I love the third book. I probably wouldn't have read the first two if I hadn't read a review of the third, though; I was in it for the polemic.
Hee. That's the only thing tempting me toward the third, to be honest.
Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
brenda m - Jan 27, 2008 6:32:48 am PST #4916 of 28343
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
Polter-Cow - Jan 27, 2008 9:35:54 am PST #4917 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For example, I'm pretty sure he didn't know that Dust was going to be a good thing, rather than a bad thing, till he started writing the second book; and every conversation between Asrael and Mrs. Coulter is a retcon of the previous one.
Yep. The Asrael/Coulter stuff is particularly maddening, especially in the third book, where he starts directly contradicting stuff in the first book. As far as Dust goes, I think he had some idea about that because one of my favorite parts of TGC is Lyra working out that Dust must be good if all the adults think it's bad.
Daisy Jane - Jan 27, 2008 11:51:15 am PST #4918 of 28343
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Curse y'all for introducing me to Library Thing. I was only able to get one of my bookshelves in before I used up all the space on the free account.
that site is eeeeevillll!
beth b - Jan 27, 2008 5:14:44 pm PST #4919 of 28343
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I'm being very picky so far with LibraryThing. buffista authors, heyer, deLint and cookbooks.
Daisy Jane - Jan 27, 2008 5:52:28 pm PST #4920 of 28343
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I just wanna see how big I can get it to write William Shakespeare in the Author Cloud.
Susan W. - Jan 27, 2008 6:25:46 pm PST #4921 of 28343
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I broke down and bought a lifetime membership within a day or so of signing up...
Strega - Jan 27, 2008 6:37:53 pm PST #4922 of 28343
Bibliophil.org is pretty similar to Librarything, except it's free (though he certainly welcomes donations). [link]
Laga - Jan 27, 2008 8:55:04 pm PST #4923 of 28343
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
deLint
Oh I completely forgot about him! I scarfed down three of his books and then he totally slipped my mind. Ooh I can't wait 'til I find my next book.
Amy - Jan 28, 2008 4:23:54 am PST #4924 of 28343
Because books.
From the Bibliophil site, which has a list of the 100 Most Challenged Books of 1999-2000 -- how on earth is Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen objectionable?
Reading a new YA novel by a new author -- Betwixt by Tara Bray Smith. I'm loving it so far.
Jessica - Jan 28, 2008 4:25:19 am PST #4925 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
how on earth is Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen objectionable?
You mean other than the full frontal nudity?