Jess made me snort.
bookclub selection for the month is Vinegar Hill.
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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."
msbelle - May 10, 2004 7:36:37 pm PDT #2791 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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...
Megan E. - May 19, 2004 1:56:50 am PDT #2798 of 10002
Oh, as usual, dear.
brenda m - May 19, 2004 2:50:23 am PDT #2799 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Good stuff.
The word "ass" appears in 4 of the books. Being British, it probably did not mean the same to him as it does to Americans (as a swear word), but he could have left it out, especially since he only used it four times and did use "donkey" in other places.
Hee.
When Lewis has Bree say, "All Narnians swear by him" an interesting point comes to light. All Christians do not swear by Christ or God. In fact, Christians that are trying to ...live godly in Christ Jesus... (2Timothy 3:12 ) know that this is totally unacceptable for a Christian! Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; On the other hand, all sun worshippers do swear by the sun! Mr. Lewis has condemned himself by his own words!
Well, I guess there's no arguing with that.
msbelle - May 19, 2004 4:33:13 am PDT #2800 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I read Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay, yesterday. I liked it, but it has bitter to spare. I like that the narrative shifts a lot and that the story jumps around through various generations. That doesn't always work in books, but I think it does here.
I find myself comparing it to House of Sand and Fog, another bitter Oprah book. But unlike HoSaF, VH did not leave me hopeless for humanity and wanting to stay in bed for days.
We will be discussing VH tonight at bookclub, and I am supposed to lead discussion, so I am off to see if there is anything online about it.
As a short interlude I started the 2nd Lemony Snikett book last night.