I just finished reading The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper. It's her memoir of growing up in Liberia in the seventies, before the civil war, and then going back as an adult. I thought it was great -- she's great at managing to get both the stuff that seems important to a kid and the stuff that was important in the government to all flow together into something coherent.
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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. - Mar 19, 2009 4:50:56 pm PDT #8609 of 28431
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
beth b - Mar 19, 2009 6:39:54 pm PDT #8610 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Dana - Mar 19, 2009 6:42:07 pm PDT #8611 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
How cool would it be for Neil Gaiman to win both the Newberry and the Hugo for the same book?
beth b - Mar 19, 2009 7:17:43 pm PDT #8612 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
he's got some stiff competition this year. But it would be very cool.
Strix - Mar 23, 2009 5:02:03 pm PDT #8613 of 28431
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Has anyone read any Richard K Morgan? I got a rec for him lately, and it looks interesting. Any takes?
Consuela - Mar 23, 2009 5:47:04 pm PDT #8614 of 28431
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
He's a Brit SF writer who's won some awards. I haven't read any of his novels, but they've generally been well-reviewed.
Strix - Mar 23, 2009 6:17:30 pm PDT #8615 of 28431
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I may have to give the a whirl, see what I think.
Thanks, Suela
Jessica - Mar 24, 2009 3:38:17 am PDT #8616 of 28431
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've read him - he's fun. Not terribly deep, but good solid hard SF actiony stuff.
[eta that I wasn't a huge fan of Thirteen, even as I appreciated the worldbuilding. But the Takeshi Kovacs novels and his two Black Widow graphic novels I like quite a bit.]
Polter-Cow - Mar 24, 2009 9:15:27 am PDT #8617 of 28431
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Courtesy of 'Suela, this is epic. Someone wrote a "tribute" sequel to Breaking Dawn (about Jacob) AND IS SELLING IT ON EBAY. And she sees nothing wrong with that. Nor does her publisher. It's astounding.
Steph L. - Mar 24, 2009 10:16:58 am PDT #8618 of 28431
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, my favorite part of that whole thing is the author's interpretation of copyright law.
"Characters are only copyrightable if their creator draws them or hires an artist to draw them."
WHAT.
The crazy, it burns.