Micole, belated birthday wishes (it's not in the Buffista Calendar). May it be a wonderful year with lots of great books in it.
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
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."
Nilly - Feb 09, 2004 10:56:18 pm PST #748 of 10002
Swouncing
Micole - Feb 10, 2004 2:49:11 am PST #749 of 10002
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
Thanks, Nilly! (And if you're still doing the calendar, feel free to add me.)
Katerina Bee - Feb 10, 2004 7:49:13 am PST #750 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
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Has vapors, presses violet sachet to face. Rolls eyes heavenward, thinks of England.
Jesse - Feb 10, 2004 8:22:06 am PST #751 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, if any of y'all are Lawrence Block fans, he's about to head off on a huge book tour, including lots of talks at public libraries. The schedule is here
DavidS - Feb 10, 2004 8:35:37 am PST #752 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Happy belated birthday, Micole!
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2004 3:41:47 pm PST #753 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Finished American Gods. Good stuff. I liked it a lot.
Now....someone please jog my memory -- wasn't there some controversy or brouhaha after the novel came out because it led to some kind of crime? And if so, what? Because I can't imagine a person reading the books and deciding to just become Vishnu.
Anne W. - Feb 10, 2004 4:27:54 pm PST #754 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Now....someone please jog my memory -- wasn't there some controversy or brouhaha after the novel came out because it led to some kind of crime?
American Gods? That would make zero sense.
American Psycho, on the other hand...
deborah grabien - Feb 10, 2004 5:02:10 pm PST #755 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Boy, talk about two writers not in the same league.....
juliana - Feb 11, 2004 4:58:51 am PST #756 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
wasn't there some controversy or brouhaha after the novel came out because it led to some kind of crime? And if so, what? Because I can't imagine a person reading the books and deciding to just become Vishnu.
I don't remember if it led to it, but the [whitefont] storing of the body in the trunk of the car out in the middle of the lake was taken from something that actually happened somewhere in Wisconsin. Or MN. Or MI. One of our northern midwestern states. But probably WI. I also could be memfaulting all over the place. This is not uncommon.
justkim - Feb 11, 2004 5:35:12 am PST #757 of 10002
Another social casualty...
Steph, I rememberd something being mentioned on Gaiman's blog awhile back, so I did a search. Turns out that all the links that mention the story are dead (this was from back in September 2002).
I did find this one tiny little blurb:
Crime Imitates Art
One of the most successful passages in Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel American Gods describes the MO of a conman who stages a fake payroll drop. According to Canada.com, a literate crook in Canada took note, cleaning out 48 businesses in a Winnipeg shopping center.
The link to Canada.com is dead.