You know, it occurred to me that, for all her writerly faults, LKH created a world that stuck with me. I was watching the weather channel this morning and they talked about St. Louis and the first thing that came to mind was the Anita Blake books.
Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
Calli - Jan 17, 2006 8:30:19 am PST #9819 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Calli - Jan 17, 2006 11:11:34 am PST #9820 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Consuela - Jan 17, 2006 3:04:55 pm PST #9821 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm thinking of Eliza Dushku or Jessica Alba for Anita. Dark and attractive to the geekly audience, and both experienced with the ass-kicking.
Strix - Jan 17, 2006 3:07:41 pm PST #9822 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Suela, d'oh! I cannot imagine why Eliza never crossed my mind! I think she'd be great.
erikaj - Jan 17, 2006 5:29:00 pm PST #9823 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
That would be cool. Really cool, not marketing-cool.
Connie Neil - Jan 17, 2006 7:27:13 pm PST #9824 of 10002
brillig
Eliza might work, but Anita turns into such a twit that I wouldn't wish the part on her.
Kate P. - Jan 18, 2006 8:10:47 am PST #9825 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The Big Over Easy, the first in the Jack Spratt Investigates series (according to the review I read in EW, it's a cross between Film Noir and nursery rhymes).
Oh cool, I hadn't heard of that one. Although I have to say I lost interest in the Tuesday Next books about 3 books in, but if the first book or two of the new series are as good as the first couple TN books, I'll give them a shot.
Anne W. - Jan 18, 2006 8:31:10 am PST #9826 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I finished "Julie and Julia," and enjoyed it, although there were times I wanted to shake the author. Plus, the whole bit about the maggots really squicked me.
I'm home sick from work (I feel fine if I stay in bed, feel rather questionable if I get up and walk around) and am reading "Anansi Boys." I haven't laughed in sheer delight at a book in so long.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2006 8:38:15 am PST #9827 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
am reading "Anansi Boys." I haven't laughed in sheer delight at a book in so long.
It's so lovely. The ending, and I mean the final image, made me cry because I was so happy for one of the characters.
Nutty - Jan 18, 2006 12:02:56 pm PST #9828 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan safran Foer, and it's a book very invested in its bookness. It's got illustrations and photographs, and after a while you realize that other books (and loose pages) are being represented verbatim within this book. Doesn't make any sense in any context except text between covers.