actually have a side reading list is a great idea -- if even for future papers down the road that the kids need to do.
Welcome to the Hellmouth petting zoo.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
beth b - Apr 14, 2004 11:45:22 am PDT #2235 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Kate P. - Apr 14, 2004 11:45:35 am PDT #2236 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
"We Can Get Them For You Wholesale" is the title, Dana; isn't there also a Philip K. Dick story with a very similar title? I really love "Murder Mysteries" as well.
Dana - Apr 14, 2004 11:48:04 am PDT #2237 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
isn't there also a Philip K. Dick story with a very similar title?
Yeah, must be. I knew the title was very close to something famous.
Strix - Apr 14, 2004 11:56:09 am PDT #2238 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I remember the "Wholesale" story vaguely; I need to recheck the book out.
Oh, gee, what onerous homework for this weekend! What's the name of the collection -- is it "Smoke and Mirrors?"
I've glad you guys like the idea for the site, although I'm nervous: the only coding I've done is the tags on here! But I suppose I can do Dreamweaver or something; there are plenty of juicy Buffista brains to pick in August.
I have to take a Stats class this summer. I will not be thinking about fall classes until after I ride THAT dragon. Ugh.
Polter-Cow - Apr 14, 2004 12:16:23 pm PDT #2239 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maybe the one...it's called something like "We Can Get It For You Wholesale", but I think I'm conflating it.
I love that one. It's in my copy of Neverwhere.
isn't there also a Philip K. Dick story with a very similar title
"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," upon which Total Recall was based.
What's the name of the collection -- is it "Smoke and Mirrors?"
Yes.
There's a short story collection I have, with young adult short stories of the supernatural variety. It's called Short Circuits. "Ethan Unbound," by Gary L. Blackwood, might work. It takes place in a library.
Ginger - Apr 14, 2004 12:17:17 pm PDT #2240 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
M.F.K. Fisher's "The Lost, Strayed, Stolen" is my ultimate ghost story. When I went to see if it was available, I found it was in The Literary Ghost: Great Contemporary Ghost Stories, which has some other great stuff. There's also Poe ("The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Masque of the Red Death"), Ray Bradbury and M.R. James, pretty much the father of modern ghost story.
bon bon - Apr 14, 2004 12:30:58 pm PDT #2241 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
"The Supernatural in Literature."
Gothic novels, e.g., The Monk, The Mysteries of Udolpho, or The Italian.
Strix - Apr 14, 2004 12:38:17 pm PDT #2242 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Poe is on my list -- the one that's written down at home, not the malfunctioning one ni my head. Cool.
BB, if I do a novel, it would have to be a short one. The unit would be about 6 weeks long.
deborah grabien - Apr 14, 2004 12:40:15 pm PDT #2243 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
BB, if I do a novel, it would have to be a short one.
Is Dracula too long? Because there's the whole Victorian terror of female sexuality as a subtext.
bon bon - Apr 14, 2004 1:03:00 pm PDT #2244 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I forgot it was a short section. Those are sexy novels, but pretty dense. Bright students will like them.
Erin, where do you live again? KCK?