Right and that would further Petunia's romance with Snape, because of the revenge factor, and maybe she secretly had a crush on Snape too (them both being somewhat of misfits), but he and Lily got together so she either pretended to hate him or did and thus refers to him as "that horrible boy" or whatever
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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."
hun_e - Apr 29, 2004 3:08:55 pm PDT #2525 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
meara - Apr 29, 2004 7:56:55 pm PDT #2526 of 10002
The YA book with cloned girls named Anna was called, I believe, Anna to the Infinite Power by Mildred Ames, and socked me hard in the 5th grade. See Amazon:
Good god, I'd entirely forgotten this book! Now I want to read it again.
There was a lot of talk in SF circles starting about 12 years or so ago about the "disappearance of the mid-list" and about how it was increasingly harder for even established writers like Spider Robinson to get books published.
Almost all of his stuff was out of print for awhile...back when I started reading him adn couldn't find any of it. And of course, once I'd managed to amass a collection after years of haunting used bookstores, THEN they reprinted all of it. (And I agree with those who think he went downhill)
beth b - Apr 29, 2004 8:32:07 pm PDT #2527 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
so there is a bunch of Sutcliff at the library -- which is a good one to start with?
Wolfram - Apr 29, 2004 8:36:07 pm PDT #2528 of 10002
Visilurking
Did anyone else turn into a 10 year old while reading the previous discussion of Moorcock love?
Just me then.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2004 9:24:03 pm PDT #2529 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Beth, there's no particular order to the Sutcliffs. I'd start with the stuff written earlier, though: she started writing for younger and younger readers towards the end of her life.
Ginger - Apr 30, 2004 6:08:44 am PDT #2530 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If you can, Beth, you might start with The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch and The Lantern Bearers, in that order. The books are related and certainly among the best. Others you could start with are Dawn Wind and The Mark of the Horse Lord.
erikaj - Apr 30, 2004 6:50:15 am PDT #2531 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Me, Wolfram, cause I don't know who that is...might as well be Seymour Butts.
Stephanie - Apr 30, 2004 6:59:23 am PDT #2532 of 10002
Trust my rage
I love Jilli's whitefonted idea a few posts back. I'm so curious to know Snape's whole story.
I don't think I've ever posted in this thread, but I'm hoping y'all can help me remember the title of some books I read as a kid. It was a story (or maybe a short series) about a brother and sister with some sort of mental powers. They were on their own, running away from someone, and were looking for their parents or their people. I think the title maybe had "Mountains" in it and it might have been made into a kids movie. I know this is really vague, but I can't remember any more except that I loved the story.
msbelle - Apr 30, 2004 7:01:11 am PDT #2533 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
escape to witch mountain by Alexander Key
Katerina Bee - Apr 30, 2004 7:02:36 am PDT #2534 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
and there was an awful Disney movie "based" on the book "Escape to Witch Mountain." Tony and Tia, the psychic twins.