Thanks! I'm trying to add one more book to his birthday order to get super saver shipping.
Mal: Does.. um.. does this seem kind of tight? Kaylee: Shows off your backside.
'Shindig'
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."
-t - Jul 11, 2005 2:51:22 pm PDT #8108 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
ChiKat - Jul 11, 2005 2:54:59 pm PDT #8109 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
[Note: my above-mentioned suggestions are great fantasy, but not funny fantasy.]
-t - Jul 11, 2005 3:07:05 pm PDT #8110 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So noted. i'm gonna try the Golden Compass and see what he thinks. He's already getting two Pratchetts.
Mr. Broom - Jul 11, 2005 3:23:19 pm PDT #8111 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
If he's at all into the heavier stuff, and particularly if he's the bookish sort, I'd suggest Ender's Game, provided this wasn't patently obvious at the outset.
meara - Jul 11, 2005 5:03:49 pm PDT #8112 of 10002
I almost hate to suggest it, but I'll bet at that age he might like some of the Xanth novels. The first ones were really almost decent. After that, though, who knew it could go so downhill?
-t - Jul 11, 2005 6:53:43 pm PDT #8113 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It turned out I had ordered a hardback, which I hadn't planned on doing, and when I changed it to paperback I was much further from the super saver than I thought. But I'll want these suggestions for Christmas, I'm sure.
Xanth seems older to me. I read A Spell for Chameleon in high school, though that was probably when it came out, but it still seems like that age to me.
sumi - Jul 12, 2005 4:55:47 am PDT #8114 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Hmmm, from Wizard News:
15 copies of Half-Blood Prince sold prematurely in Canada
Raincoast Books is in full damage-control mode after a British Columbia store prematurely sold up to 15 copies of the latest book last week. Raincoast heard about the gaffe on Friday, the day after the books were sold at the Great Canadian Superstore in Coquitlam – more than a week before the official release.
sumi - Jul 12, 2005 4:55:50 am PDT #8115 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Oops, not so interesting that I needed to say it twice.
Jessica - Jul 12, 2005 4:58:52 am PDT #8116 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Funny -- I was just about to link to this:
The Canadian distributors of the new Harry Potter book secured a gag order preventing plot leaks after a "small number" of copies were mistakenly sold.
Raincoast Books were granted the injunction after a store near Vancouver put the book on sale early.
The order prevents anyone disclosing all or part of the plot to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ahead of its release on 16 July.
Those returning the book will be rewarded with a JK Rowling autograph.
The company, which distributes the books on behalf of Bloomsbury, sought the injunction in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
"Raincoast and Bloomsbury have promised fans of Harry Potter that we would do our best to ensure that they would be the first to discover the secrets contained within Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," said Jamie Broadhurst, marketing director at Raincoast Books.
"We felt that we had to take all necessary legal action to keep our promise to Canadian fans."
Aims - Jul 12, 2005 7:54:08 am PDT #8117 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
AMAZON BILLED MY CARD FOR HP!!!
t does excited dance