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We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.

Spike ,'Sleeper'

We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good

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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."

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Susan W. - Jun 29, 2005 6:04:32 pm PDT #8022 of 10002

The wide universe is the ocean I travel, and the earth is my blue boat home

I didn't think so, but I'm a fairly selective reader, so I thought there might be a whole mini-trend I'm missing out on. In general, I'm surprised how many contest entries I've run across that feel like throwbacks to those 1970's bodice rippers.

The wip has a scene where a villain attempts to rape the heroine--she fights back, buying herself enough time that the hero is able to come to the rescue. I remember writing the scene and thinking, "Back in the day, a lot of authors would've had the rapist be the hero," and finding the idea sickening.

Consuela - Jun 29, 2005 6:44:38 pm PDT #8023 of 10002

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Are books with heroes who rape the heroines

Laura Kinsale's The Shadow and the Star. Twice. It's Micole's favorite Kinsale, and it seriously put me off her. Although I don't think it came out in the last 5 years, don't know how old it is.

Susan W. - Jun 29, 2005 6:51:13 pm PDT #8024 of 10002

The wide universe is the ocean I travel, and the earth is my blue boat home

Pretty sure that's older than 5 years. I've never read it, but I generally adore Kinsale. Interesting.

Steph L. - Jun 29, 2005 6:54:18 pm PDT #8025 of 10002

It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

Is there a web site where you can search for a book by describing it? (Versus the way you search on Amazon, for instance.) I seem to remember someone mentioning something like that a while ago....

Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 29, 2005 10:02:22 pm PDT #8026 of 10002

I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

abebooks.co.uk? I've never used it, but I've heard good things about their BookSleuth forum.

§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 8:09:03 am PDT #8027 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Need to feed Commonwealth kiddie nostalgia?

Fred Pete - Jul 03, 2005 8:02:37 am PDT #8028 of 10002

Ann, that's a ferret.

Just heard on Internet radio --

The new Harry Potter book has 607 pages.

erikaj - Jul 03, 2005 9:53:04 am PDT #8029 of 10002

"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

Damn.

Kathy A - Jul 03, 2005 9:54:15 am PDT #8030 of 10002

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Wow--JKR did say that it would less than the last two, but I didn't figure that much less. Maybe she let her editor do a bit more work than on OotP (which desperately needed some trimming, IMO).

Typo Boy - Jul 03, 2005 6:38:14 pm PDT #8031 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.

A friend commented that the the Da Vinci Code whole plot turns on Sheilaism.

The subject changed before I could ask her what "Sheilaism" is. Maybe I should crosspost the question in unAmericans - since it has got to be an Australian term.

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