I thought the real ending was fine, slick and appropriate. But the fake ending is perhaps more along the lines of what I had been expecting. I...possibly would have loved the series more if it had ended that way?
Jayne: Here's a little concept I been workin' on. Why don't we shoot her first? Wash: It is her turn.
'Serenity'
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."
Polter-Cow - Jun 27, 2008 9:21:34 am PDT #6584 of 28379
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anne W. - Jun 27, 2008 1:14:09 pm PDT #6585 of 28379
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Many thanks, PC.
BTW, I still owe you a writeup of the Percy Jackson series. I think you'd really like it. I hope to get to that this weekend.
sumi - Jun 28, 2008 6:41:22 pm PDT #6586 of 28379
Art Crawl!!!
Best novel: Down River by John Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Best first novel by an American author: In the Woods by Tana French (Penguin Group - Viking
Best Paperback original: Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Best critical/biographical: Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley (The Penguin Press)
Best Fact Crime: Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (W.W. Norton and Company
Best Short Story: "The Golden Gopher" - Los Angeles Noir by Susan Straight (Akashic Books)
Best Young Adult: Rat Life by Tedd Arnold (Penguin - Dial Books for Young Readers)
Best Juvenile: The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh (Hyperion Books for Young Readers)
Best Play: Panic by Joseph Goodrich (International Mystery Writers' Festival)
Best Television episode teleplay: "Pilot" - Burn Notice, Teleplay by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television Studios)
Best motion picture screenplay: Michael Clayton, Screenplay by Tony Gilroy (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "The Catch" - Still Waters by Mark Ammons (Level Best Books)
The Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award: Wild Indigo by Sandi Ault (Penguin Group - Berkley Prime Crime)
Grand Master: Bill Pronzini
Raven Awards:Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Kate's Mystery Books (Kate Mattes, owner)
Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2008 7:29:03 pm PDT #6587 of 28379
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Mary Higgins Clark has an award named after her? Huh. I went through a Mary Higgins Clark phase in junior high.
beth b - Jun 28, 2008 7:35:16 pm PDT #6588 of 28379
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I just ordered Knut's book at my local B&N I really don't know why people make me wait . and my 200+ to be read pile does not make me feel guilty. nope
DavidS - Jun 30, 2008 10:09:46 am PDT #6589 of 28379
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Follow-up to the Goth Poetry discussion. I've posted The Waterboys very pretty version of Yeats' "The Stolen Child" up at Buffistarawk.
Hayden - Jun 30, 2008 10:30:29 am PDT #6590 of 28379
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My first guest-blog post over at Powell's Books. (xposted in Music)
Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2008 4:24:47 pm PDT #6591 of 28379
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just finished Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. Anyone else read it? It's very oogy and disturbing in an understated way.
I also read Choke, which is my least favorite Palahniuk so far (I love Fight Club and Lullaby ), mostly because the narrator is much more unlikable. And there isn't a very strong narrative drive; it's mostly a string of thematics and internal monologue. The ending made me like the book a lot more than I expected to, though.
hippocampus - Jul 03, 2008 5:11:18 am PDT #6592 of 28379
not your mom's socks.
just found this: graphic novel built in facebook - [link]
Jesse - Jul 04, 2008 7:32:47 am PDT #6593 of 28379
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just finished Superpowers, and really really liked it. I'm trying to figure out who to lend my copy to first.