Ooh! I hope I'll be able to lift this one with one hand!
Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.
'The Message'
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."
Jessica - Mar 31, 2008 2:53:18 pm PDT #5416 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Volans - Mar 31, 2008 3:27:02 pm PDT #5417 of 28344
move out and draw fire
Cool! And what Jessica said.
Hayden - Mar 31, 2008 4:43:22 pm PDT #5418 of 28344
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
One can dream.
(but I liked The Baroque Cycle quite a lot.)
Miracleman - Apr 01, 2008 4:41:27 am PDT #5419 of 28344
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Huh. Coincidentally, I'm re-reading Cryptonomicon for the, like, seventy billionth time.
Then I'm moving on to Quicksilver, during which reading I will likely purchase the rest of the Baroque Cycle 'cause I don't have it and haven't read it. Which makes me unhappy.
So. Rock on, Neal!
hippocampus - Apr 01, 2008 5:38:02 am PDT #5420 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
Sweet!
I don't mind the Baroque Cycle's heft. Helps stabilize the rest of my books.
DavidS - Apr 01, 2008 6:29:45 am PDT #5421 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was looking through my friend Erik's website (Techgnosis) and found an interview he did in 1994 with Neil Gaiman and Rachel Pollack (creator of the Sacred Woman Tarot and author of Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom). It's pretty interesting if you like Neil Gaiman and tarot or esoteric knoweldge.
Beverly - Apr 01, 2008 8:52:30 am PDT #5422 of 28344
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Nice article, David, thanks for the link.
Hayden - Apr 01, 2008 8:59:02 am PDT #5423 of 28344
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I liked Cryptonomicon quite a lot, but Stephenson just took off during the Baroque Cycle.
DavidS - Apr 01, 2008 9:25:43 am PDT #5424 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Nice article, David, thanks for the link.
Thanks Bev, I thought you'd like it.
Volans - Apr 01, 2008 9:39:02 am PDT #5425 of 28344
move out and draw fire
I mostly read while biking (the stationary kind) or commuting (the metro or airplane kind), so the bulk was actually a problem for me.
Psychologically also; there were moments that I loved, but it was hard to keep them in my head in the long dry spells. I took three runs at Quicksilver and gave it away.