Well, I may be in the minority: other people, including the author herself, seemed to think all the backstory was adequately explained. I may be a bit too linear.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Consuela - Jan 14, 2006 9:33:25 am PST #9786 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
meara - Jan 14, 2006 9:35:02 am PST #9787 of 10002
Oh, very with you on all of that--I don't want something simple, I don't mind a little in medias res, but at the same time, don't make me go "Did I miss something, is this actually teh second book in a series??". There's a bunch of books by Kristine Smith that I adore, but have that same flaw--and it irritates me enough that I don't really wish for a prequel, even though I'd like some of it explained.
Katie M - Jan 14, 2006 9:35:27 am PST #9788 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Nah, I'm the queen of literal, and I have no patience at all for writers who make me feel like they know something I don't and they aren't planning to tell me. I'm forever not getting things that everyone else gets. So chance are high I'd have the same reaction you did.
Consuela - Jan 14, 2006 9:53:50 am PST #9789 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
On the other hand, I did bull through and ended up liking the rest of it more. So.
Jars - Jan 15, 2006 9:59:51 am PST #9790 of 10002
I need a gift idea for a friend. I want to get her something comic-y because she probably won't get anything like that from anyone else. She loves anything by Dan Clowes, Love and Rockets - that kind of thing. Any suggestions?
erikaj - Jan 15, 2006 10:17:16 am PST #9791 of 10002
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Groening's "Life in Hell"?(she probably has them, actually)
Jars - Jan 15, 2006 10:49:05 am PST #9792 of 10002
Ooh, good idea. Now to see if I can find them anywhere to buy.
DavidS - Jan 15, 2006 12:32:55 pm PST #9793 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She loves anything by Dan Clowes, Love and Rockets - that kind of thing. Any suggestions?
Black Hole by Charles Burns, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken - Seth, Summer Blonde - Adrian Tomine, New York Diary - Julie Doucet, A Child's Life - Phoebe Gloeckner, Blue Monday - Chynna Clugston-Major, Definition - Ariel Schrag.
All available online at Amazon.
Jars - Jan 16, 2006 2:01:14 am PST #9794 of 10002
Thanks so much! I settled on Black Hole and a few other bits I've heard her mention she doesn't have. Here's hoping they arrive before her birthday.
Strix - Jan 16, 2006 10:00:07 am PST #9795 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Apparently, LKH has signed a deal to write a script for "Guilty Pleasures."
No more info than that is available, I'm afraid. Interesting. Possibility for awfulness...or maybe (maybe?!) a guilty pleasure? I dunno.
Casting? Who would you cast for what?