Yep, that's the end.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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 - Jul 21, 2009 1:57:08 am PDT #9689 of 28394
information libertarian
Calli - Jul 21, 2009 2:06:15 am PDT #9690 of 28394
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Huh. OK, thanks, flea.
Miracleman - Jul 21, 2009 3:57:47 am PDT #9691 of 28394
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I first read sci-fi when I was...5 or 6. Elementary school library had a copy of "Star Beast" by Heinlein. One of his YA type books, but I was hooked.
Funny, thinking about it, as I can't stand Heinlein now.
sj - Jul 21, 2009 4:00:46 am PDT #9692 of 28394
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Other than the Narnia series, I didn't read much Scifi as a kid. That changed as an adult with Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
Volans - Jul 21, 2009 5:57:58 am PDT #9693 of 28394
move out and draw fire
I was lucky, as it turns out - we had a Carnegie library in my town, so even though there was no science fiction or fantasy in my parents' extensive library, I was never more than 3 blocks away from everything I could want.
I was late to the Andre Norton though (midschool), because she was on the top shelf and I couldn't reach them for a long time.
Fay - Jul 21, 2009 6:22:26 am PDT #9694 of 28394
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Aww, Andre Norton. I think the first one of hers I read was CatsEye.
Got an email a few years ago from Misty Lackey (God knows how I happened to be on her email list?) saying that Norton was really ill & feeling very bleak about her writing & having not achieved anything, and asking if people would email her if they HAD loved her books. I sent a long email about how I'd adored her SF books as a teen, and how they'd shaped my mental landscape and all that jazz - and being a teacher & passing on a love of literature now etc etc. But seeing Norton's name now always makes me feel sad for her.
Beverly - Jul 21, 2009 8:06:56 am PDT #9695 of 28394
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
One of my most treasured possessions is a letter on mint green stationery printed with a statue of Bastet, typed on an old manual that threw a couple of letters above the line. The envelope has a smear of lipstick on the flap. I'd mentioned a couple of experiences with the cat in my life at the time, and asked a question about the ordering of her High Halleck and The Dales novels.
It's a lovely, chatty letter, signed by Norton herself.
I also have a postcard with a photo of Bill Cosby in a bush taken by Dennis Hopper, with a hand printed reference to a comment I'd made--"No, not Crosby, COsby"--and signed by him, but that's neither here nor there.
Toddson - Jul 21, 2009 9:03:22 am PDT #9696 of 28394
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
aw ... I loved Andre Norton's books. And I think some of them set examples of man/woman relationships that were a lot more equal than the real-life ones I saw during the '50s.
Does Gerald Durrell count as historical?
Lawrence Durrell? I think Gerald wrote about animals ....
Ginger - Jul 21, 2009 9:33:55 am PDT #9697 of 28394
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My first crush on a book character was on Ross Murdoch in Norton's Time Trader books.
Connie Neil - Jul 21, 2009 9:34:20 am PDT #9698 of 28394
brillig
I've been thinking I need to get some books out of the library. Time to re-read Andre.