There is no shout-out in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell which I have been reading for approximately the last 300 years.
(edited to fix title which you think I'd know by now...I keep wanting to call one of them Dr.)
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
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."
lisah - Dec 30, 2004 6:35:55 am PST #6752 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
erikaj - Dec 30, 2004 6:53:05 am PST #6753 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, so far there are references scattered throughout the book to Main Character watching with his daughter. The cop does wonder if the tape labelled "Angel" might be porn, though, but she finds out it's not...must not have featured Tormented! Wesley.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 30, 2004 7:43:08 am PST #6754 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The cop does wonder if the tape labelled "Angel" might be porn, though, but she finds out it's not...must not have featured Tormented! Wesley.
Heh.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2004 8:04:19 am PST #6755 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Rules out "Reprise" too.
erikaj - Dec 30, 2004 8:08:00 am PST #6756 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod. The scene was funny because the cop's like "This guy's stuff's too normal. There has to be a reason why someone would attack him. "So she sees the tape and wonders if he has a freaky porn collection.
Megan E. - Jan 03, 2005 3:47:44 am PST #6757 of 10002
Anyone get any books for Christmas? Here's my list. I've read the first 4 already.
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Undead and Unemployed by Mary Janice Davidson
Tales of the Slayer, Volume 3 by Various
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The English Assassin by Daniel Silva
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend
The Logogryph by Thomas Wharton
Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Tales of theVampires Graphic Novel by Joss Whedon
The Charlaine Harris books were ok - the first wasn't so great but they got better. They are kind of Stephanie Plum-ish only with vampires and no Grandma Mazur.
Volans - Jan 03, 2005 4:01:04 am PST #6758 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Anyone have any poetry anthologies they'd recommend? I have an old Norton's, but it's really packed full of modern stuff that's not very good, and I'd like to get an anthology that includes more confirmed greats and less experimental stuff.
(oh, and for Xmas I got Italo Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, which I've only read the intro and first paragraph of. But what a first paragraph! And I got a technical book on storyboarding computer games, but that doesn't really count as Literary.)
DavidS - Jan 03, 2005 4:36:39 am PST #6759 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anyone have any poetry anthologies they'd recommend?
Hmmm, I can't think of exact titles, but I know I've really enjoyed ones on the WWI poets from Britain, and a collection of Pre-Raphaelites.
Oh! You know what's good? The Rattle Bag edited by Seamus Heany and Ted Hughes.
I love Calvino's Baron In the Trees and Invisible Cities.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2005 4:42:28 am PST #6760 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend
There's another Adrian Mole book?!? Must. Get.
Volans - Jan 03, 2005 4:43:47 am PST #6761 of 10002
move out and draw fire
the WWI poets from Britain, and a collection of Pre-Raphaelites.
Ooo! Yes! I like both of these genres, and really should look at some focused anthologies for them. And I'm off to Amazon to look at The Rattle Bag.