Joyce survived obscenity trials; he might not need you to protect him.
erika, have I mentioned lately that I love you?
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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."
Steph L. - Jun 16, 2008 9:26:32 am PDT #6175 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Fred Pete - Jun 16, 2008 9:27:44 am PDT #6176 of 28370
Ann, that's a ferret.
flea, I have to agree. It isn't every board that would kerfuffle over the literary canon.
erikaj - Jun 16, 2008 9:30:57 am PDT #6177 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, thank you. Although I can totally sympathize with the flash of anger one gets when hearing that something that gives you pleasure is junk in the eyes of your shiniest friends. I was a crime-fiction fan in an English department, after all. Which is like having your friends decide whether you have bad breath.Uh, I mean, whether to tell you. Yeah, I'm the person to critique great writing.
flea - Jun 16, 2008 9:32:05 am PDT #6178 of 28370
information libertarian
P-C, not only have I READ One Fish Two Fish, I can practically recite it.
I am also wicked good and fast at the Tweedle Beetle Battle from Fox in Socks.
Atropa - Jun 16, 2008 9:32:14 am PDT #6179 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(Diversion tactic)
So, guess who's read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman? You know, the next book of his that isn't out yet?
It's gorgeous. And in some ways, a love note to Ray Bradbury.
DavidS - Jun 16, 2008 9:32:54 am PDT #6180 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
keeping such a hard line on the subject is not inspiring to a person to change her opinion.
Certainly never my intent.
I didn't make an ad hominem attack on Connie. I said, "that's freakin' ignorant." As in, "That statement is ignorant" or "that opinon is ignorant" (with added meaningless intensifier). I didn't say "you're ignorant."
You would have to not-know (be ignorant of) what Joyce was doing to call it gibberish. My wording was strong, as was hers.
DebetEsse - Jun 16, 2008 9:33:33 am PDT #6181 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
erika, I did read Moby Dick (unabridged at that). I, in general, hatehatehate abridged editions (and don't get me started on those Junior Classics books), but, seriously, Herman, no one but whalers needs that much detail, and, really, not even them. The infodump is just a slog.
eta: Jilli, I am intensely jealous.
Steph L. - Jun 16, 2008 9:34:17 am PDT #6182 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am also wicked good and fast at the Tweedle Beetle Battle from Fox in Socks.
You have my undying admiration. (I love the Tweedle Beetle Battle in the bottle in the puddle.)
lisah - Jun 16, 2008 9:34:53 am PDT #6183 of 28370
Punishingly Intricate
So, guess who's read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman? You know, the next book of his that isn't out yet?
Is it a novel?
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2008 9:35:27 am PDT #6184 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, not only have I READ One Fish Two Fish, I can practically recite it.
I hope Red Fish doesn't die!
So, guess who's read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman? You know, the next book of his that isn't out yet?
DAMN YOU!