* Wherein THING= Hiroshima, limited edition Joy Division record, episode of the Smurfs, short-lived pseudo-obscure sitcom from the ’80s, 8-track tapes.
Excellent!
Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
'Serenity'
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."
Jon B. - May 07, 2009 5:06:28 am PDT #9088 of 28406
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
erikaj - May 07, 2009 9:19:27 am PDT #9089 of 28406
Always Anti-fascist!
Bwah...
Steph L. - May 07, 2009 12:03:17 pm PDT #9090 of 28406
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh dear god, Anathem is breaking my brain. I haven't read anything this dense in a long time.
I had to stop reading when Orolo got volcano-ed. In retrospect, it's not surprising, and had to happen, narratively, but it still freaked me out.
And -- is Laterre supposed to be Earth? Because the phonetic spelling of some of the words that Jules Verne uses are for French words. Not to mention his name being all literary and shit.
Not finished yet. They're just about to head into space.
Tom Scola - May 07, 2009 12:05:44 pm PDT #9091 of 28406
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yes, Steph, that guy is from that place.
Steph L. - May 07, 2009 12:09:04 pm PDT #9092 of 28406
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yes, Steph, that guy is from that place.
Heh. Which is making me wonder WTF his food is. Not to mention what the people from Arbre look like, given how they describe *him* as looking almost like them but enough unlike to be disturbing. If he's from Earth, then he looks like, well, we do, which would mean that the Arbre folks must look slightly Uncanny Valley-esque. Hmm.
Tom Scola - May 07, 2009 12:21:29 pm PDT #9093 of 28406
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Not finished yet. They're just about to
Oooh. You're just starting the confusing part...
Steph L. - May 07, 2009 12:29:12 pm PDT #9094 of 28406
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You're just starting the confusing part...
Oh, good. Because the rest of it has been so clear.
Clear as mud.
I really am enjoying it; but like I said, it's so freaking dense.
Jessica - May 07, 2009 3:08:40 pm PDT #9095 of 28406
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oooh. You're just starting the confusing part...
Hee.
OMG I love that book so much.
Steph L. - May 07, 2009 3:12:06 pm PDT #9096 of 28406
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Done.
My brain hurts.
Kathy A - May 11, 2009 1:14:15 pm PDT #9097 of 28406
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My company's charitable committee is having its annual sale to benefit a charity--this year, it's books, so I volunteered to organize our donations. I love organizing books, so that was fun, but it had the side-benefit of having first (or maybe second, after whoever put them downstairs) look-see at the selection.
I picked out hardcovers of David Sedaris's Me Talk Pretty One Day and his latest, a paperback of Persepolis, and the latest Stephen King short story collection in paperback.
Score!!!
At the last booksale, I got Time Travelers Wife in hardcover, Ragtime, and Fatherland, for which I spent a grand total of $5. This year's batch will cost me $6.