Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'


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."


Nutty - Nov 22, 2005 5:32:23 am PST #9572 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

it's basically Eisenstein's theory of montage, only about books,

Actually, that was my first thought, when I read your summary of Tolstoy. "Anybody who watches enough hour-long drama TV shouldn't need help with transitions." I think we as a aprtly-visual culture are so good at them that they have become an invisible skill.


Volans - Nov 22, 2005 8:40:11 am PST #9573 of 10002
move out and draw fire

Transitions are important, but for me the other three are crucial.

I'm just not sure whether it's better to create a world and then find a story in it, or to have a story and create a world for it.


Strega - Nov 22, 2005 8:53:49 am PST #9574 of 10002

I'm not too familiar with Tolstoy, but I suspect that "transitions" aren't just the mechanics of getting from one scene to the next. A character arc is a kind of transition. I could be totally wrong, but if you think of "transitions" as "changes" it makes a bit more sense.


Steph L. - Nov 22, 2005 2:13:30 pm PST #9575 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

In "What I'm Reading" news, as a result of the Fandom Wank-ed kerfluffle about femslash, in which people kept mentioning Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty, I got it from the library. It's not *quite* Harry Potter's older, darker, sexier, Victorian cousin....but it's somewhere in the family tree. I really like it.


Atropa - Nov 22, 2005 2:16:52 pm PST #9576 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It's not *quite* Harry Potter's older, darker, sexier, Victorian cousin....but it's somewhere in the family tree.

Soooo, what you're saying is I really should get around to reading it?


Amy - Nov 22, 2005 2:28:55 pm PST #9577 of 10002
Because books.

Libba Bray's A Great and Terribly Beauty

Ooooh ooooh! I know the author, and she's one of the smartest, funniest, snarkiest people ever. I loved A Great and Terrible Beauty (although I am, of course, biased).

Just started Rebel Angels, the sequel, and am loving it so far, too.


Steph L. - Nov 22, 2005 2:46:50 pm PST #9578 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

It's not *quite* Harry Potter's older, darker, sexier, Victorian cousin....but it's somewhere in the family tree.

Soooo, what you're saying is I really should get around to reading it?

Yes, indeed. The beginning is a little *off,* in terms of it being historical fiction, b/c the protagonist's voice is a little too modern, but then the book really hits its stride and slips into fine Victorian voice.

I'm about halfway finished, and I just requested the sequel from the library, b/c I know I'll have it finished in the next day or so.


Consuela - Nov 22, 2005 3:04:25 pm PST #9579 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

if you think of "transitions" as "changes" it makes a bit more sense.

Ah. Like movement? Okay, yeah, that does make sense. Thanks, Strega.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 22, 2005 6:46:55 pm PST #9580 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Libba Bray's A Great and Terribly Beauty

Is Yeats the most referenced poet ever? Or do I just know more Yeats than other poets?


DavidS - Nov 23, 2005 5:55:14 am PST #9581 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Is Yeats the most referenced poet ever?

Shakespeare, surely. Although I have seen about five books in the last ten years that steal from Morrissey for their titles.