I had no idea there was any confusion over the meaning of bemused until quite recently.
shakes head.
Now I'm imagining Queen Victoria saying: "We are not bemused."
And then slaying a demon.
You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.
Tracy ,'The Message'
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."
Fay - Jul 12, 2009 5:23:36 pm PDT #9585 of 28404
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
erikaj - Jul 12, 2009 5:25:33 pm PDT #9586 of 28404
Always Anti-fascist!
She could slay, she just didn't like to.
Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2009 8:29:36 pm PDT #9587 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Abraham Lincoln - Zombie Emancipator!
Actually, the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author's next book is about Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer.
Calli - Jul 13, 2009 1:58:06 am PDT #9588 of 28404
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
She could slay, she just didn't like to.
She was an empress of the largest empire in human history. Surely she had people for that.
Volans - Jul 13, 2009 5:08:55 am PDT #9589 of 28404
move out and draw fire
I have it on good authority (ok, Neil Gaiman) that the British royalty, far from being demon hunters, were in fact Lovecraftian gods.
Jessica - Jul 13, 2009 5:10:22 am PDT #9590 of 28404
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Abe Lincoln, Zombie Hunter sends me to a very happy Amazing Screw-On Head place.
Fay - Jul 13, 2009 6:32:48 am PDT #9591 of 28404
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
And of course Queen Victoria was a werewolf, not a demon hunter!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2009 6:35:52 am PDT #9592 of 28404
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Abe Lincoln, Zombie Hunter sends me to a very happy Amazing Screw-On Head place.
I continue to show that to people, and they are always "Why didn't this get made into a series?"
Sigh.
Kat - Jul 13, 2009 5:25:48 pm PDT #9593 of 28404
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amy (it was you, right?) and Jesse, I just finished The Thirteenth Tale. I would love to hear what you think as I had a hard transition from Julia Glass who has spare prose to the book and I think it may have colored how I felt about the story.
Amy - Jul 13, 2009 5:59:39 pm PDT #9594 of 28404
Because books.
Too ... purple for you, Kat? I didn't really think so, but it did take me a few pages to get into the sort of more formal, old-fashioned style.
What irked about the story?