My colleague's thought for the day:
That Beckett dude can write a little.
Mom! Dead people are talking to you. Do the math!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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."
DavidS - Feb 29, 2008 3:20:44 pm PST #5162 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hayden - Feb 29, 2008 6:10:06 pm PST #5163 of 28344
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 28344
Art Crawl!!!
Volans - Mar 03, 2008 3:47:15 pm PST #5165 of 28344
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 28344
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 28344
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 28344
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 28344
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 28344
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.
Aims - Mar 04, 2008 3:20:47 am PST #5171 of 28344
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My foray into children's lit continues. I read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry last week, and this week I'm working on Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. For class next Monday I have to read Alia's Mission which I think I need to track down a copy of also.
And I owe msbelle an email... t note to self