an addled romp through 1950s America, 1890s Abyssinia, the crackpot significance of baseball, and the hooey parts of Arthurian legend
Sounds fun!
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
Spike ,'Potential'
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."
Anne W. - Sep 16, 2004 10:41:09 am PDT #5878 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
sumi - Sep 16, 2004 10:42:34 am PDT #5879 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
That does sound fun.
Nutty - Sep 16, 2004 10:53:39 am PDT #5880 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It's a good book. A mind-bending book, because I got about 150 pages into it before I was really sure it was a joke, but a good one. Lots of strange resonances and connections, and a lot of cheerful nonsense.
Irvine described it to me as riffing inside-out on the Grail legend, turning it into "a quest for renunciation".
In stores now!
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2004 11:02:05 am PDT #5881 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
There was a thing on NPR this morning with a British woman who's written a book, it seemed, about a magician who was helping the British army in the 1800's. It's fantasy. Has anyone heard of such a book. I was late catching the program and didn't hear the name and thought I might check it out.
Betsy HP - Sep 16, 2004 11:04:23 am PDT #5882 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, I'll bet.
Susan W. - Sep 16, 2004 11:06:28 am PDT #5883 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, I'll bet.
t searches Amazon
Good Lord, that looks fascinating.
t runs off to library website
flea - Sep 16, 2004 11:08:09 am PDT #5884 of 10002
information libertarian
Well, I was about to Xpost, too...
It sounded interesting to me, based on the NYT Magazine articles of several weeks ago, and I'm not much of a fantasy reader.
Susan W. - Sep 16, 2004 11:09:43 am PDT #5885 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Sweet Mary, there are 340 holds on that thing!
Betsy HP - Sep 16, 2004 11:10:28 am PDT #5886 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
It's been well-promoted. Two feature articles in the New York Times. Neil Gaiman has endorsed it. And so on.
Susan W. - Sep 16, 2004 11:11:16 am PDT #5887 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Huh. I'm awfully out of the loop these days.