Thanks!
Angel's lame. His hair goes straight up, and he's bloody stupid!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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 25, 2008 8:10:54 am PST #4867 of 28343
Art Crawl!!!
Pix - Jan 25, 2008 8:12:46 am PST #4868 of 28343
The status is NOT quo.
Oh! I need to pimp an amazing book. I don't know if any of you are familiar with Janna Levin's work (she's a theoretical physicist whose work focuses on the nature of the universe, black holes, etc.), but she's a lyrical writer. Her web site is here. Anyway, she's known for her academic writing and her nonfiction (such as How the Universe Got Its Spots," which wrestles with the question, "Is the universe infinite, or is it just really big?"), but she recently published an incredible piece of fiction called A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines based on her research about the lives of Kurt Godal and Alan Turing. It's....wow. Beautiful. Fascinating.
She was one of the presenters at the Key West Literary Seminar, and she impressed me with her staggering intellect, not to mention her sense of humor and poise.
Aims - Jan 25, 2008 8:42:02 am PST #4869 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I don't like Alice in Wonderland.
Just thought I'd say.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2008 8:42:22 am PST #4870 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Off with your head!
Aims - Jan 25, 2008 8:47:19 am PST #4871 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Stuff and nonsense!
Atropa - Jan 25, 2008 9:16:57 am PST #4872 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I don't like Alice in Wonderland.
Just thought I'd say.
stares confusedly at Aimée's post
But but but ... the Cheshire Cat! The White Rabbit! Mad tea parties! Twinkle twinkle little bat!
Aims - Jan 25, 2008 9:24:21 am PST #4873 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Maybe I've just seen the Disney movie (which has almost nothing to do with the book, I know) too many times. It's a dark freaking book. The baby TURNS INTO A PIG.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2008 9:25:24 am PST #4874 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It wasn't a nice baby.
Atropa - Jan 25, 2008 9:29:33 am PST #4875 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Maybe I've just seen the Disney movie (which has almost nothing to do with the book, I know) too many times.
Ah, that would do it. I like the Disney movie too, but AiW is one of the books I was raised on. I have a fierce and almost irrational love for it.
It's a dark freaking book. The baby TURNS INTO A PIG.
As ita says, it wasn't a nice baby.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2008 9:31:55 am PST #4876 of 28343
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Suddenly wants Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and/or Through the Looking Glass
OK, maybe not so suddenly.
I'd more than settle for Terry Gilliam's.