B. Dalton down in my neck of the woods did that also.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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."
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.
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.
erikaj - Dec 29, 2005 8:49:51 am PST #9707 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Eggers' best work was "A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius," even if it did force me to call my memoir, hypothetically, at least "A Triumph Of The Human Spirit" I have a minor literary crush on JL.
Nutty - Dec 29, 2005 9:38:10 am PST #9708 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I've liked a couple of Eggers's short stories -- "Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly," e.g. -- but found his style in A Heartbreaking Work of Blah Blah a bit too much.
Lethem, when he loses me, he really loses me, but when he wins me over, we do pretty well together. I tend to find him stronger with novel-length than with the short story, but I expect that's influenced by his earlier short stories, many of which are incomprehensible.
erikaj - Dec 29, 2005 9:56:19 am PST #9709 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Whew, Nutty, glad it's not just me..."Fortress of Solitude" knocked me out so I read a bunch of his other things, and the shorts are, in some cases, well-phrased exercises in WTF? But I'm not Sci-Fi Gal so I thought I was, you know, "showing myself" Still bitter that I didn't think of a band called the "Subtle Distinctions" first because I think that is the Best Thing Ever.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2005 10:05:08 am PST #9710 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've liked a couple of Eggers's short stories -- "Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly,"
I thought that was really good, but I can't say I liked it.
the shorts are, in some cases, well-phrased exercises in WTF?
Dude, Eggers SO MUCH MORE. SO much.