"Might"? Bullshit.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'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."
Betsy HP - Feb 17, 2006 2:15:34 pm PST #9911 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Aims - Feb 17, 2006 2:29:41 pm PST #9912 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Whoops! Wrong thread. Thanks, Betsy.
beth b - Feb 17, 2006 8:48:16 pm PST #9913 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
just started reading Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. 50 pages in and I am really likeing it. I wouldn't normally bother mentioning a book I just started to read , but it is a buffista book and here [link] is where I got the reccomendation.
Consuela - Feb 17, 2006 9:42:02 pm PST #9914 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read Westerfeld's Uglies a few weeks ago, and liked it a lot. Now I have to return it to my niece and see if she has Pretties...
Consuela - Feb 19, 2006 7:19:35 am PST #9915 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Naomi Novik had a very funny little contest on her LJ: how many genre cliches can you fit into a very short story? The Ultimate Crossover Contest, here: [link]
Kate P. - Feb 19, 2006 7:50:21 am PST #9916 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, that reminds me! I was thinking the other day about a book that was discussed here a while ago. Actually, I think someone just linked to a review on someone else's website. Anyway, the book was clearly awful (possibly self-published) and involved a protagonist who embodied nearly every current bad fantasy/romance cliche: he was a telepathic alien elf pirate, or something, and the review was fantastically snarky and funny. Is this ringing a bell for anyone? I tried googling for it, but unsurprisingly, a search for "alien elf pirate" has a pretty high signal-to-noise ratio.
Beverly - Feb 19, 2006 9:48:27 am PST #9917 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Double post. Sorry.
Beverly - Feb 19, 2006 9:50:28 am PST #9918 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
As well as Highlander, Buckaroo Banzai, and Shawshank, Clancy's been in Starship Troopers, Blue Steel, and Shoot to Kill, all of which have been run a brazilian times on cable. He's also VO-ing the Honda Ridgeline commercials at the moment. Know that voice anywhere, by the curl of my toes.
ETA: He was also a fling of Kerry's, on ER
Connie Neil - Feb 19, 2006 10:32:16 am PST #9919 of 10002
brillig
I've had a lovely reading morning: a book about the changes in the New Testament over the centuries and a book of essays about how gay/lesbian history has been dealt with. I feel all scholarly. Should go write some fic now.
Emily - Feb 19, 2006 12:40:24 pm PST #9920 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
a pretty high signal-to-noise ratio.
You mean a low ratio? Yes, that's all I have to offer -- completely unhelpful math-based kibbitzing. What do you want from me?
I don't suppose anyone knows of some great math-centered books for high schoolers?