Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....

Giles ,'Chosen'


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."


Susan W. - May 02, 2008 5:32:34 pm PDT #5637 of 28344
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I've got it on hold at the library, but I don't expect to be at the top of the list for another month or two.


beth b - May 02, 2008 7:19:04 pm PDT #5638 of 28344
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

haven't read it yet, but I want to


DXMachina - May 05, 2008 3:53:20 am PDT #5639 of 28344
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Orson Scott Card weighs in on J.K. Rowling vs. the Lexicon. [link]


§ ita § - May 05, 2008 8:00:49 am PDT #5640 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I wondered if OSC would come off like an ass.

I'm so naive.


Polter-Cow - May 05, 2008 8:06:33 am PDT #5641 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Gah.


Jessica - May 05, 2008 8:15:53 am PDT #5642 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

So I was right to continue my "no reading nonfiction by OSC" policy, then?


flea - May 05, 2008 10:43:47 am PDT #5643 of 28344
information libertarian

I was just putting some giveaway donation books on the "light reading" shelf and noticed a couple of Harlequins. Titles: "The Italian's Defiant Mistress" and "The Billionaire's Virgin Mistress." The latter appears to belong to a SERIES called "Innocent Mistress, Virgin Bride." I've never read a Harlequin before, but I think I clearly need to give these a whirl, right? If you don't hear from me soon, assume my brains oozed out my ears and call for help.


meara - May 05, 2008 10:53:21 am PDT #5644 of 28344

Hah! Sounds very like some things that have been mentioned on Smart Bitches, flea! We'll expect a full report.


§ ita § - May 05, 2008 11:00:28 am PDT #5645 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I was right to continue my "no reading nonfiction by OSC" policy, then?

Stay strong.

If you really want to know how Harry Potter is an Ender's Game ripoff, you can just ask us.


Maysa - May 05, 2008 11:14:57 am PDT #5646 of 28344

There's even a whole project where people are writing a spoof of the Billionaire Virgin/Mistress thing that seems pretty funny so far: The Unfeasibly Tall Greek Billionaire's Blackmailed Martyr-Complex Secretary Mistress Bride