OK, Erin, you said it better. I'm not sure if I should say "Thank you," or "Stop it!"
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
'Trash'
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."
erikaj - Jan 26, 2005 1:18:53 pm PST #6954 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Jim - Jan 27, 2005 3:51:56 am PST #6955 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
There's also interestin stuff about this in Melvyn Bragg's Credo , which I've just finished and throughly recommend to anyone who liked The Book Of Kells - it's about St's Wilfred, Cuthbert and Bega in 7th Centrury Northumberland. And yes, it is by that Melvyn Bragg.
Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 2:10:48 pm PST #6956 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Has anybody read The Family Trade by Charles Stoss? Amazon says I want it.
Calli - Jan 28, 2005 11:02:59 am PST #6957 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Shakespeare fits in literary, right? As does Gorey, of course. So here are The Gashlyspeare Tinies.
A sample:
A is for Antigonus, lunch for a bear
B is for Banquo (but not for his heir)
Daisy Jane - Jan 28, 2005 11:46:04 am PST #6958 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Love it!!! Thanks Calli. I want illustrations now!
sumi - Jan 28, 2005 12:01:47 pm PST #6959 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I'm meandering through my subscriptions over at Readerville. I haven't been in there since early November.
Anyway, I'm in a thread where they're talking about their talking about The Time Traveller's Wife and somebody commented, "A punk librarian. That's my dream date!" and I suddenly realized that I may have met the guy the author based Henry on. Well, possibly. When I took a course on Illuminated Manuscripts in Graduate School we went to the Newberry to see some and there was definitely a punk librarian working with the illuminated mss. I suppose "met" is rather strong -- he was the guy who presented the books to our class.
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2005 7:54:30 am PST #6960 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I picked up Curse of Chalion a couple weeks ago, because I wanted to re-test Bujold, but couldn't remember the order in which to read the Milesverse.
It did start out slow, but damned if it wasn't a lot of fun once it picked up. I like her theology quite a bit, and how it was wrapped into everyday, as well as the evolution of the main character, although it felt a bit rushed towards the end.
I've got Milesverse on hold for me at the library. Must pick that up today.
Susan W. - Jan 29, 2005 7:57:23 am PST #6961 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Be sure to get Paladin of Souls too, when you get a chance. IMO, if you liked Chalion, you'll love it.
meara - Jan 30, 2005 6:01:42 pm PST #6962 of 10002
OK, read a whole lot of Bujold this weekend, on my trips variously DC-London, London-Gloucester, Gloucester-London, London-JFK, JFK-MIA, and MIA-IAD. I know y'all love him, but am I the only one who mostly just wants to smack Miles, a lot? I mean, the books are interesting and well written, but mostly don't love the characters.
(Edit: I've read through "Memory" now, and will likely read the others in any case, since I have a lot of time on planes..;)
Megan E. - Feb 01, 2005 9:12:33 am PST #6963 of 10002
I started reading The Plot Against America by Philip Roth on Sunday and I'm so drawn into the story that all I want to do is read it. I took the bus in to work today and almost missed my stop because I was so engrossed.
This is my first Roth - what others would people suggest? More of the "Roth" books?