Emma Bull, not full of shit. Jane Espenson, also.
Plus they have excellent taste in friends.
Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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 - 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."
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!
Ginger - May 06, 2008 11:02:59 am PDT #5708 of 28348
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Isn't it wonderful? "Scout, stand up. Your daddy is passing by."
Aims - May 06, 2008 11:04:11 am PDT #5709 of 28348
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm sitting here wanting to cry because the scene where Scout finally sees Boo in Jem's room keeps coming to mind. The look on her face when she finally saw him, "Hey, Boo."
Honey, I've changed my mind. Next girl we have is being named Jean Louise.
Kathy A - May 06, 2008 11:07:47 am PDT #5710 of 28348
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Mary Badham was so incredible in that movie.
JZ - May 06, 2008 11:12:31 am PDT #5711 of 28348
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Gregory Peck had a story he loved to tell about the first day of filming... Harper Lee was on the set, sitting quietly and watching those first bits of film roll, and after his very first appearance as Atticus (walking across the porch or down the walk or some such minor bit of business) he noticed that she was puddling up. "Are you all right, Miss Lee?" he asked, thinking Damn, I'm good! Check me out!
And she said through her tears, "Oh, Mister Peck, it's just... you have a nice little potbelly just like my daddy did!"