Oh wow - I loved Ariel but I thought I was alone in the world. Thanks for the linkage, John!
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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."
Volans - Jul 16, 2004 12:54:59 pm PDT #5141 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Jesse - Jul 16, 2004 8:18:23 pm PDT #5142 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just got a notice from the library that Laurie King's The Game is finally waiting for me. Do I remember that people here didn't think it was that good?
I guess I'd better finish Agatha Christie's Passenger to Frankfurt first. I didn't realize she wrote for so long -- this book is from 1970.
Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2004 8:25:43 pm PDT #5143 of 10002
brillig
Got a bunch of Pratchett out of the library. Currently reading "Men At Arms." God, I love Vimes. Heck. all the Guard. And Vetinari.
Holli - Jul 16, 2004 8:55:55 pm PDT #5144 of 10002
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Oh, I love "Men at Arms." It's only the second of the Night Watch books-- after "Guards, Guards!" and I think it's where the Watch really gels, as a group of characters.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2004 9:09:53 pm PDT #5145 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have yet to read any of the Watch books. I think my favorite Pratchett is Thief of Time. It's just so freaking awesome, with the plots intertwining, and the playing around with the nature of time, and it has such a lovely last line.
Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2004 9:19:43 pm PDT #5146 of 10002
brillig
"Jingo" is my favorite Guards books. I love how Vetinari uses Vimes as his weapon of last resort and how Vimes realizes that Vetinari is actually on his side.
And Nobby: "He was supposed to have the body of a twenty-five-year-old, but nobody seemed to be sure where it was."
sumi - Jul 17, 2004 5:23:38 am PDT #5147 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I just took "The Game" out of the Library. I haven't got very far yet but from the sleeve -- I liked the idea of a book character x-over with Kipling. . . although I can see where it might not work when actually done. Also, somehow I was surprised that it was already 1924.
Holli - Jul 17, 2004 7:25:58 am PDT #5148 of 10002
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I think my favorite Pratchett is Thief of Time.
Polter, really? I'm odd, in that I don't especially like most of the Susan books, even though I love anything involving Death that she's not in. Don't get me wrong-- there isn't any Pratchett I actively dislike (well, maybe Soul Music-- no, wait, the "elvish" running joke), but I vastly prefer any and all Night Watch books, and most of the standalones.
§ ita § - Jul 17, 2004 7:28:32 am PDT #5149 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Soul Music had way too many "Well, aren't we just so clever?" moments for me. I stopped trying to parse the references. And I felt way too status quo at the end.
Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2004 7:29:40 am PDT #5150 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm odd, in that I don't especially like most of the Susan books, even though I love anything involving Death that she's not in.
It was my first Susan book, and I don't think I've read any since. I liked her. I haven't read the Night Watch books because I've been told it's best to read them in order, since later ones may spoil the earlier books, and the library hasn't been kind to me in that aspect yet.
Another contender for favorite would be Lords and Ladies, which was my first.