Also? The Hobbit. One might think these books are all related or something.
So you're saying they have a...connection?
She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.
Willow ,'Help'
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."
Polter-Cow - May 10, 2004 11:05:48 am PDT #2788 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jess M. - May 10, 2004 11:12:31 am PDT #2789 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Are you all very stoned?
Frankenbuddha - May 10, 2004 3:41:50 pm PDT #2790 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And one odd, glancing mention in Peter Straub's Floating Dragon, of one of the characters from Ghost Story.
Straub also tied a bunch of characters together in the "blue rose" novels (and I think there was a novella there that I haven't read yet). It wasn't a series per se, but knowing who was who definitely added resonance.
msbelle - May 10, 2004 7:36:37 pm PDT #2791 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jess made me snort.
bookclub selection for the month is Vinegar Hill.
Angus G - May 10, 2004 9:30:13 pm PDT #2792 of 10002
Roguish Laird
Balzac also did that a hell of a lot (have characters appearing across multiple books, that is).
Jess M. - May 11, 2004 6:57:23 am PDT #2793 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Jess made me snort.
woo hoo!
JohnSweden - May 11, 2004 6:21:48 pm PDT #2794 of 10002
I can't even.
Katerina, you asked upthread where to get a copy of Carrion Comfort in the superior novella form. It was originally published in September and October of '83 in Omni Magazine, and reprinted in the following places:
Prayers to Broken Stones (1990) , Dan Simmons , Dark Harvest , hc , 0-913-16558-1 , $21.95 , 322pp
Prayers to Broken Stones (1992) , Dan Simmons , Bantam Spectra , pb , 0-553-29665-5 , $5.99 , 403pp
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (1984) , Gardner Dozois , Bluejay Books , hc , 0-312-94482-9 , $17.95 , 575pp
Blood Is Not Enough (1990) , Ellen Datlow , Grafton , pb , 0-586-20852-6 , L4.50 , 414pp
A Taste for Blood (1992) , Martin H. Greenberg , Dorset , hc , 0-88029-770-0 , 589+xvipp
Katerina Bee - May 12, 2004 6:59:43 am PDT #2795 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Wow, thanks, John! Not only the information I wanted, but a list to choose from; and I choose the Ellen Datlow anthology. Thank You! I will hie me off to Amazon.
Alicia K - May 12, 2004 8:13:53 am PDT #2796 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Attention Maggie O'Farrell fans ...
She has a new book out, but apparently in the UK only. It's called The Distance Between Us, and I've heard that it's more like her first book than her second, which is apparently a good thing.
I loved After You'd Gone, but heard too many disappointing opinions about her second book to give it a shot.
Angus G - May 19, 2004 1:22:36 am PDT #2797 of 10002
Roguish Laird
Attention Narnia fans!
Were you aware that, and I quote, "Clive Staples Lewis has been perhaps the single most useful tool of Satan since his appearance in the Christian community sometime around World War II"?
More details here! You'll never look at Turkish Delight the same way again...