Oh, yeah, I really liked Nackles. Quite a few of his short stories are sort of Dahl-esque.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
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."
Strega - Feb 24, 2006 6:12:04 am PST #9992 of 10002
Hayden - Feb 24, 2006 6:22:20 am PST #9993 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
But I regret doing it, intensely now, because I'm always answering questions about it, and also because it passes on ammunition to the literary snobs who just assume that I make the distinction because I'm writing down when I'm writing science fiction.
Aha! Actually, I assumed that he was the literary snob, but I've certainly been accused of snobbery, too.
sj - Feb 24, 2006 8:54:09 am PST #9994 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I loved the Historian. I couldn't put it down until it was finished. I agree the end was a bit of a let down after all the build up, but I still loved it.
It was often like reading a history dissertation, or the summary of someone's research.
This was actually one of the aspects I loved about it.
Katerina Bee - Feb 24, 2006 9:14:31 am PST #9995 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
...just can't resist pushing this thing ever closer to the end...
Kathy A - Feb 24, 2006 9:24:34 am PST #9996 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
To help there, I'll mention that I'm finally reading The Eyre Affair, which I've had for about 4 or 5 years on my To Be Read bookshelf. I'm a few chapters in, and am enjoying it tremendously so far.
beth b - Feb 24, 2006 9:42:18 am PST #9997 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I'm finally reading The Eyre Affair
I loved the first one, found the second one annoying and I have the third which I keep eyeing suspiciously as it sits in the corner of the room. I have heard it is better than the second....
DavidS - Feb 24, 2006 9:49:25 am PST #9998 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Quick!
Who can recite the first sentence of One Hundred Years of Solitude without looking it up?
Aims - Feb 24, 2006 9:49:59 am PST #9999 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"I was alone."
DavidS - Feb 24, 2006 9:50:06 am PST #10000 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Here's my guess: "Many years later, while facing a firing squad, Colonel Aurelia Buendia remembered the day he first saw ice."
Frankenbuddha - Feb 24, 2006 9:50:08 am PST #10001 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Nines?
eta Damn, but I'll take the illegal palindrome.