For me it definitely predated the blue screen.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
brenda m - Dec 15, 2004 2:49:59 pm PST #6612 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
DavidS - Dec 15, 2004 2:53:19 pm PST #6613 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When did you read it?
1986. It's only bugged me on re-reading.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 2:54:33 pm PST #6614 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does the lack of submachine guns in the Iliad bother you too, Mr. Picky?
Betsy HP - Dec 15, 2004 2:56:41 pm PST #6615 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Think how much shorter it would be with submachine guns!
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 2:58:16 pm PST #6616 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But I don't think they'd get to still wear skirts, and I'm not willing to make that tradeoff.
Betsy HP - Dec 15, 2004 3:06:58 pm PST #6617 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
If the Black Watch wore kilts to WWI (and they did), I think you're covered.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 3:08:27 pm PST #6618 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay. Guns it is!
Betsy HP - Dec 15, 2004 3:11:22 pm PST #6619 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
It was gays, skirts, and guns that made this country great!
Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2004 3:33:54 pm PST #6620 of 10002
brillig
Do not mess with the Little Old Ladies from Hell. Ask the Germans.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2004 4:16:22 pm PST #6621 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not a book, but still literary, and just vicariously exciting: My friend's fiance had a piece accepted for The Sun's Readers Write section!