it's sort of Microserfs for artsies.
Ooh, I love Microserfs. And Generation X. I'll have to keep my eye out for this Brust book.
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
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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."
Polter-Cow - Apr 27, 2004 6:47:03 pm PDT #2425 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
deborah grabien - Apr 27, 2004 9:19:26 pm PDT #2426 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Which? People keep telling me to read Tanith Lee but I don't know where to start.
Placing my vote for The Birthgrave and my alltime favourite of hers, Kill the Dead. There's something so charming about irony when it's genuinely loving.
hun_e - Apr 27, 2004 9:40:22 pm PDT #2427 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
a couple of books by Tanith Lee
I remember reading some of her books when I was younger, they were kind of shorter sf-ey kind of books, but really well written... everything I've seen of hers in a while isn't what I remember... does anyone else remember this, or am I losing it?
Also, I am *finally* finished my last semester so am looking for some non-school type reading. I would love some sort of fantasy-type books, along the lines of Mary Stewart's Merlin/Arthur books, maybe similar subject matter (no Guinevere, though, thanks)- although I know there are few out there to parallel Stewart's fabulousness in the genre.
Gris - Apr 27, 2004 9:58:49 pm PDT #2428 of 10002
Hey. New board.
I have Quicksilver and The Confusion sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read.
Very annoying, this time lack thing.
Considering I'm the only person I know who's read Cryptonomicon three times, I clearly NEED to read them.
dcp - Apr 27, 2004 10:04:00 pm PDT #2429 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I've read Cryptonomicon at least three times, and it is still ROFL funny.
Quicksilver I am still kinda "meh" about, I'll re-read in a couple of months and see if I like it any better. Mostly it made me want to go read Gleick's biography of Isaac Newton, and look for a bio of Hooke, just to see how much liberty Stephenson took with his portrayal of them.
JoeCrow - Apr 27, 2004 10:56:49 pm PDT #2430 of 10002
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
My Tanith Lee starter kit would begin with "Night's Master" and continue through the Flat Earth series, with maybe a brief stop in her "The Wars of Vis" trilogy (Storm Lord, Anackire and The White Serpent). Just beautiful stuff.
Y'know what I miss? That whole late 70's/early 80's New Wave fantasy stuff. Tanith Lee, Jo Clayton, Eric Lustbader (before he started sucking), all that stuff that seemed to get sparked by Mike Moorcock's Elric books. I really liked those lush fantastic worlds they showed me. That's really what kept me going when I ran out of RE Howard books to read.
Also with the mad Brust fannage. Agyar was of the yum. Also, you Cowboy Feng haters are clearly mad. (Unfortunately, Comrade Brust must be included in this sweeping polemic.)
As for neat Arthurian stuff, if you can find it, grab Dave Drake's "The Dragon Lord". Before he sank into the Mil/SF churning machine, the dude wrote some interesting stuff. I thought it had an intriguing take on the story.
Hey, wasn't Chris Pike the guy who wrote those Tripod novels a ways back? YA SF, post alien invasion, kinda War of the Worlds-ish? They were good.
edited for title screwup
Gris - Apr 27, 2004 11:45:19 pm PDT #2431 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Hey, wasn't Chris Pike the guy who wrote those Tripod novels a ways back? YA SF, post alien invasion, kinda War of the Worlds-ish? They were good.
That was John Christopher. They were awesome. Also, Tim Minear would like to adapt the story of the Tripods into a feature, according to the latest Q&A on his website. Which would make me unbelievably happy.
JoeCrow - Apr 28, 2004 12:49:29 am PDT #2432 of 10002
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
I knew there was a Chris in there somewhere. Tim's adaptation would also bring the happy this way. So, who do we have to kill?
deborah grabien - Apr 28, 2004 5:47:22 am PDT #2433 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Just beautiful stuff
It really is, especially Storm Lord. Epic fantasy almost always makes me want to kill someone, I loathe it that deeply, but Lee's just worked for me.
The short sci-fi novels - would those be Drinking Sapphire Wine and Don't Bite the Sun? I remember them as fun, but without her usual power. More flip, and surface.
JohnSweden - Apr 28, 2004 6:02:35 am PDT #2434 of 10002
I can't even.
Y'know what I miss? That whole late 70's/early 80's New Wave fantasy stuff. Tanith Lee, Jo Clayton, Eric Lustbader (before he started sucking), all that stuff that seemed to get sparked by Mike Moorcock's Elric books. I really liked those lush fantastic worlds they showed me. That's really what kept me going when I ran out of RE Howard books to read.
P.C. Hodgell too? I love that stuff.
Also with the mad Brust fannage. Agyar was of the yum. Also, you Cowboy Feng haters are clearly mad. (Unfortunately, Comrade Brust must be included in this sweeping polemic.)
Right on, with the Brust fannage. Steve has some ideas about his work that I find a bit odd. He hates Yendi, for example and says that Orca was his attempt to fix Yendi. Yendi was the book that make me realize Jhereg was no fluke and I'd be buying this guy's stuff for as long as he wanted to put it out there.