Tongue in cheek post outlining the vetting process for Oprah's Book Club.
snerk.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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."
Hil R. - Jan 02, 2009 7:11:02 am PST #8222 of 28431
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Consuela - Jan 02, 2009 7:47:27 am PST #8223 of 28431
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Donald Westlake wrote a number of very funny books. What a shame.
Barb - Jan 02, 2009 7:50:25 am PST #8224 of 28431
“Not dead yet!”
Question for the literary hivemind (and forgive ahead of time, my ignorance in the matter): Are there any well-known/iconic vampire novels where the lead character/heroine is the vampire?
Calli - Jan 02, 2009 7:56:40 am PST #8225 of 28431
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Are their any well-known/iconic vampire novels where the lead character/heroine is the vampire?
I don't know if it's well-known or iconic, but Steven Brust's Agyar might qualify.
Jessica - Jan 02, 2009 7:56:50 am PST #8226 of 28431
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Other than Anne Rice, you mean?
[Or did you mean specifically books with female protagonists?]
Barb - Jan 02, 2009 8:00:35 am PST #8227 of 28431
“Not dead yet!”
[Or did you mean specifically books with female protagonists?]
Where the female protagonist IS the vampire. When you say Anne Rice, do you mean Queen of the Damned?
Jessica - Jan 02, 2009 8:02:21 am PST #8228 of 28431
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That's trickier, then. I did just see a really good movie with a female vampire as the lead, but I can't think of any books off the top of my head.
[eta: According to IMDB, Let The Right One In IS based on a Swedish book of the same title.]
Calli - Jan 02, 2009 8:03:37 am PST #8229 of 28431
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oh, I read "lead character" but not the "heroine" part. Agyar's from a male PoV, sorry.
Jessica - Jan 02, 2009 8:04:21 am PST #8230 of 28431
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, I read "lead character" but not the "heroine" part.
This. Even QotD is mostly a Lestat book.
Barb - Jan 02, 2009 8:05:05 am PST #8231 of 28431
“Not dead yet!”
This. Even QotD is mostly a Lestat book.
That's what I thought.