The Casteneda books just hang out and chill, happy in their groove.
t edit Heh. Funny x-post.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2004 4:49:15 pm PDT #4539 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Gus - Jul 03, 2004 4:50:10 pm PDT #4540 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Right with you, until ...
(see also, every damn book Oprah picks for her club).
She picked The Deep End of the Ocean, right? There was all kinds of good stuff in that book.
was saying that I don't think your analogy is valid, and then I was asking what the difference is between picking apart a show and picking apart a book. I have no answer in mind, I'm just asking.
eta: Heather, I got that. I am studying on it. This means there will be forethought, which may very well result in agreement with you position. Or, possibly, devasting rhetorical bombardment.
More likely?
The latter.
Daisy Jane - Jul 03, 2004 4:50:29 pm PDT #4541 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I was going to mention acid, but having never done it, I wasn't sure it was the effect I was going for.
erikaj - Jul 03, 2004 4:50:48 pm PDT #4542 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
With the "Fear and Loathings"...
Daisy Jane - Jul 03, 2004 4:51:01 pm PDT #4543 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Book of Ruth too.
ETA- Oprah recs, not acid.
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2004 4:51:32 pm PDT #4544 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
She picked The Deep End of the Ocean, right? There was all kinds of good stuff in that book.
But it was centered around Big Trauma, wasn't it? All of Oprah's books seem to have Big Trauma as their main theme.
Daisy Jane - Jul 03, 2004 4:53:28 pm PDT #4545 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Actually I think the Hunter S. Thompson's would attentively nod at the Castanedas, and then wander off in search of good booze and books that didn't take themselves quite so seriously, like hey those Tom Robbinses over there.
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2004 4:55:10 pm PDT #4546 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
With the "Fear and Loathings"...
Actually, none of the other books like "Fear and Loathing," because it's completely indiscriminate with its drugs, happily taking combinations that would make even the most jaded books cringe. And then the "Fear and Loathings" either try to chatter incessantly about bookmarks and booklights and folded-down corners and people who write in books, or they start shooting at the sci-fi books, which never ever ends well, because the sci-fi books have all the good technology to fight back, and a few Michael Crichtons always end up as collateral damage.
Jessica - Jul 03, 2004 5:00:54 pm PDT #4547 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I want to shop at Tep's bookstore...
msbelle - Jul 03, 2004 5:05:29 pm PDT #4548 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Michael Crichtons
oh this reminds me. I think it was in Minearverse where he came up and some considered him science fiction and others very much did not. I just read in Book Lust where she classifies him as horror, as least she puts Jurrasic park there.