Ginger - Jan 15, 2008 4:24:15 am PST #4703 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Smart Bitches bloggers "spiteful girls."
Like those mean girls in high school.
I'm telling you, next comes pseudicide,
Surely Nazis will come into the mix somehow.
brenda m - Jan 15, 2008 4:37:52 am PST #4704 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
She's already compared this to the genocide of native populations, so I think we can basically give her that one.
And do you know? I feel picked on now as our Native American Indians have always been picked on throughout history.
Ginger - Jan 15, 2008 4:45:10 am PST #4705 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I feel picked on now as our Native American Indians have always been picked on throughout history.
You're right. She is touching all the bases.
Picked on?!