One sentence stories. These are the most popular stories/sentences- some will break your heart.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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."
beth b - Feb 29, 2008 2:28:42 pm PST #5161 of 28583
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
DavidS - Feb 29, 2008 3:20:44 pm PST #5162 of 28583
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My colleague's thought for the day:
That Beckett dude can write a little.
Hayden - Feb 29, 2008 6:10:06 pm PST #5163 of 28583
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
No kidding. He makes despair sound like the most sublime emotion people are capable of.
sumi - Mar 02, 2008 9:04:22 am PST #5164 of 28583
Art Crawl!!!
Volans - Mar 03, 2008 3:47:15 pm PST #5165 of 28583
move out and draw fire
I just finished Gaiman's Fragile Things. The DH got it for me for Christmas, and then absconded with it.
I'm always a little disappointed with Gaiman's novels, but OMG his short stories! It's a difficult form, but really where he shines, I think.
Jesse - Mar 03, 2008 3:52:14 pm PST #5166 of 28583
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, I'm reading it right now, too! But I've never read any other Gaiman. I was totally won over from the opening of the first story, because I love the Holmes.
Polter-Cow - Mar 03, 2008 3:57:26 pm PST #5167 of 28583
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've read Smoke and Mirrors, and I find his short stories to be kind of hit-or-miss with me, much like his novels (although those are generally hit-or-good-but-not-quite-great).
Steph L. - Mar 03, 2008 4:47:01 pm PST #5168 of 28583
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
After sj posted the link to American Gods, I started reading it at the link (because it's not like I'm going to *work* at, you know, work). So when the end of the day rolled around, I had read a chunk of it, and needed to keep reading it, so I went to Half-Price Books and bought it. I'm about 2/3 of the way through it.
I had read it about 6-7 years ago, and I remember having trouble with how dense it was, and struggling to identify all the gods. This time around I have the internet, and many a geek before me has already identified all the gods, so its making my reading of it incredibly rich.
Typo Boy - Mar 03, 2008 7:40:40 pm PST #5169 of 28583
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I like his novels and many of his short stories. I also like his comics.
signed
Gaiman Fanboy.
Volans - Mar 03, 2008 8:31:51 pm PST #5170 of 28583
move out and draw fire
I will say, if anyone can explain Bitter Grounds to me, I'd be obliged. I read it years ago, in a collection of zombie/voodoo stories, and couldn't figure it out then either.