I'm finally reading HHGttG. It's like the Buffistas wrote it. I can't stop laughing. That is all.
Digital watches are a neat idea.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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."
Polter-Cow - Mar 24, 2005 6:47:36 pm PST #7319 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strix - Mar 25, 2005 2:04:02 am PST #7320 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
See, I read JS and MN and was very "Eh" about it. I really didn't connect with any of the characters and the ending was very anticlimactic to me. All this build-up..for what?
And since I didn't really connect with any of the characters, what happened to them was not that interesting.
DebetEsse - Mar 28, 2005 9:25:06 am PST #7321 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I loved the footnotes. I think I see the HP for grown-ups in the sense that HP a lot of the characters that you've mentioned might not so much float in children's lit, which is where HP definately started, even if it's headed elsewhere. The worldbuilding is different, but both are complete worlds, even if this one is based more on history than HP.
I should go look for Arabella-centric fic. I liked her.
Jim - Mar 28, 2005 10:24:04 pm PST #7322 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I think people are misunderstanding the Potter-for-adults thing. It's not saying that they're similar verses, but that JS&MN would, pre-Potter, have been released as the YA novel it obviously is, and shelved next to Susan Cooper or Joan Aiken (Wolves of Willoughby Chase is the book it reminded me of most). But the whole Potter phenomenon - and particularly the (stupid) trope of wrapping kids books in adult covers so people won't be ashamed on the tube - was so successful that JS&MN skipped the kids release and went straight mainstream.
Micole - Mar 29, 2005 6:18:38 am PST #7323 of 10002
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
t JS&MN would, pre-Potter, have been released as the YA novel it obviously is,
I take it you haven't actually read the book.
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but Clarke's said in interviews that she's planning more books in the same world but not a direct sequel. The ending we've got is ... well, the ending we've got. I liked it quite a lot, btw, but I'm told I'm odd.
If you want more Clarke, you might want to look for her short stories, which are all roughly in the same style--her first story, "The Ladies of Grace Adieu," is even referenced glancingly in JS&MN. I think most or all of them have ended up in the Datlow&Windling Year's Best Fantasy & Horror.
DebetEsse - Mar 29, 2005 6:20:31 am PST #7324 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yeah, I had a suspicion that that was all there was. I'm not altogether sure how I feel about that.
Katie M - Mar 29, 2005 8:21:06 am PST #7325 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
The ending we've got is ... well, the ending we've got. I liked it quite a lot, btw, but I'm told I'm odd.
I think it's a good and true ending that makes me sad.
DebetEsse - Mar 29, 2005 8:22:11 am PST #7326 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
What Katie said
Jim - Mar 29, 2005 10:43:01 pm PST #7327 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Yeah, I've read half of it. What's your point?
Micole - Mar 30, 2005 3:40:00 am PST #7328 of 10002
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
That it's not in any way, shape, or form a young adult novel.