Pfft.
I'm tired of vampires and zombies.
I think it's time for a revival of arch super criminals like Fantomas or Dr. Mabuse or Diabolik.
Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
Faith ,'End of Days'
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."
DavidS - Sep 02, 2009 9:27:21 am PDT #9905 of 28385
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Strega - Sep 02, 2009 9:28:19 am PDT #9906 of 28385
Oh! That reminds me that the killer unicorn book finally came out last week. I can't believe I forgot about that. I need to start putting these important events on my calendar.
Steph L. - Sep 02, 2009 9:29:51 am PDT #9907 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Barb, that description reads like someone took a handful of words that describe the trends/content of paranormal fiction and just threw them at a computer to see which ones would stick. Not just battling a Frankenstein monster, but battling a Frankenstein monster for the werewolf mob! Not just battling a Frankenstein monster for the werewolf mob, but battling a Frankenstein monster for the werewolf mob while rescuing her lover from vampires! And the lover, incidentally, apparently dowses for the dead? Or IS dead and dowses (while dead)?
Paranormal word salad.
DavidS - Sep 02, 2009 9:29:58 am PDT #9908 of 28385
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That reminds me that the killer unicorn book finally came out last week.
Ooh, speaking of killer unicorns I was watching The Abominable Dr. Phibes yesterday (and if you haven't seen it, you all should as it's super stylish art deco gothic mayhem and archly funny) and the Death By Unicorn scene was flippin' hilarious.
Barb - Sep 02, 2009 9:30:17 am PDT #9909 of 28385
“Not dead yet!”
What's making me crazy is the relentless mashing together of all the different monsters-- it's like vampires alone are no longer good enough. There has to be vampires + werewolves + Frankenstein monster + wereslugs + the mob + slayers + investigative agencies + Mary Kay ladies, et al.
I like your idea, Hec.
ETA: Clearly, Teppy and I share a brain.
Steph L. - Sep 02, 2009 9:31:07 am PDT #9910 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What's making me crazy is the relentless mashing together of all the different monsters-- it's like vampires alone are no longer good enough.
::cough::
t edit I ::coughed:: too soon!
StuntHusband - Sep 02, 2009 9:31:55 am PDT #9911 of 28385
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
I ADORE those two movies. I've owned them FOREVER (actually, my 2nd and 3rd DVD purchases, after "Dark City")
Barb - Sep 02, 2009 9:32:30 am PDT #9912 of 28385
“Not dead yet!”
I ::coughed:: too soon!
x-posty goodness!
Polter-Cow - Sep 02, 2009 9:34:13 am PDT #9913 of 28385
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm tired of vampires and zombies.
Time for faeries!
That reminds me that the killer unicorn book finally came out last week.
Dude. I see it is called Rampant. And is YA. The excerpt is not terribly compelling, but it does have killer unicorns...
Barb, that description reads like someone took a handful of words that describe the trends/content of paranormal fiction and just threw them at a computer to see which ones would stick.
It really does sound like Paranormal Fiction Mad Libs.
Barb - Sep 02, 2009 9:36:11 am PDT #9914 of 28385
“Not dead yet!”
Dude. I see it is called Rampant. And is YA. The excerpt is not terribly compelling, but it does have killer unicorns...
::sigh::
That book depresses the shit out of me. (The author is A Nemesis with a massive superiority complex.) She got a huge deal for that book and to add insult to injury, it released on my birthday.
I just wish they'd left it with the crappy cover they initially designed for it. Because I'm mean that way.