Bam.
I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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."
§ ita § - Apr 27, 2005 11:43:29 am PDT #7509 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sumi - Apr 27, 2005 11:47:43 am PDT #7510 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
erika -- not ignoring you.
Umm, I really have to say that the large font in combination with the main character's tics really impeded my enjoyment of MB. Perhaps if I had read it in a normal font it wouldn't have had the same effect.
sj - Apr 27, 2005 11:56:48 am PDT #7511 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Is it a Britiish book, Jilli? I notice no translations of French in books published there
When I was writing a paper on the character of Adela from Jane Eyre it took me forever to find a version of the book that translated what she said from French to English.
I like the use of italics within a novel for a characters internal dialogue or for other reasons that the author feels it is necessary, but it doesn't bother my eyes, so I can see that it would be annoying if that were the case.
erikaj - Apr 27, 2005 11:58:01 am PDT #7512 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I didn't even think of that!(smacks forehead) Because that happened to me...getting a LP Nora Roberts or something, where, let's face it, who cares? But in that Lethem instance...um, yeah.
Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2005 12:29:00 pm PDT #7513 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Isn't Uma Thurman about to cut her nose off with her own katana?
§ ita § - Apr 27, 2005 12:49:40 pm PDT #7514 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's a fairly standard stance. Blade's a few inches off her face, if she's doing it right.
Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2005 1:04:07 pm PDT #7515 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Oh, fuck.
First, you have Black Lace. My most recent letter from them says:
Editorial Changes: Please be aware that we want to tone down the four-letter words a bit for future compilations. We preferably want only one sex scene per story, beautifully described and perhaps more subtle than previous Black Lace writing. We are trying to get the books off the top shelf here in the UK, and out to a wider audience. For that, we need to reduce the use of ‘f’ and ‘c’ words.
Yup. Black Lace, purveyors of porn for women, want only one sex scene per story.
erikaj - Apr 27, 2005 1:06:07 pm PDT #7516 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
That's just...romantic comedy or something...my brain before lunch. Not "porn"
Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2005 1:09:42 pm PDT #7517 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I've read Black Lace. It's porn.
erikaj - Apr 27, 2005 1:11:46 pm PDT #7518 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
How many sex scenes did they used to have?