No sex in the Fulfillment Room!
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'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."
Steph L. - Jul 13, 2005 7:28:16 am PDT #8146 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Lilty Cash - Jul 13, 2005 7:30:01 am PDT #8147 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
No sex in the Fulfillment Room
Then it's a very badly named room.
ChiKat - Jul 13, 2005 7:36:00 am PDT #8148 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?
And I don't want to spend any time there.
Of course, I don't participate in Teh Sex when at work anyway....
DavidS - Jul 13, 2005 8:01:16 am PDT #8149 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
the best story so far was Steve Erickson's "Zeroville."
Erickson's never been afraid to write fantastic stuff. It's not a tiptoe venture for him.
Nutty - Jul 13, 2005 8:03:22 am PDT #8150 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Right. In the case of "Zeroville," it's a story that makes much more of symbol than of the "is it or isn't it supernatural?" question. I liked it a lot, although I imagine it needs a good background in film crit to be really comprehensible (it's about a film editor, and he makes a lot of references).
David, can you recommend other of Erickson's work? Has he written any novels?
DavidS - Jul 13, 2005 8:13:38 am PDT #8151 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
David, can you recommend other of Erickson's work? Has he written any novels?
He has written many novels.
I liked his earlier ones Days Between Stations and Rubicon Beach.
Arc D'X was a very ambitious and interesting take on the whole Thomas Jefferson/Sally Hemings relationship as Metaphor For America. Not entirely successful but interesting.
eta: Erickson's done a lot of journalism and film crit too, which is what you're sensing in his writing. He's also a fan of the Love And Rockets comic and Francesca Lia Block's YA novels.
Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2005 8:49:11 am PDT #8152 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
This dick needs a giant cluesticking. "Hogwarts fans, you're stupid, stupid, stupid"
Of course IIRC, he hates PBS kids' programs too.
Polter-Cow - Jul 13, 2005 9:02:06 am PDT #8153 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What's the Buffista crack for the registration?
Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2005 9:03:54 am PDT #8154 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Huh. I didn't hafta register. I'd imagine it's the same as NYT buffistas/foamy
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2005 9:05:33 am PDT #8155 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
bugmenot.com is always a good bet.