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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."

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Nutty - Feb 22, 2006 7:29:26 am PST #9947 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

What I like about short stories is that they don't have a chapter entitled, "I am Born."

Kidding. I do enjoy, though, the presentation of a character or situation where you don't get to know what happened before; you only have these little bits; and that's all you'll ever see of these people. Like impressionist paintings, or off-the-cuff photos.

Which is to say, ambiguous endings don't bother me except inasmuch as they are abused. The ending of a short story doesn't usually overlap with everything in a character's life being resolved, because the story isn't usually about a whole life. That woman who has an epiphany will still worry about her job the following Thursday.

(Except in those SF short stories where the universe is destroyed in the last line.)

Atropa - Feb 22, 2006 9:28:42 am PST #9948 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

A friend loaned me Son of a Witch; do I need to re-read Wicked (since it was long, long ago when I first read it) for it to make any sense?

Aims - Feb 22, 2006 9:47:42 am PST #9949 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

No. You need to remove your brain and any sort of comprehensive reading skills for it to make sense.

Also, being drunk might not hurt.

Atropa - Feb 22, 2006 9:51:41 am PST #9950 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

No. You need to remove your brain and any sort of comprehensive reading skills for it to make sense.

Oh. Hmmm, so should I skip it?

Aims - Feb 22, 2006 9:54:04 am PST #9951 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Maybe. I don't know. I'm bitter about that book. You might like it. It is an easy read, mostly. It doesn't get as entwined as Wicked did.

sj - Feb 22, 2006 9:59:07 am PST #9952 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Aimee, I thought you were really enjoying it when you first started reading it?

Aims - Feb 22, 2006 9:59:45 am PST #9953 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I was. The ending pissed me off and the more I thought about the book, the more I got mad at it.

Volans - Feb 22, 2006 10:24:45 am PST #9954 of 10002
move out and draw fire

Ah, the story that made me wish I could go back in time and prevent Ray Bradbury from signing away the movie rights.

Even if you'd come back to the present to find that Paris Hilton was now President?

Fred Pete - Feb 22, 2006 10:32:29 am PST #9955 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Even if you'd come back to the present to find that Paris Hilton was now President?

Sadly, that might be an improvement.

billytea - Feb 22, 2006 10:50:10 am PST #9956 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

It hit me similarly. I had no idea I even cared until, all the sudden, I was a freakin' mess. It was very impressive, because I knew Ishiguro was heading towards a conclusion like that, but when it arrived, it just devastated me.

Ishiguro does that brilliantly. Remains of the Day hit me like that. For some reason, I wasn't as affected by Never Let Me Go, but I'm not sure why.

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