Buffistas

I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.

Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'

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."

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Jessica - Jun 19, 2008 3:12:01 pm PDT #6434 of 28371

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Sterling calls out the weaknesses in Neuromancer to praise Greg Bear's Blood Music

According to your link, that particular article was written by Candace Berragus, not Bruce Sterling.

I'd add Walter Jon Williams Hardwired to Hec's list to round out the pulpy side of cyberpunk.

And, of course, Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne (A Tek Jansen Adventure).

Volans - Jun 19, 2008 5:32:27 pm PDT #6435 of 28371

move out and draw fire

my semi-annual plaint of "What is 'cyberpunk,' exactly?"

I was thinking about this while scrolling through Powell's "cyberpunk" list. Which includes The Crying of Lot 49 and A Clockwork Orange, among other things. Appears they view anything dystopian as cyberpunk. Also anything by Philip K. Dick.

I wanted to leave a snarky comment that something with "clockwork" in the title is clearly steampunk, but I did not.

DavidS - Jun 19, 2008 5:37:39 pm PDT #6436 of 28371

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

According to your link, that particular article was written by Candace Berragus, not Bruce Sterling.

That's Sterling's pseud.

Jessica - Jun 19, 2008 5:54:31 pm PDT #6437 of 28371

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

That's Sterling's pseud

Aha! I did not know this.

Laga - Jun 19, 2008 9:16:14 pm PDT #6438 of 28371

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

what's "metaverse"? Would the Dream Park novels count?

lisah - Jun 20, 2008 4:39:48 am PDT #6439 of 28371

Punishingly Intricate

I think that Oscar Wao is episodic enough that it gets to some of his strengths as a short story writer. But Drown was so much better.

I'll def. have to reread Drown. It's been years and I don't think I own it. I'm actually still loving Oscar Wao. It's slow going only because I'm reading right before bed and I have to sleep. I'm finding it hard to put down though.

Kat - Jun 20, 2008 4:41:23 am PDT #6440 of 28371

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I read Whacked yesterday. No good. But the narrator, up until the last 40 pages, totally reminded me of Kristen (TV writer, sort of obsessed with grisly murders etc).

I was set on starting Thousand Acres, but then I left it at school. Am reading the History of Love instead.

Consuela - Jun 20, 2008 8:03:59 am PDT #6441 of 28371

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Junot Diaz was on the Colbert Report on Wednesday. He was pretty awesome.

DavidS - Jun 20, 2008 8:32:59 am PDT #6442 of 28371

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Buffistas, just off the top of your respective heads, what would you say are the gothiest poems? Non More Goth.

Hayden - Jun 20, 2008 8:35:00 am PDT #6443 of 28371

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Robert Frost's "Bereft"

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