Wow, thanks Hec! Those Masterwork series look tremendous. So you'd suggest going with #5 in the X-Men Masterwork series as opposed to starting with #1? She is familiar with the X-Men characters and does love them, so I don't think it would be a case of dropping her in blind.
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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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."
Barb - Sep 28, 2008 2:10:20 pm PDT #7580 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
DavidS - Sep 28, 2008 2:21:50 pm PDT #7581 of 28404
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Barb, their numbering is a little screwy and you want to be careful to get the Uncanny X-Men instead of the sixties X-men.
If you wanted to start at the reboot (back in 1975) start with this one.
Uncanny X-Men #2 is the Phoenix Saga. Those two would be great to start with if she likes the X-Men.
Ouise - Sep 29, 2008 7:11:28 am PDT #7582 of 28404
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Also? Anyone ever read Martin Millar? I got Lonely Wereolf Girl out of the library on a whim the other day, ignored it, cause it didn't seem all that interesting, and then picked it up and read it last night. I QUITE liked it.
I love Millar - my long-time favourites are Lux the Poet and Milk, Sulphates and Alby Starvation. How can you not love a book where the main character is targeted for assassination by the Milk Marketing Board? I'll have to hunt up Lonely Werewolf Girl.
sj - Sep 29, 2008 7:15:51 am PDT #7583 of 28404
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Also? Anyone ever read Martin Millar? I got Lonely Wereolf Girl out of the library on a whim the other day, ignored it, cause it didn't seem all that interesting, and then picked it up and read it last night. I QUITE liked it.
I recently read The Good Fairies of New York and absolutely loved it.
Ginger - Sep 29, 2008 10:50:42 am PDT #7584 of 28404
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The sex is not always good: [link]
Typo Boy - Sep 29, 2008 11:49:49 am PDT #7585 of 28404
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I often think, explicit sex is great if it fits into the story, but sometimes less explicit is sexier. Think of some of the lines of Sappho remembering how a lover was "folded in my arms" and the "familiar heat". Some of the most erotic lines in English language. and Sappho was perfectly willing to get very explicit indeed - she just knew when less was more.
Connie Neil - Sep 29, 2008 11:51:11 am PDT #7586 of 28404
brillig
Too much explicit sex turns into written choreography--it's always more fun to watch the dance.
Fay - Sep 29, 2008 2:24:41 pm PDT #7587 of 28404
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I recently read The Good Fairies of New York and absolutely loved it.
I didn't love it as much as I expected to, and I couldn't put my finger on why. I mean, I did like it, but everything felt a little distant. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood, or something.
beth b - Sep 29, 2008 2:42:07 pm PDT #7588 of 28404
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
standing next to fay. Liked it, just didn't love it.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2008 4:07:46 pm PDT #7589 of 28404
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm in the process of loading reading material onto my phone (lo, how far we have come...), and I was looking for some recommendations of texts that would be on gutenberg.org.
Ideas?