My copy of Superpowers has just come in. I started pimping it to a friend and I haven't started reading it yet.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'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."
beth b - Jul 04, 2008 9:19:38 am PDT #6597 of 28379
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Jesse - Jul 04, 2008 9:44:29 am PDT #6598 of 28379
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I should have thought to do this before, but here are some Amazon Associate links:
brenda m - Jul 04, 2008 9:48:07 am PDT #6599 of 28379
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
Hee. From Corwood's link:
Buy this book with Swordfishtrombones (33 1/3) by David Smay today!
Though this
Hayden Childs weaves the story of this astonishing record from the perspective of a man who is obsessed with it, a man who is living and reliving his own trip through Hell.
sounds like it's saying it's Corwood reliving his own trip through hell - which I think (and hope) is not actually the case?
Susan W. - Jul 04, 2008 10:14:32 am PDT #6600 of 28379
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I just blogged about my first half of 2008 in reading.
Hayden - Jul 04, 2008 10:37:24 am PDT #6601 of 28379
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
sounds like it's saying it's Corwood reliving his own trip through hell - which I think (and hope) is not actually the case?
It's my fictional protagonist who's suffering. I'm doing pretty well, myself, so don't be concerned!
erikaj - Jul 04, 2008 11:15:35 am PDT #6602 of 28379
Always Anti-fascist!
The job won't save you, you know.
Hayden - Jul 04, 2008 11:32:03 am PDT #6603 of 28379
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The fuck did I do?
erikaj - Jul 04, 2008 4:55:58 pm PDT #6604 of 28379
Always Anti-fascist!
At least you know who you were chasing.
beth b - Jul 05, 2008 11:27:45 am PDT #6605 of 28379
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Just finished Superpowers which I liked even better than I had hoped to.
Steph L. - Jul 05, 2008 6:31:28 pm PDT #6606 of 28379
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm halfway through it, and I just physically cringed when I read the conversation between Caroline and her mom, when her mom said that she had a new job in the World Trade Center. (The last part I read was the section narrated by Marcus, where he notes that there should be supervillains, but there aren't, and also says that yes, of course you (the reader) are aware of the date that the plot is moving towards.
I'm feeling this horrible doom for the characters as time passes, and I just want to *protect* them. Which is a funny reaction, considering that they're superheroes. But then, maybe it's *not* a funny reaction; maybe that's exactly the reaction that Knut intended. Not so much a Who Watches The Watchmen as much as it's a Who Takes Care Of The Superheroes.
t edit And perhaps I just totally stated the obvious; if so, forgive me, because I'm a little off my game this weekend.