Tony Hillerman died [link]
Sad now.
His autobiography, Seldom Disappointed, is fascinating. His mother drove by herself in the Oklahoma land rush.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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."
Ginger - Oct 27, 2008 6:51:16 am PDT #7851 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Hayden - Oct 27, 2008 10:04:29 am PDT #7852 of 28414
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Polter-Cow - Oct 27, 2008 10:17:35 am PDT #7853 of 28414
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I like the Atwood covers. Heh.
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2008 11:09:05 am PDT #7854 of 28414
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The Necronomicon made me laugh and laugh.
As did, of course, A Confederacy of Dunces.
dcp - Oct 27, 2008 2:47:03 pm PDT #7855 of 28414
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Sad to hear about Tony Hillerman.
Kat - Oct 27, 2008 2:55:08 pm PDT #7856 of 28414
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Confederacy of Dunces got a huge snort out of me.
DavidS - Oct 30, 2008 10:01:07 am PDT #7857 of 28414
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Quick Poll:
What's your favorite Ray Bradbury for Halloween?
Atropa - Oct 30, 2008 10:02:47 am PDT #7858 of 28414
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What's your favorite Ray Bradbury for Halloween?
His short story "Homecoming". And Something Wicked This Way Comes, and From Dust Returned.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 30, 2008 10:04:57 am PDT #7859 of 28414
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I always had a soft spot for The Halloween Tree, but it's been ages since I read it.
DavidS - Oct 30, 2008 10:23:12 am PDT #7860 of 28414
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm reading Something Wicked This Way Comes on my commute and it's reminding me how evocative Bradbury's language is, but also how distinctive his style is. He takes some big chances with the figurative language, pulling odd but apt comparisons into his similes and metaphors. He also has a lot of storyteller phrasings, as if he's telling it to you aloud.
Jilli, remember when I did an LJ post at the proto-goth early sixties? I should've added this to the list. It came out in 1962. Same year as We Have Always Lived In the Castle, as well as the American release of Eyes Without a Face. The movie version of The Haunting came out in 1963.
There's a new book out about the golden age of publishing in America (roughly post-war to early eighties) with chapters on all the main publishing houses and their style and their editors.
They have a sidebar on the guy who single handedly created the Gothic Romance sub-genre. He basically asked his mother-in-law why she kept re-reading Rebecca. She said they don't write them like that anymore and he decided that people should write them like that some more. So he used Rebecca and Jane Eyre as his models, and he worked out all the cover tropes and they were a big hit through the early sixties.