I'll add Woman in White to my list of books to load on my Palm. I'm surprised at how un-Victorian the language is in Moonstone. Some Victorian-era books are pretty stuffy, but this has a sense of humor--though I'm wondering how much of what I perceive as clever is intentional. Such as the butler's reliance on Robinson Crusoe as a source of wisdom.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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."
Connie Neil - Mar 11, 2009 6:12:46 am PDT #8574 of 28431
brillig
Ginger - Mar 11, 2009 6:26:00 am PDT #8575 of 28431
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Such as the butler's reliance on Robinson Crusoe as a source of wisdom.
I'm pretty sure that's intentional. Even Defoe was mocking Crusoe a lot of the time.
Tom Scola - Mar 13, 2009 5:59:51 am PDT #8576 of 28431
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Naked Woman as Described in a Sci-Fi Novel
A very WTF excerpt from a sci-fi fantasy novel entitled “Silk and Steel.”
Jon B. - Mar 13, 2009 7:15:18 am PDT #8577 of 28431
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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Laga - Mar 13, 2009 11:11:48 am PDT #8578 of 28431
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
A very WTF excerpt from a sci-fi fantasy novel entitled “Silk and Steel.”
shouldn't it be: "Her pubes were a field of wheat after the harvest."?
and might I add, ouch!
Typo Boy - Mar 13, 2009 11:41:18 am PDT #8579 of 28431
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.
§ ita § - Mar 13, 2009 11:51:39 am PDT #8580 of 28431
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"You are quite beautiful, Princess Bronwyn," Spikengard sang...
Jaysus.
Toddson - Mar 13, 2009 11:58:16 am PDT #8581 of 28431
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Somebody needs to confiscate his thesaurus. Also his computer or any writing implement in reach.
beth b - Mar 15, 2009 1:14:02 pm PDT #8582 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I never read the Blue Sword until today, I am sorry to say. Now If only it could erase some fo the bad fantasy I've read...
Beverly - Mar 15, 2009 3:15:11 pm PDT #8583 of 28431
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Beth, try The Door in the Hedge (my favorite--short stories) and The Hero and the Crown. And of course, her classic, Beauty. Those are my favorites of hers.