Buffistas

See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.

Oz ,'First Date'

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."

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Calli - Mar 03, 2006 4:04:36 am PST #89 of 28061

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I guess this is fairly literary. At least as literary as slug eating. Anyway, New Orleans public libraries are trying to restock and are asking for book donations--hardcover or paperback. The staff will assess which titles will be designated for its collections. The rest will be distributed to destitute families or sold for library fundraising.

If you have books that you were meaning to get rid of at some point anyway, please consider sending them to:

Rica A. Trigs, Public Relations
New Orleans Public Library
219 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112

If you tell the postal worker that the books are going to NO libraries, you may get the library rate, which is somewhat less than the media rate.

brenda m - Mar 03, 2006 4:08:34 am PST #90 of 28061

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh yay, that's a fabulous idea. Maybe it's time for a culling.

Dana - Mar 03, 2006 6:02:19 am PST #91 of 28061

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

You may want to check the library website for details. I can't bear to let the board convert this to a link, since the website is http://nutrias.org/

Kathy A - Mar 03, 2006 9:31:03 am PST #92 of 28061

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Looking for suggestions for a birthday gift for tomorrow. Guy's a 41 year old Trekkie/LotR/Firefly geek who also likes the Harry Potter books and Douglas Adams, but I'm not too sure if he does a lot of SF reading. I'm looking for a few paperbacks that are relatively new that he has a good chance of not having already read.

Any ideas?

Hayden - Mar 03, 2006 9:36:22 am PST #93 of 28061

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Is he a heavy reader? 'Cause go with Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon or the first volume of The System Of The World trilogy (which is Quicksilver) if so.

DXMachina - Mar 03, 2006 9:36:37 am PST #94 of 28061

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Never mind. Didn't read the whole thing.

Kate P. - Mar 03, 2006 9:45:42 am PST #95 of 28061

That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

What about the new Bujold series? The Curse of Chalion, The Paladin of Souls, and is there one more? I might have the titles wrong. Alternatively, if he likes Tolkein, he might also like Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (which I just read recently and LOVED).

Kathy A - Mar 03, 2006 9:56:43 am PST #96 of 28061

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I know he doesn't own a lot of books, but he loves the ones he does have. Kate, the Jonathan Strange one, what is that about, and is it really Tolkien-esque?

Hayden - Mar 03, 2006 10:07:10 am PST #97 of 28061

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Here's my short review on it. It isn't Tolkien-esque, but it's great. In fact, I point out in the review that it's better than Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.

Jon B. - Mar 03, 2006 10:08:51 am PST #98 of 28061

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

FAQWife liked Jonathan Strange.

That's all I got.

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