the grandest of several in the house
Several.
Whimper.
I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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."
Connie Neil - Nov 09, 2005 9:53:31 am PST #9431 of 10002
brillig
DavidS - Nov 09, 2005 9:56:41 am PST #9432 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bay Area Writers and Their Writing Rooms (Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown)
erikaj - Nov 09, 2005 10:04:16 am PST #9433 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Two thoughts: None of them have FrankenTim in their offices, which I do.(no wonder people say I've gotten "confessional" lately.) And I'm a big idiot because I always thought "Lemony Snicket" was a character in those books, not the author's pseud.
Amy - Nov 09, 2005 10:04:59 am PST #9434 of 10002
Because books.
Good article, Hec. I just totally stole a Flaubert quote "Lemony Snicket" offered as a tag.
Kate P. - Nov 09, 2005 10:11:41 am PST #9435 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
erika, Lemony Snicket is sort of a peripheral character in the books, if it makes you feel any better.
erikaj - Nov 09, 2005 10:31:42 am PST #9436 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Huh.
Strega - Nov 09, 2005 10:58:27 am PST #9437 of 10002
Yeah, Snicket is the narrator, and a character with his own mysterious involvement in the story. There's an Unauthorized Autobiography of Snicket as sort of an adjunct to the series.
Then again, this
Handler is eleven-thirteenths of the way through a planned 13-volume gothic marathonsuggests that either the piece is dated, or the author is confused. Book 12 came out last month.
Dana - Nov 09, 2005 11:00:12 am PST #9438 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oooh! Have I read book 12?
Strega - Nov 09, 2005 11:06:42 am PST #9439 of 10002
I just read it this week -- The Penultimate Peril? They reach Hotel Denoument and there's, y'know, some regrettable occurences.
erikaj - Nov 09, 2005 11:09:10 am PST #9440 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I admire people that can plan like that. Whenever I write anything I'm more like "Um...stuff happens?"