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.
Mal: Well, you were right about this being a bad idea. Zoe: Thanks for sayin', sir.
'Serenity'
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
Always Anti-fascist!
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?