I'm in good company! I could never get anyone to believe that series existed until Greg. Thanks for the tip, GG. Please don't go to any trouble, but if you do run across them, I will gladly pay you for them and their postage.
Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?
Womack ,'The Message'
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."
Deena - Aug 29, 2008 7:45:52 pm PDT #7173 of 28403
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
meara - Aug 29, 2008 10:39:10 pm PDT #7174 of 28403
Oh, I remembered the tripods book, but I don't think I ever read the rest of them. Huh. I may not have known there WERE others!
Anne W. - Aug 30, 2008 2:13:03 am PDT #7175 of 28403
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The Oz books are uneven, but my God, that man's imagination could sing, and he was absolutely fearless about taking every single crazy "what-if" that bounced into his head and setting it loose to run glorious riot.
That's what I love about the Oz books--the unfettered and beautiful strangeness. There was a creepiness to some of it, too, that verged on horror.
Jessica - Aug 30, 2008 5:20:37 am PDT #7176 of 28403
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Deena, I'd offer to send you our copy of the tripod series, but I think DH would kill me. (They were his as a child - I'd never heard of them until we moved in together.)
Laga - Aug 30, 2008 6:59:34 am PDT #7177 of 28403
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
A long time a go friends and I were exchanging favorite books. The tripod books were T's favorites but I still haven't read them.
Strix - Aug 30, 2008 7:13:34 am PDT #7178 of 28403
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
In fact, my nephew left for boarding school today and I'm trying to figure out what I can send him at school to maintain my "cool aunt" status.
A set of lock-picks, homemade sugary snacks, and a membership to Netflix.
Strix - Aug 30, 2008 7:19:15 am PDT #7179 of 28403
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Deena - Aug 30, 2008 7:38:01 am PDT #7180 of 28403
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
A set of lock-picks, homemade sugary snacks, and a membership to Netflix.
Wow. Erin knows cool.
Jessica, I wouldn't want you to get into trouble, but thank you for the thought.
I was thinking about those books last night. I had read Andre Norton and probably a Heinlein or two by then, but I had to hide anything science fiction or fantasy from my parents, who would watch Star Trek after we went to bed, but not every episode, because they heartily disapproved of "that Kirk" who would "get with anything." Having a teacher I liked read them aloud was just so incredibly cool.
Fay - Aug 30, 2008 7:45:05 am PDT #7181 of 28403
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Ooh, Deena - I was thinking earlier, how about Diana Wynne Jones? One of my very favourite kids' writers, and I think that she might be age-appropriate for Kara, or at least nearly. Magicians of Caprona is a particular favourite of mine, along with Howl's Moving Castle and Charmed Life and Witch Week. Ooh, and Dogsbody is fabulous, of course. And...actually, I love most of her books. (Including The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, but I think that would be lost on Kara at present.)
Gadget_Girl - Aug 30, 2008 7:53:06 am PDT #7182 of 28403
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
A set of lock-picks, homemade sugary snacks, and a membership to Netflix.
BWAH!