Writers Who Aren't Full of Shit:
If Ray Bradbury doesn't qualify to be on that list, I don't want to know. I wish to live in ignorant bliss.
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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."
Atropa - May 06, 2008 9:17:39 am PDT #5698 of 28348
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
§ ita § - May 06, 2008 9:19:24 am PDT #5699 of 28348
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OSC is a hot fluttering mess of logical fallacies.
Scrappy - May 06, 2008 9:25:04 am PDT #5700 of 28348
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Emma Bull, not full of shit. Jane Espenson, also.
erikaj - May 06, 2008 9:29:37 am PDT #5701 of 28348
Always Anti-fascist!
Does it count if the writer is full of the same shit as you? Cause I totally related to David Simon gift-wrapping his shitlist and taking it on the road. But it might be some kind of *bull* shit
DavidS - May 06, 2008 9:30:04 am PDT #5702 of 28348
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emma Bull, not full of shit. Jane Espenson, also.
Plus they have excellent taste in friends.
Typo Boy - May 06, 2008 9:54:37 am PDT #5703 of 28348
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.
S. Brust - not full of shit. But your FOS may vary.
Ray Bradbury - wrong on a lot of stuff, but don't think he is full of shit.
DXMachina - May 06, 2008 10:21:25 am PDT #5704 of 28348
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Gaiman has written about the lexicon thing, too: [link]
§ ita § - May 06, 2008 10:36:27 am PDT #5705 of 28348
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That made me miss Tim Hunter.
Neil Gaiman? Not an ass, and one can read his non-fiction with relaxation and ease.
Aims - May 06, 2008 10:58:45 am PDT #5706 of 28348
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird.
Seen the movie a dozen times, but never read the book.
Sigh.
Kathy A - May 06, 2008 11:02:26 am PDT #5707 of 28348
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I do love that book. I first read it for Book Club in 7th grade (it was the favorite book of Mr. Clarke, the club's moderator), and saw the movie soon after.
It's one of the best movie adaptations ever, IMO. There was an additional scene added for the movie that I truly love, though--when Scout and Jem are laying in bed and Scout asks about their mother, all while Atticus sits on the porch and listens to them. So touching!