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."


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).


Betsy HP - Sep 16, 2004 4:15:17 pm PDT #5894 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Last Call is one of my favorite books ever. Although I am also very fond of On Stranger Tides.

Powers is very hit-and-miss for me; when he's on, nobody is as rich and strange. When he's off, he's offputting.


sumi - Sep 16, 2004 4:20:01 pm PDT #5895 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

I have a coupon for 20% off any book for Borders. . . I'm thinking that Jonathan Strange might be fun to purchase at 20% off.


Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2004 4:31:28 pm PDT #5896 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm thinking that Jonathan Strange might be fun to purchase at 20% off.

It's 20% off the regular price, though. Isn't it already at 30% off, being new?


Anne W. - Sep 16, 2004 4:37:19 pm PDT #5897 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Powers is very hit-and-miss for me; when he's on, nobody is as rich and strange. When he's off, he's offputting.

What did you think of The Stress of Her Regard?


Betsy HP - Sep 16, 2004 4:53:52 pm PDT #5898 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Impressed by the effort and the obvious research, didn't enjoy the narrative. Come to think, I'd rather read his sources than his novel.


sumi - Sep 16, 2004 5:32:44 pm PDT #5899 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

I don't know -- I don't actually spend that much time at Borders.


Gus - Sep 16, 2004 7:19:08 pm PDT #5900 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Dang, missed the Bujold palaver when it was fresh. I will confess a great disappointment when I discovered that she was thinking of being in the romance genre. The notion that an author is targeting a marketing niche disturbs me. I think I get the reality that a product has to be a recognizable commodity to be attractive in the market.

I just wish this did not apply to my reality escape.