askye, you might want to check out some of the works of Edmund Morgan. I read his biography of John Winthrop, The Puritan Dilemma, in college and remember it fondly.
Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.
'Potential'
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."
Fred Pete - Nov 29, 2005 5:12:01 am PST #9600 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
askye - Nov 29, 2005 9:33:56 am PST #9601 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
Thanks for the recommendations! The library doesn't have any of those, but they have two books by Edmund Morgan. I'll have to start requesting things through ILL.
Strix - Dec 03, 2005 11:39:16 am PST #9602 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hey, that makes me think: right now, I'm on a serious bio kick.
Um, Savage Beauty about Millay, Zelda, Frida, A Beautiful Mind, and I guess, Reading Lolita in Tehran.
Anyone have any recs for good bios?
Nutty - Dec 03, 2005 12:35:16 pm PST #9603 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I very much enjoyed Chandler, by the hilariously-named Tom Hiney. He spends several pages decoding the phrase "like spats at an Iowa picnic," to explain the layers of meaning. Also, I just like Chandler.
Kate P. - Dec 09, 2005 5:33:51 pm PST #9604 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hey, I've just found out I'm going to be having dinner with Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner tomorrow night. I've never read anything by them, but I know that people here like them. So I'm sort of vicariously excited.
JoeCrow - Dec 09, 2005 6:31:39 pm PST #9605 of 10002
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
Dang. You're all lucky and stuff. Tell them their fanbase sez hi.
So, why haven't you read any of their stuff? Not your type of lit? Just never picked one up?
Just curious. Coz I'm nosy like that.
Gus - Dec 09, 2005 6:33:03 pm PST #9606 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
vicariously excited
I'm getting a t-shirt with these words. See if I don't!
Beverly - Dec 09, 2005 6:34:56 pm PST #9607 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh Kate, I'm so envious! Having read--and loved--several things of hers, I wrote Kushner a fan letter once, and got a lovely reply from her. She seems to be a very gracious person. She also made a point of saying she liked my holiday icon last year on LJ. Have fun--and take notes! So you can tell us all about it later.
Beverly - Dec 09, 2005 6:35:27 pm PST #9608 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
And also? Gus! Hey there!
Gus - Dec 09, 2005 6:41:37 pm PST #9609 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Hey, Bev!
vicariously envious
Another t-shirt.