an Encyclopedia of Harry Potter and flesh out all the backstory that she was unable to shoehorn into the books.
That would be very neat. Like LotR's appendices.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
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."
Jessica - Dec 28, 2005 9:02:15 am PST #9697 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
meara - Dec 28, 2005 2:40:41 pm PST #9698 of 10002
My favorite part of this holiday: going to the day-after-Christmas sales, and finding that the bookstore in the mall was going out of business and everything was half off! So I bought as many books as I thought I could fit in my luggage (10, only...two?...of which I've read before. But I've read...4 more, now)
DavidS - Dec 28, 2005 3:34:47 pm PST #9699 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and finding that the bookstore in the mall was going out of business and everything was half off!
Was it a WaldenBooks? Because the nearby one is doing the same thing. I almost cried when I saw three Calvin & Hobbes collected works at half price.
Almare - Dec 28, 2005 3:39:59 pm PST #9700 of 10002
"My drink preference does not indicate my sexual preference. "
I wish they would do that down here. There is a hardcover collection of the first year of "Runaways" that I am mooning over.
Typo Boy - Dec 28, 2005 3:49:08 pm PST #9701 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
B. Dalton down in my neck of the woods did that also.
Consuela - Dec 28, 2005 3:50:40 pm PST #9702 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I only read one book over the holiday: a mystery set in Chinese-occupied Tibet, called Water Touching Stone by Eliot Pattison. Good stuff, with lots of cultural, political, and historical detail, tons of characters, and possibly too much plot. It ended up being very moving, although it took about 450 pages to get there. Particularly interesting for its portrayal of Tibetan religion and how the Chinese government may be attempting to manipulate it for political purposes.
Almare - Dec 28, 2005 3:52:07 pm PST #9703 of 10002
"My drink preference does not indicate my sexual preference. "
Not Tibet!
Consuela - Dec 28, 2005 3:55:05 pm PST #9704 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Shocking, no?
Fred Pete - Dec 28, 2005 4:22:48 pm PST #9705 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
meara, if you're near L'Enfant Plaza in the near future, check out the Reprint's going-out-of-business sale. Things look pretty picked over now, but you might be able to score a deal or two.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2005 8:43:09 am PST #9706 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I got two books of short stories for Christmas: one by Dave Eggers and one by Jonathan Lethem. I feel like they're so superficially similar, with their self-conscious coolness and their weird character names, but I just like the Lethem so much better. Eggers I appreciate, but the stories don't make me smile.