Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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."
If you want classic Piers Prickiness, read the authors note where he replies to a young fan who suggests that a character could have refused to carry a promise made by his parents on his behalf for him to commit genocide.
PA replied that to suggest such a thing shows that the young fan has no sense of honor. WTF? Umm I could explain the reasoning in more detail, but why would you want me to?
Did you guys know that Piers Anthony writes porn? They're published by Mundania. I have not read any.
Oh, holy god.
From the Amazon reviews:
I was attracted to the taboo-violating nature of the basic plot device: Evil scientist removes man's stubby little penis & gives him a wide range of accessories (with full sensate functioning) to replace it. Man goes on quest to obtain techno-magical item to exchange for his original organ. The theme of "a quest to obtain something magical so the wizard will return what is rightfully yours" is a tired old theme. Applying it to a man's =PENIS= returns it to novelty!
Didn't Anthony write some uber-squicky story about women being used as a source of milk?
Didn't Anthony write some uber-squicky story about women being used as a source of milk?
Yeah - as propaganda for vegetarianism.
I am afeared of magical smegma. I had to stop reading the review. those Bio of a Space Tyrant books were porny enough already.
Didn't Anthony write some uber-squicky story about women being used as a source of milk?
Yes.
I AM STILL SQUICKED NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY AFTER READING IT.
Steph, here: Steph L. "Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear." Jan 14, 2008 10:15:44 am PST what is the thing you didn't see coming? Just blew the night reading the book.
I...I don't know why it was so long. I didn't feel we had enough clues, enough underlying structure to know how things ought to go, so I felt at least as out to sea as the protagonist, with the downside of not being able to use magic and wear fancy dresses, if that makes sense.
I mean, I could basically tell she was being too impetuous and young about the decisions that had to be made, but as someone less headstrong I didn't feel I had that much more information to go on anyway. So I felt like I was just waiting for the right answer to be delivered to me, instead of participating or working it out as I went along.