Kim Newman! Go Kim Newman! Heavily Goth, with a touch of SteamPunk. Plus Genevieve, even if I did keep expecting her to have violet eyes.
I lurrrrves Kim Newman.
Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.
'Jaynestown'
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."
Atropa - Jun 20, 2008 9:54:50 am PDT #6482 of 28377
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
lisah - Jun 20, 2008 9:56:22 am PDT #6483 of 28377
Punishingly Intricate
Come away, O human child!
That was my favorite poem when I was a kid!
DavidS - Jun 20, 2008 9:59:58 am PDT #6484 of 28377
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
From sj's recommendation:
Acquainted with the Night
by: Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
O luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
DavidS - Jun 20, 2008 10:00:45 am PDT #6485 of 28377
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That was my favorite poem when I was a kid!
Did you know that the Waterboys set it to music?
lisah - Jun 20, 2008 10:01:08 am PDT #6486 of 28377
Punishingly Intricate
Did you know that the Waterboys set it to music?
NO! Do you have it?
Atropa - Jun 20, 2008 10:01:44 am PDT #6487 of 28377
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What's on the non-fiction list?
Piercing the Darkness, Katherine Ramsland
In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires, Radu Florescu
Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, J. Gordon Melton
Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula
V is for Vampire: The A-Z Guide to Everything Undead, David J. Skal
DavidS - Jun 20, 2008 10:02:06 am PDT #6488 of 28377
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
NO! Do you have it?
I do. I'll post it to Buffistarawk tonight.
Strega - Jun 20, 2008 10:02:10 am PDT #6489 of 28377
Oh dear. The Poe entry should be "Alone."
I'd also suggest Donne's "A Nocturnal on St. Lucy's Day, Being the Shortest Day."
Toddson - Jun 20, 2008 10:04:08 am PDT #6490 of 28377
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
How about a poem that starts:
Love is a deep and a dark and a lonely
Connie Neil - Jun 20, 2008 10:05:15 am PDT #6491 of 28377
brillig
Lucia di Lammermoor.
Yeah, that opera. Madness, murder, all the good stuff.
I have trouble reading Chelsea Quinn Yarbro anymore, the grim sections disturb me more than they used to.