Beth, as the Typomeister supreme, may I say that I think Beatty and the Beast would make very interesting twisted RPF slash....
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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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."
Typo Boy - Feb 15, 2004 6:45:40 am PST #795 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2004 7:01:10 am PST #796 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ned or Warren?
Typo Boy - Feb 15, 2004 7:07:54 am PST #797 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I was thinking Warren for pure snark value...
deborah grabien - Feb 15, 2004 7:10:17 am PST #798 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
ita, either would work. They'd have to play it with no makeup, if they ever filmed it....
beth b - Feb 15, 2004 7:34:39 am PST #799 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
see, never correct typos -- they lead to fun
erikaj - Feb 15, 2004 9:32:06 am PST #800 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Stayed up too late last night reading "Atonement". Very excellent thriller, so far although I think if I told IM that, he'd think I said he drank toilet water.(And why did I think he wrote "Trainspotting?" Nuh uh.)
deborah grabien - Feb 16, 2004 7:48:41 am PST #801 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Hmmmm.
Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I want to share this article about Amazon reviews.
If it takes you to the sign-in page, you can use "salon" and "tabletalk", respectively, to read.
JohnSweden - Feb 16, 2004 8:07:13 am PST #802 of 10002
I can't even.
The literary world is always much smaller and creepier than we think, even when we think it is quite small and creepy.
deborah grabien - Feb 16, 2004 8:15:47 am PST #803 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
John, you said a mouthful. And how sad is it that I find everyone connected with this - from the NYTBR to Amazon to the ULA - creepy and off-putting?
Micole - Feb 16, 2004 8:30:05 am PST #804 of 10002
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
"That anybody is allowed to come in and anonymously trash a book to me is absurd," said Mr. Rechy,
See -- this complaint strikes me as absurd. Is the problem the anonymity? Does it make a difference if I trash your book and sign my name? Do I have to pass a literacy quiz, or mail you a Xerox of my bachelor's degree? If the degree weren't in English, would you reject my comments out of hand?
It's a book. You've published it. If you're lucky, people you've never heard of are going to talk about it -- they're going to praise it, or trash it, or give it a fair but harsh critique. That's what publication entails: putting the book out there for the readers to do what they will with it.
If you're not lucky, readers won't care enough to talk about the book one way or another.
Cory Doctorow has a much healthier attitude toward negative Amazon reviews, I would say.