Goddamnit! Borders is the only big bookstore near me, and now I have to boycott it.
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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."
Pix - May 04, 2004 7:29:16 pm PDT #2684 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Polter-Cow - May 04, 2004 7:33:18 pm PDT #2685 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's so weird. I thought Borders was based in Ann Arbor, and we're a pretty liberal town, I believe.
Pix - May 04, 2004 7:34:53 pm PDT #2686 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Polter, one of these days, remind me to tell you the story of why Ann Arbor was simultaneously the site of the Worst Vacation and Worst Date Evah for me. It will make you laugh.
Not here though. Wrong thread.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 7:48:08 pm PDT #2687 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Kristin, no boycott needed - the local stores tend to be right along the lines of their individual managers. I did my first read at the Sunnyvale Borders, with Tad Williams - Dave, who runs it, used to run a sensational scifi/fantasy indie bookstore.
But this particular incident got a lot of press, and Borders officially "no comment"-ed about it.
Pix - May 04, 2004 7:49:25 pm PDT #2688 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
PHEW.
Thanks Deb. Still, what an irritating thing.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 7:58:25 pm PDT #2689 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
This is sort of on topic, yes? Bookstores? Reading at same?
You know one humongous difference between indies and chains? When it comes to doing events, I mean?
PA systems. Seriously. When you read at an indie, no matter how big the store is, they turn off the PA. Borders, B&N? Nope. You'll be right in the middle of a tense passage and, without fail, crackle zrbbpt Bill couldja pick up line seven, Bill line seven crackle.
You learn to time your reading around the PA.
Vortex - May 05, 2004 4:19:40 am PDT #2690 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That's so weird. I thought Borders was based in Ann Arbor, and we're a pretty liberal town, I believe.
might be based in Ann Arbor, but it's run by people from DC hangs head in shame.
Nutty - May 05, 2004 5:14:42 am PDT #2691 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Hey, folks -- total change of topic. Anybody here ever read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie? I just finished it yesterday and would like to talk it over a bit. Because I think I got the point, or sort of, but it's all wrapped up in how the movie, which I've seen several times, is completely different from the book.
Dana - May 05, 2004 5:35:18 am PDT #2692 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think Betsy read McKinley's Sunshine and wasn't thrilled with it.
Micole - May 05, 2004 5:52:18 am PDT #2693 of 10002
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
Betsy liked Sunshine despite misgivings, though not as much as some other Buffistas, IIRC. I detested it, which saddens me, because I love McKinley's work in general.
Previous discussion here -- it gets into white-font pretty soon, but there's some initial nonspoilery stuff.