Jilli, did you know there was LitGothic site with a listing on Vernon Lee?
Oooh, she sounds fascinating, as does Simon Raven. scribbles down names
I'll have to look for their stuff.
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
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."
Atropa - Jul 27, 2005 10:29:55 am PDT #8615 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Kathy A - Jul 27, 2005 10:33:16 am PDT #8616 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Out of curiosity - what's the difference between the US and UK versions of HBP beside coming from different countries?
The Sugar Quill has a thread for this. Apparently, the differences are relatively minor, mostly spelling (although there are two sentences dropped from the UK version that the US still has).
DavidS - Jul 27, 2005 10:34:06 am PDT #8617 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I haven't. They sound charming, although I appear to be squarely in the Badfort crowd, if you replace "sacking" with "sweatpants."
I want to live in place that's half Gormenghast half Disneyland. We'll call it... Jillilandia. Apparently Gaiman is a big fan of the Uncle stories.
JZ - Jul 27, 2005 10:35:34 am PDT #8618 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
A friend of mine works in a library at the U of Alaska in Ketchikan; the chancellor there decided they no longer needed a library and had them get rid of more than half their collection.
Whaa? That's just... Fucking people. There are no words. I give up.
David J. Schwartz - Jul 27, 2005 10:38:50 am PDT #8619 of 10002
New, fully poseable Author!Knut.
Whaa? That's just... Fucking people. There are no words. I give up.
I forgot to say, she then had them moved into a room the size of a storage closet. Apparently all the students need is a computer with Google bookmarked.
Giles needs to have a talk with that woman.
Atropa - Jul 27, 2005 10:39:59 am PDT #8620 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Apparently all the students need is a computer with Google bookmarked.
blinks
Oh. Dear.
erikaj - Jul 27, 2005 10:40:09 am PDT #8621 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Of course they need a library...unless it's the collected works of Strom Thurmond or something.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 10:40:25 am PDT #8622 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Giles needs to have a talk with that woman.
Why don't we send Ripper in instead?
-t - Jul 27, 2005 10:40:36 am PDT #8623 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hm. The elephant in a purple dressing gown is a familiar image, yet I don't remember the stories at all. Maybe I knew someone who had them?
Polter-Cow - Jul 27, 2005 10:41:02 am PDT #8624 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
At the risk of saying things that have been said . . . second chapter had no right to exist
I'm really confused by this. It had every right to exist and was in fact very important, moreso than the first chapter.