Something embarrassing and caused by her own stupidity (tries hard but can't think of something appropriate).

I'm reading A. Lee Martinez' "Gil's All Fright Diner", and if you haven't read it, READ IT NOW. (Well, after Jilli's book. Finish that *first*, then GET THIS.)

It has zombie cows. They have a hard time being zombies, as their teeth are wrong. Mostly the head-butt people and then step on them.

I think zombie cows would be a fitting addition to any fic involving the Creator of the Sparkly.

(I can tell Jilli is giving me The Look: I don't care how much you plead, or how much Mickie threatens me - I will not buy, much less wear, the men's Sparkly Skin Lotion stuff from Hot Topic. NO.)

I think zombie cows would be a fitting addition to any fic involving the Creator of the Sparkly.

It'd be even better if she were a vegetarian.

Gil's All Fright Diner

Sounds fun. I've added it to my bookmooch list. Thanks for the suggestion!

Zombie cows take up people-tipping?

Zombie cows take up people-tipping?

Well, it starts that way. Duke (the werewolf) thinks they'll eventually move to "attempted people eating" - zombies are, after all, brain-ovores.

It's a very Douglas Adams-meets-Supernatural sort of Americana horror/schlock fest. It's so much fun to read.

Oh, and Pig Latin is the powerful spell-casting language.

Loving the Wuthering Heights discussion as I'm almost done reading the book at this very point in time. Somehow I never read it, though I was an English major (shocking, right?). Anyway, I'm loving it. It's just so fucked up. I'm sad I didn't read it in high school as I think I would really have loved it then. We just saw the '39 version of WH on the big screen, which prompted me to read the book. Minor nit, but I think Nelly found the hanging dog before it was dead. The intent was certainly to kill it, but I think it survived.

oh my ... a friend of mine refuses to have a TV but does have a little DVD player and had been getting DVDs of various classic movies she'd loved and wanted to watch. This project has been complicated by the fact that her husband insists it's not safe to use a credit card on any online sites (which means they can't have Netflix). Well, I gave her a DVD of Wuthering Heights (the 1939 version, which is what she'd wanted) as a present ... only I hadn't read the information closely. Turns out it came with Korean subtitles, which she found kind of disconcerting.

A while ago I mentioned my friend had written a zombie political thriller. She just sold it.

FEED is a book about politics, corruption, presidential campaigns, journalism, integrity, escapism, the traditional news media, and how Livejournal saved the world from the living dead. It's about reporters, writers, idiots who like to poke dangerous things with sticks, the things that keep them together, and the things that tear them apart.

It's also about, well, zombies. Lots of zombies. What happens to a society when it has to live with the constant threat of zombies. What that does to the entertainment industry. To social patterns. To clothing styles. To the way that people interact. To funeral rites. Basically, it's an unholy cross between TRANSMETROPOLITAN and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, with a little FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS on the side.

It is very Buffista-friendly. (I have read it, and it is AWESOME.)

Oh, I lurrrved Gil's All-Fright Diner. All sorts of fun!

Stephenie Meyer. How much damage hath she done to the vampire "genre"?

gnnng. Do you really want me to go into the rant, or should I just go sulk in front of my two bookcases full of vampire books?