Yeah, and look how you turned out Amy. WRITING that smut!!
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
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."
flea - Apr 17, 2009 8:11:07 am PDT #8886 of 28476
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Amy - Apr 17, 2009 8:13:42 am PDT #8887 of 28476
Because books.
Oh god, it all makes sense now ...
Barb - Apr 17, 2009 8:24:55 am PDT #8888 of 28476
“Not dead yet!”
Oh god, it all makes sense now ...
But... but... what about me? WIFEY totally trumps FOREVER in terms of the smut factor.
Was I impervious?
I feel like such a failure.
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2009 8:26:15 am PDT #8889 of 28476
brillig
All of Judy Blume was suspect when I was a kid.
Amy - Apr 17, 2009 8:33:32 am PDT #8890 of 28476
Because books.
But... but... what about me?
I think I write more actual smut than you, baby. ::smirks::
Barb - Apr 17, 2009 8:35:04 am PDT #8891 of 28476
“Not dead yet!”
That's what I mean! Where did I fail?
I suck (no pun intended) at the smut.
I have, however, been informed that I do "elegantly sensual" very well, which is all well and good, but you know, sometimes, you just wanna hit the smut factor.
Amy - Apr 17, 2009 8:38:21 am PDT #8892 of 28476
Because books.
Sadly, sometimes I can hit nothing but ...
Laga - Apr 17, 2009 10:35:56 am PDT #8893 of 28476
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
we were passing around VC Andrews in 5th grade. leh.
DavidS - Apr 19, 2009 3:18:33 pm PDT #8894 of 28476
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What a loss. I think he's not only one of the three or four most important science fiction writers, I think he's simply been one of the best post-war novelists to come out of Britain.
His insight into media and our culture were profound and very influential on me.
DavidS - Apr 19, 2009 5:08:56 pm PDT #8895 of 28476
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bruce Sterling describing Ballard's status:
In the circle of American science fiction writers of my generation — cyberpunks and humanists and so forth — [Ballard] was a towering figure. We used to have bitter struggles over who was more Ballardian than whom. We knew we were not fit to polish the man’s boots, and we were scarcely able to understand how we could get to a position to do work which he might respect or stand, but at least we were able to see the peak of achievement that he had reached.