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.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'Serenity'
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."
flea - Sep 16, 2004 11:08:09 am PDT #5884 of 10002
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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.
sumi - Sep 16, 2004 11:12:18 am PDT #5888 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I've got a hold at my library too.
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2004 11:23:41 am PDT #5889 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
It sounded interesting to me, based on the NYT Magazine articles of several weeks ago, and I'm not much of a fantasy reader.
That's what a lot of the callers were saying.
Consuela - Sep 16, 2004 12:55:10 pm PDT #5890 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I picked it up last week, haven't started it yet. It's... large. *g*
Betsy HP - Sep 16, 2004 1:56:17 pm PDT #5891 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Very large. Imposingly large.
t looks at brick next to laptop
Susan W. - Sep 16, 2004 2:08:01 pm PDT #5892 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Mmm, I like 'em large.
Anne W. - Sep 16, 2004 4:12:04 pm PDT #5893 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Jonathan Strange sounds kinda-sorta similar to the sort of thing that Tim Powers writes. Anyone here ever read Powers' Last Call?
Last Call is one of my favorite, favorite books, ever. (Note, I will not be insulted if you read it and hated it--I'm always interested to hear why people don't like books I love beyond reason).