You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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."


Susan W. - Jun 29, 2005 6:51:13 pm PDT #8024 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

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
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

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
Always Anti-fascist!

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.


billytea - Jul 03, 2005 6:47:23 pm PDT #8032 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

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.

I confess I don't know what they mean by 'Sheilaism', and not having read the Da Vinci Code I couldn't hazard a guess, but 'Sheila' is simply slang for a woman, as in 'She's a beaut Sheila'. It'd be derived from that somehow.


Typo Boy - Jul 03, 2005 6:48:59 pm PDT #8033 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.

Ah, already crossposted to unamerican. According to google Sheila refers specifically to young women - though I always thought it referred only the women. Take your word over google on matters Australian in any case.