Is that the Hunger Games one?
Mal: Go on. Get in there. Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. River: He takes so much looking after.
'Objects In Space'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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Amy - Aug 25, 2010 4:37:13 pm PDT #13130 of 30002
Because books.
Juliebird - Aug 25, 2010 4:45:52 pm PDT #13131 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Peter S. Beagle. The Last Unicorn. Local library. IJS.
I really don't think you'll regret it. I don't think you'd regret it if you watched the also excellent animated movie. This is one of my childhood loves that didn't change a jot in my heart when watching it as an adult (with the judicious usage of the fast-forward button).
Movie before book is my rec, because the movie is still one of my favorites, and the book just expands on the richness. Schmendrick is extra tragic in the book. Just fast-forward through Mia Farrow and Jeff Bridges singing and you'll be golden. Both movie and novel are funny, terrifying, romantic, tragic, whimsical. And the animation of the movie is pretty great and has some fantastic music by America.
Juliebird - Aug 25, 2010 4:48:00 pm PDT #13132 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
No, Hunger Games is the DCBB fusion trinityofone has coming up.
Juliebird - Aug 25, 2010 5:01:19 pm PDT #13133 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
ita, that maybe came across as pushy, and admittedly perhaps inspired a creepy desire to hunt down your mailing address and mail you a copy of the book. Just ignore me.
sumi - Aug 25, 2010 7:10:01 pm PDT #13134 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!
Ring of salt - barrier to demons and ghosts.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 25, 2010 8:23:20 pm PDT #13135 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The very best of fanfic can transcend unfamiliarity with the source material. (Yahtzee's "Goodnight Moon" remains the most moving crossover story I've read despite my knowing nothing about Joan of Arcadia that couldn't be gleaned from the promos back when it was airing and holding The Day After Tomorrow in bemused contempt.) If it's really good, it should stand on its own merit without requiring background homework.
Anne W. - Aug 26, 2010 1:47:46 am PDT #13136 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
"Goodnight Moon" broke me in all the best ways, and my familiarity with the source material was on a par with Matt's.
Popping in here to rec all the stars I've loved. It's a very short (probably less than 1,000 words) but very evocative story about the legends that might spring up in the decades after the apocalypse.
Amy - Aug 26, 2010 6:47:34 am PDT #13137 of 30002
Because books.
The first crossroads demon was definitely my favorite.
Um, I'm sure everyone was dying to know that.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2010 6:51:53 am PDT #13138 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The last crossroads demon is my favourite. The first is my second favourite.
Julie, I'll add the movie to my Netflix queue. I'm in the middle of two books and innumerable fics, so the book itself will have to wait. But then I'll try the fic out.
Anne, I loved that story. The sort that makes me sad, but in a good way.
Amy - Aug 26, 2010 6:54:14 am PDT #13139 of 30002
Because books.
By last, do you mean "king of" or the guy Sam talked to? Because I forgot about him, darn it.