You see? Karma.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
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."
Shir - Aug 25, 2009 11:55:52 am PDT #9875 of 28769
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Strix - Aug 27, 2009 3:40:21 pm PDT #9876 of 28769
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 28769
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 28769
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 28769
"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 28769
"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 28769
"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 28769
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 28769
Because books.
Publishing is so weird right now. I really thinking publishers don't understand their market anymore.
Why? Expand on that?
beth b - Aug 29, 2009 12:42:43 pm PDT #9884 of 28769
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Wasn't charles de lint before Buffy I think of him as the urban fantasy writer