I was thinking, I must be reading the wrong stuff, because I swear I see "preturnatural" all the freaking time. And I haven't read Rice in ten years, or Hamilton ever.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Jesse - Jan 14, 2004 5:06:47 am PST #503 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
erikaj - Jan 14, 2004 5:06:48 am PST #504 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
amych - Jan 14, 2004 5:10:08 am PST #505 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I like "preternatural" and you never see it.
I mostly associate "preternatural" with the wacky linguistic stylings of the early years of Spy magazine.
Jessica - Jan 14, 2004 5:10:12 am PST #506 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I associate "preturnatural" primarily with Anne Rice. I've never read any Hamilton.
Betsy HP - Jan 14, 2004 6:42:12 am PST #507 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I think my favorite is Memory. Cause, man alive, did Miles NEED that.
Ouise - Jan 14, 2004 6:44:17 am PST #508 of 10002
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
My favourite is Memory, as well. Even though (or maybe because?) I find the opening section almost excruciating to read.
P.M. Marc - Jan 14, 2004 6:48:56 am PST #509 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I mostly associate "preternatural" with the wacky linguistic stylings of the early years of Spy magazine.
Huh. I think I associate it with Smallville recaps. (Preternaturally pretty.)
Calli - Jan 14, 2004 6:53:02 am PST #510 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Memory is good. But I have a deep fondness for Brothers in Arms as well. Miles is a classic example of a character I love to read about, but couldn't stand to be around extensively in real life. His cousin Ivan, on the other hand, I'd gladly ride like a merry-go-round pony.
Ginger - Jan 14, 2004 6:57:49 am PST #511 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Miles is wound way too tight to be pleasant to be around in person. Reading about him, on the other hand, is pure pleasure.
I really love the two Cordelia books, even if she is a little too perfect. After all, there's Shopping!
Consuela - Jan 14, 2004 7:05:56 am PST #512 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Even though (or maybe because?) I find the opening section almost excruciating to read.
God, yes, Ouise. I told Theodosia this weekend that every time I read Memory I come to the part where he's going to send the report in and I start yelling at the book, "Don't hit send! You fool, don't send it!" But he always does. Stupidass genius mutant teratogenically affected double-agent.
And Betsy's right: Miles did need that, but it was so painful to read.
Raquel, Mirror Dance won't make nearly as much sense if you don't read Brothers in Arms first. I highly recommend that you do so. I mean, it'll make sense, but those two are best read in order.