The one with the woman with the ribbon around her neck, and when the husband unties the ribbon, her head falls off?
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
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."
Hil R. - Apr 12, 2008 3:09:20 pm PDT #5474 of 28344
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
sumi - Apr 12, 2008 3:11:42 pm PDT #5475 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
Or the story of Orpheus and Eurydice?
Anne W. - Apr 12, 2008 3:12:14 pm PDT #5476 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That wasn't the one I was thinking of, but I think that works for my purposes. Thanks!
Edit: Both work perfectly!
Nutty - Apr 12, 2008 7:02:09 pm PDT #5477 of 28344
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
All of the Selkie/trapped-animal stories appear to fit your criteria too. You know, "I'll be your wife if you don't ever ask me about _____" and eventually the dope husband has to ask, and discovers his wife is a mermaid or a seal or I read a Japanese one recently where she turns out to be a clam (!) and she has to go away after that. (I am not sure why, although I am also not sure I would want to stay married to a clam.)
The same thing happens with reversed sexes in Whitebear Whittingdon (East of the Sun, West of the Moon), which is a folk tale that mirrors Eros and Psyche. Except if Eros were a bear, and his wife got a good look at him in the dark and screamed her fool head off, and then to win him back had to do several quests that all came in threes.
Anne W. - Apr 13, 2008 4:19:04 am PDT #5478 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thank you. This is all very helpful.
lisah - Apr 14, 2008 4:48:15 am PDT #5479 of 28344
Punishingly Intricate
Did anyone know about the His Dark Materials prequel that's been released? I'm interested because it stars my favoritest character from the series. Two of them actually!
Steph L. - Apr 14, 2008 5:31:31 am PDT #5480 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, cool! I'd like to read that.
Polter-Cow - Apr 14, 2008 6:35:56 am PDT #5481 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, neat!
sumi - Apr 14, 2008 6:53:42 am PDT #5482 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!
That looks really good!
Sparky1 - Apr 14, 2008 7:00:34 am PDT #5483 of 28344
Librarian Warlord
I go to the rare book room to ogle the 1st edition hardback of Dark Carnival (the original title of SWTWC). Someday it will be mine. Someday.
There's a copy on alibris for about $800...ijs. Not signed, though. There are copies there also that look to be in much better shape than the Powell's copy, and there is at least one copy there that is not only first edition, but first printing.
Signed, It took me a while, but I found my first edition, first printing (with the mistake) of Bemelmans' Madeline, and will someday have Stuart Little, too.