I never got around to reading Maus. Has anybody read the new one, In The Shadow of the Towers?
My co-worker hasn't read the whole thing, but he's seen panels/pages from it, and says it's pretty powerful.
Zoe: Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller. Wash: Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles.
'Safe'
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. - Sep 09, 2004 4:10:16 pm PDT #5788 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Steph L. - Sep 09, 2004 4:17:02 pm PDT #5789 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I found this on my FriendsFriends list at LJ, and thought it might interest many of y'all (I'm not a big sci-fi reader, but I know a lot of people here are):
If you can ignore the fact that Laura Bush puts it on, the 4th Annual National Book Festival is going to be held on October 9th this year, rain or shine, on the Mall between 7th and 14th St. Here's the line up for *just* the Sci-Fi tent (first year they have one) -- the times in parentheses are the signing times:
10:00- 10:40 Ben Bova (11-12)
10:45-11:25 Neal Stephenson (12-1)
11:30-12:10 Catherine Asaro (1-2)
12:15-12:55 Frederik Pohl (2-3)
1:00-1:40 Neil Gaiman (10-11)
1:45-2:25 Lois McMaster Bujold (3-4)
2:30-3:10 Patricia Wrede (4-5)
3:15-3:55 Connie Willis (1-2)
Polter-Cow - Sep 09, 2004 5:08:40 pm PDT #5790 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
2:30-3:10 Patricia Wrede (4-5)
Eeeee! I love The Enchanted Forest Chronicles so very much.
Daisy Jane - Sep 09, 2004 6:03:59 pm PDT #5791 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Has anybody read the new one, In The Shadow of the Towers?
Just read the reviews which pretty much have the same opinion.
Consuela - Sep 09, 2004 6:11:51 pm PDT #5792 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I own Jonathan Strange! I got the last copy at my little bookstore around the corner.
It's very large, and black. And I'm not opening it because I'm still reading Lust Over Pendle. And why did nobody ever tell me Draco Malfoy is Francis Crawford? Heh. (Although I have to say I'd call this a radical interpretation of the text...)
hun_e - Sep 09, 2004 6:13:01 pm PDT #5793 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
2:30-3:10 Patricia Wrede (4-5)
Eeeee! I love The Enchanted Forest Chronicles so very much.
This name sounded familiar to me, but I couldn't place it. I looked it up, and lo and behold I actually own one of her books: Snow White and Rose Red. Which I bought as a teen and enjoyed very much. I haven't read it in a while and wonder if I'd like it as much now. It's buried in my parents storage room in one of eight boxes of books I have there, so I guess if I want to find out, I will have to get it from the library.
Betsy HP - Sep 09, 2004 6:32:57 pm PDT #5794 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Suela, you know she's on LJ as ajhalluk, right?
Consuela - Sep 09, 2004 6:54:42 pm PDT #5795 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
oh, totally, Betsy.
And I just finished it. I think she rather hung Harry out to dry to make her point, but as a story it's quite a romp, and very entertaining.
Betsy HP - Sep 12, 2004 12:39:37 pm PDT #5796 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Can anybody recommend a good book on Carneval in Italy? I'm particularly interested in Venice (of course) and in the 1700s, but anything would help. I'm working on a piece that insists on being set there.
DavidS - Sep 12, 2004 12:47:18 pm PDT #5797 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Can anybody recommend a good book on Carneval in Italy? I'm particularly interested in Venice (of course) and in the 1700s, but anything would help. I'm working on a piece that insists on being set there.
Do you want a reference book, or fiction set there? Not focused solely on Carneval, but Jan Morris portrait of Venice is considered a classic. Jeanette Winterson's The Passion is probably her best book, and it's set during Carneval of that era.