I really can't believe my work filters allowed me to view that page, then copy the link onto a coworkers facebook page. This job is awesome.
I'll be in my bunk.
Jayne ,'War Stories'
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."
erin_obscure - Aug 25, 2009 11:15:23 am PDT #9874 of 28385
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Shir - Aug 25, 2009 11:55:52 am PDT #9875 of 28385
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
You see? Karma.
Strix - Aug 27, 2009 3:40:21 pm PDT #9876 of 28385
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ooh, Patricia Briggs has two new books out. I got the new Alpha and Omega paperback today, as a sop to my tooth pulling paid. Will report when am done.
Pix - Aug 27, 2009 5:13:14 pm PDT #9877 of 28385
The status is NOT quo.
Two? Ooo. I already ordered A&O on my Kindle; what's the other one?
Strix - Aug 27, 2009 5:20:38 pm PDT #9878 of 28385
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It's the first in a Mercy Thompson graphic novel series.
sj - Aug 27, 2009 5:22:51 pm PDT #9879 of 28385
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
It's the first in a Mercy Thompson graphic novel series.
I noticed that today, and, of course, I am going to have to get it. I am halfway through Blood Bound right now, AIFG.
DavidS - Aug 28, 2009 8:02:02 pm PDT #9880 of 28385
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Interesting bit on urban fantasy dominating the science fiction/fantasy market.
Some of the comments suggest this trend (and Twilight) can be traced back to Buffy. (And I don't disagree.)
Publishing is so weird right now. I really thinking publishers don't understand their market anymore.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 29, 2009 6:32:30 am PDT #9881 of 28385
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Urban" fantasy? I'm not sure I get the term. Buffy was suburban if anything, and isn't Twilight semi-rural?
Are they using urban for modern-day?
Polter-Cow - Aug 29, 2009 6:35:54 am PDT #9882 of 28385
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Frank, basically. Urban fantasy is when you have a modern-day setting with a fantasy world bleeding into it, as opposed to LOTR or Narnia where the fantasy world is the primary setting.
Amy - Aug 29, 2009 6:38:30 am PDT #9883 of 28385
Because books.
Publishing is so weird right now. I really thinking publishers don't understand their market anymore.
Why? Expand on that?