None of it is necessary, per se. It's just more fun because Willis is making jokes and allusions to other literature.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Ginger - May 26, 2008 8:15:48 am PDT #5916 of 28359
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Susan W. - May 26, 2008 8:16:55 am PDT #5917 of 28359
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
The Harriet books, in order, are Strong Poison, Have His Carcase, Gaudy Night, and Busman's Honeymoon, and IMHO should be read in order. I'd also read Murder Must Advertise after Have His Carcase, even though Harriet isn't in it, because IIRC that's where it falls in the chronology, and it's a fun read.
brenda m - May 26, 2008 8:18:19 am PDT #5918 of 28359
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm not a Sayers fan and won't be reading more of those, so I guess I'll just have to live with missing something of "To Say Nothing...".
Susan W. - May 26, 2008 8:21:06 am PDT #5919 of 28359
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Well, I couldn't get into Three Men in a Boat and still managed to love To Say Nothing of the Dog.
beth b - May 26, 2008 8:30:20 am PDT #5920 of 28359
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
After reading To say nothing of a the dog I got Three men and a boat from the library, but never read it. Does that count?
Connie Neil - May 26, 2008 8:41:40 am PDT #5921 of 28359
brillig
Murder Must Advertise is probably my favorite of all the Wimsey books.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2008 4:45:02 pm PDT #5922 of 28359
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Atlas Shrugged 2: Shrug Harder.
I don't know how many of you realize that Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand's science fiction classic, is actually only book 1 of a trilogy? Hardly anybody knows this, because she never got around to writing the missing middle volume.
I'm sure it's hilarious if you're more familiar with Ayn Rand than I am.
sumi - May 27, 2008 4:29:41 am PDT #5923 of 28359
Art Crawl!!!
I loved the Bujold-verse t-shirts!
I read To Say Nothing of the Dog without having read Three Men and A Boat first. I also read the Sayers knowledge without knowing Latin, Greek or French. And enjoyed them!
Toddson - May 27, 2008 6:18:53 am PDT #5924 of 28359
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Another t-shirt, appropriate for an election year.
I loved the Sayers books and, although I never learned French and only managed to pick up some Latin in college, I got enough of what they were saying in Gaudy Night that it made sense. I read To Say Nothing of the Dog without catching all the references ... maybe I should go back and see if I pick them up.
DavidS - May 27, 2008 1:38:52 pm PDT #5925 of 28359
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
