Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.

'Out Of Gas'


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."


hippocampus - Oct 30, 2008 10:41:31 am PDT #7862 of 28414
not your mom's socks.

screeches into thread: Yearlong Poe Celebration, 2009

also? one of the toll booth operators I passed the other day was reading a book - I asked which one (slow toll) and she said "Twilight!" So me: "twinkly vampires?" Her: Yes! Isn't it wonderful?

I don't think downshifting them from sparkly to twinkly is destructive, per se. But it can't help. And I'll do that all I can.


DavidS - Oct 30, 2008 10:46:30 am PDT #7863 of 28414
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Anybody here familiar with the Boileau-Narcejac writing team?

They're the french writers who wrote Vertigo, the screenplay for Diabolique and the screenplay for Eyes Without a Face.

That's a pretty good resume.


lisah - Oct 30, 2008 10:48:31 am PDT #7864 of 28414
Punishingly Intricate

the screenplay for Eyes Without a Face.

oh, dang, now that frickin' Billy Idol song will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

I've never read Something Wicked This Way Comes . I wonder if it would freak my shit out too much.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 30, 2008 10:49:43 am PDT #7865 of 28414
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I read a really bizarre novel of theirs called (in translation) Choice Cuts.


Strix - Nov 04, 2008 2:39:25 pm PST #7866 of 28414
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Heh. I texted my little sister ( a bookseller) and was all "The internet is crackier than normal! I can't walk away!"

She's all calm: "I'm ignoring it. A new Robb, Kenyob and Hamilton all dropped today."

Me (temporarily diverted): Gentry or Anita?

Sis: Gentry. She hasn't slept with anyone is 160 pages!

Me: Did she die? (Would that stop her?)


Fay - Nov 04, 2008 8:13:11 pm PST #7867 of 28414
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Did she die? (Would that stop her?)

Granted I've only read the Anita Blakes, but I'm going to go with a no. It doesn't seem to stop most of Anita's acquaintances.


Strix - Nov 04, 2008 8:18:15 pm PST #7868 of 28414
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I have spoilers for the sexin' (my sis MAY read as fast as I do. Almost. Heh.)

She said no sexin till page 344 (I think 344).And Merry only had actual sporkin; with one person. Some foreplay, but monogamous sporkin'. She was doing a read and post, sex-wise. It kept me entertained.

She intimated there was ACTUAL PLOT.

It's a night of miracles.


Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2008 8:14:49 am PST #7869 of 28414
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Michael Crichton died.

I was way into Michael Crichton in high school. He was one of my favorite authors.


hippocampus - Nov 05, 2008 8:46:29 am PST #7870 of 28414
not your mom's socks.

crap. f*ck cancer.


sumi - Nov 05, 2008 10:59:09 am PST #7871 of 28414
Art Crawl!!!

Found this tidbit over at the sciffy site:

An original drawing of A.A. Milne's popular children's characters Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Piglet fetched 31,200 pounds ($50,000) at auction on Nov. 4 in London, the Reuters news service reported.