Aw, hell, baby. If it's any consolation, this is not the first time I've heard the question.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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."
Miracleman - Jan 24, 2008 4:29:41 am PST #4821 of 28343
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Frankenbuddha - Jan 24, 2008 4:29:56 am PST #4822 of 28343
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Psst, Aimee. CLOVERFIELD'S not real either.
Aims - Jan 24, 2008 4:34:01 am PST #4823 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Pbbbllt.
Aims - Jan 24, 2008 4:37:32 am PST #4824 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
So anyway ... books are good! Yay reading!
Ouise - Jan 24, 2008 4:42:52 am PST #4825 of 28343
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Hey Aimee, when I read The Princess Bride it didn't even occur to me that the stuff about Morganstern and the lawsuit and all that was fictional. I can't remember how I ended up finding out the truth. I still get an unpleasant feeling when I think about the book. Sort of icky and betrayed.
Luckily, there's a movie!
Aims - Jan 24, 2008 4:47:24 am PST #4826 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hell, I didn't even read any of the abridgements! I skipped them all thinking, "I don't want to read this jackass talk about whatthefuckever! I want to get to the FireSwamp!"
Now I have to start all over!
Ouise, I'm so glad I'm not alone.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 24, 2008 4:47:38 am PST #4827 of 28343
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, Richard Bachman is really Stephen King.
(Something I actually knew about 10 years before it became public due to family connections with King and his family).
Sophia Brooks - Jan 24, 2008 4:55:51 am PST #4828 of 28343
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
When I read Kate Chopin's The Awakening, I thought the woman at the end was going for a swim and would come out of the Ocean and have a better life, but she was really drowning herself. Also, it took me several chapters to figure out that Buck in the Call of the Wild was a dog, not a person.
Volans - Jan 24, 2008 5:07:23 am PST #4829 of 28343
move out and draw fire
I thought Carolyn Keene was a real person until, oh, college.
Jessica - Jan 24, 2008 5:09:37 am PST #4830 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Luckily, there's a movie!
Heh - in the movie (also written by William Goldman), the book is also written by S. Morgenstern.
But seriously, nobody should feel stupid for making that mistake - it's a tribute to how well Goldman pulls it off that so many people fall for it.