Jesse, isn't "Live and Let Die" the one that obsesses about the "Chigroes", who are Chinese/Negro mulattoes? Ew. Maybe that was in Dr. No...
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
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."
Betsy HP - Apr 22, 2004 7:05:10 am PDT #2343 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Fred Pete - Apr 22, 2004 7:10:29 am PDT #2344 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Maybe that was in Dr. No...
That's my vague recollection. And Man with the Golden Gun had the "homosexuals can't whistle" bit.
Megan E. - Apr 22, 2004 7:12:05 am PDT #2345 of 10002
Well of Lost Plots, the third book in the Fforde series, was my favorite by far.
I bought this a while ago but haven't read it yet. I guess I should move it to the top of my TBR pile.
Betsy HP - Apr 22, 2004 7:12:15 am PDT #2346 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
And you know what? I STILL read them. I read James Bond. In my adolescence, I read Fu Manchu. I can overlook a lot. Shame on me.
Consuela - Apr 22, 2004 7:13:20 am PDT #2347 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read all the James Bond novels as a teen, same way I read all the Agatha Christie mysteries. I recall them being dated, but don't remember much else, except bogglement at how different they were from the movies.
Jesse - Apr 22, 2004 7:13:31 am PDT #2348 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, isn't "Live and Let Die" the one that obsesses about the "Chigroes", who are Chinese/Negro mulattoes? Ew.
Ew. As far as I got, it was all about Observing The Negro In His Native Environment. (I.e, Harlem) Lots of "dialect," and "Negresses" and whatnot.
Nutty - Apr 22, 2004 7:00:50 pm PDT #2349 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dr. No is probably the one Betsy's thinking of. Anyway, I'm pretty sure I never read Live and Let Die, and I remember the whole strange thing about the Chigroes. Then again, I also remember the extremely casual comment in one of those books about how emasculated American men are because they let their wives drive them places (presumably, to work).
You're not a REAL MAN until you've left your wife at home to walk to the grocery store.
beth b - Apr 22, 2004 9:03:12 pm PDT #2350 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Real women get groceries delivered
deborah grabien - Apr 22, 2004 9:06:30 pm PDT #2351 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
You're not a REAL MAN until you've left your wife at home to walk to the grocery store.
And presumably asked for condoms, beer and suppositories, followed by a Tim Allen-like belch...
Micole - Apr 23, 2004 10:14:29 am PDT #2352 of 10002
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
I just got an Amazon.ca order, which is making me very happy. It includes an A.S. Byatt collection I did not realize was actually coming out in the U.S. this month, until I saw it in a bookstore yesterday. I have mixed feelings about this mistake. Because, you know, money. Also, the American edition is prettier. But it's not black. I feel this is problematic for a book called The Little Black Book of Stories.