Xander ,'Empty Places'
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."
That's good news, sumi. Any word on whether or not she's working with an editor.
I have a question for y'all. What is the origin of the phrase "Here be dragons?" I'm not even sure if that's the correct phrasing. I'm trying to recall if it's from a specific book or poem, or if it's just one of those things that's been around forever.
Thanks, ita! That's exactly what I was looking for.
Hey, ita, in that vein, what's the origin of the sentence "This is why we can't have nice things"?
I have done some serious book culling.(What prompted this was learning about a used book sale the local JCC is doing.) Scarily enough, once I finally shelved the books I had read and put on the book cases, there was basically no net change. eep...
Salon has an interesting essay [link] about H.P. Lovecraft and the NY Times has one [link] about romance vs literary fiction.
Heavens. We haven't been very literary lately, have we?
I just finished A Scholar of Magics by Caroline Stevermer and it was charming. I wanted to thank people who originally recommended A College of Magics.
That's the Magic Chocolate Pot universe, right? First book was an epistolary novel?
I went to a bookish conference this weekend and am all inspired-like. Now I am in search of venues for short fiction (not the New Yorker*). Where do you all find short fiction? What would/do you pay for it? To what do you subscribe (i.e., magazines), and what do you wait for in collections?
Mostly I am thinking about oddball stuff, SF, fantasy, and the literary end of things. But, I am curious to hear what other people read and how.
* a) I already get the New Yorker and b) don't always read its fiction and c) would like to find people who aren't already famous enough to get into the New Yorker.
It took me forever to get through Mairelon the Magician, which is I believe the precursor to Chocolate Pot. The author's prose style kept me from committing to the story. And when one of the maids gasped, "Cool!" she lost me completely.
Mostly I am thinking about oddball stuff, SF, fantasy, and the literary end of things.
For SF, there are the SF magazines, such as Analog and Asimov's, which are all about short fiction. There are similar mystery magazines. A quick browse through the literary section of the magazine stand at Borders or B&N (or similar), would turn up lots of options.