I used to love those shows though...another reason to hate that Franzen geek, though his mean-spirited and aimless fiction is way reason enough. How do I feel, right?
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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 - Apr 21, 2005 8:02:42 pm PDT #7439 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Connie Neil - Apr 21, 2005 8:07:01 pm PDT #7440 of 10002
brillig
Franzen? I don't do Oprah, so I'm unfamiliar with how her club works.
Lyra Jane - Apr 22, 2005 5:51:37 am PDT #7441 of 10002
Up with the sun
Connie, Jonathan Franzen is a moderately talented writer of literary fiction who bitched when his novel was picked for the Oprah book club because he doesn't see himself as an Oprah kind of writer. She suspended the club the next month.
The thing is, though, Oprah should have been able to blow Franzen off like a gnat, both because she's infinite times more famous and because public opinion was on her side. I suspect she was looking for an excuse to quit the club anyhow, and he provided one.
Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2005 6:02:48 am PDT #7442 of 10002
brillig
That must be why they're focusing on classics. Dead authors don't bitch.
Deena - Apr 22, 2005 6:08:32 am PDT #7443 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Has anyone read Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz? I just finished it last night and it broke my heart.
Hil R. - Apr 22, 2005 6:21:23 am PDT #7444 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
That is why they switched to classics.
The thing that bugged me about the Franzen mess was that, IIRC, he gave the OK for his book to be used, and then started bitching about it. (IIRC, a lot of his bitching was about "Oprah's Book Club" sticker that was put on his book, and something about how that degraded the value of his art. Or something like that. I can't entirely remember.)
JohnSweden - Apr 22, 2005 10:07:06 am PDT #7445 of 10002
I can't even.
Jonathan Franzen is a moderately talented writer of literary fiction who bitched when his novel was picked for the Oprah book club because he doesn't see himself as an Oprah kind of writer.
The guy didn't want hundreds of thousands of sales to fall from the sky? What is he, crazy? You'd think he'd be eager to tapdance naked on barbeque grills to get Oprah to mention his book in passing. What's missing from the equation?
brenda m - Apr 22, 2005 10:11:17 am PDT #7446 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
What's missing from the equation?
Snobbery.
erikaj - Apr 22, 2005 10:17:21 am PDT #7447 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I want the week back I spent on the book, too.
JohnSweden - Apr 22, 2005 10:25:41 am PDT #7448 of 10002
I can't even.
Snobbery.
Ah, thanks. I ws thinking that most authors who didn't want that many people to pay for their book would at least like the idea of that many people reading the book, but I suppose there are people perverse enough that they are writing for a certain select audience and will get weird if someone wants to drop off a truckload of money and profile in their yard.