Not very likely. Rowlings had a new-ish baby for the beginning of this one, she has ALWAYS run frantically late, and the publishing publicity engine hasn't geared up. By this point in the last book, the title had been leaked, tantalizing snippets were being dropped, and the book was available for preorder on Amazon.
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
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 - May 06, 2004 6:33:43 am PDT #2709 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
amyparker - May 06, 2004 6:37:53 am PDT #2710 of 10002
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I read the whole thing because I'm an idiot and couldn't imagine how an author I'd previously enjoyed could change so drastically, kept thinking there'd be some last minute salvation.
Barbara Hambly, Dragonshadow. IJS.
Dana - May 06, 2004 6:52:19 am PDT #2711 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, yeah. I keep hearing bad things about the continuation of that series. I've managed to stay away from it so far.
She better not mess with Antryg, that's all I'm saying.
Katerina Bee - May 06, 2004 6:53:58 am PDT #2712 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I liked "Sunshine" just fine.
amyparker - May 06, 2004 7:03:44 am PDT #2713 of 10002
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
She better not mess with Antryg, that's all I'm saying.
Damn straight. Joanna's probably running her own business so that there's enough time to haul him to the ocean and the desert, and every so often she goes out to the shooting ranges and goes through a box of ammo, just to keep her edge.
Ouise - May 06, 2004 8:22:27 am PDT #2714 of 10002
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Ahhh, twelve bucks a year for all the books you can read
Your library has a yearly fee? I'm appalled (to a ridiculously disproportionate extent). Wow. I thought subscription fees for libraries went out with the nineteenth century. Is this common in the US?
On re-think, the libraries in Scotland only let you check out three books at once (a truly hideous crime), so I guess different countries just do these things differently. Not that my library's approach isn't the one true way, because that's just obvious.
Atropa - May 06, 2004 8:30:45 am PDT #2715 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I liked "Sunshine" just fine.
So did I. I thought it was entertaining, even if Raye's constant talking about what she bakes made me overwhelmingly hungry.
deborah grabien - May 06, 2004 8:40:32 am PDT #2716 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Ouise, a lot of the libraries in the US these days are down to the bare bone in financing. I'm actually awaiting more libraries going sub; I check the numbers on "Weaver" across the US on a monthly basis, and if you want disheartening, check out something like the Pennsylvania library home pages, where the first thing one sees is "Updates on newest budget cuts and how this will affect your library" notices.
Ouise - May 06, 2004 8:58:56 am PDT #2717 of 10002
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
That is truly disheartening, Deb.
Aims - May 06, 2004 9:00:35 am PDT #2718 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
When I get big, I'm gonna sponsor a liberry and give them all the money they want.