I'm currently reading a mystery set in 1905 that has some scenes that feel an awful lot like Criminal Minds fic. Makes me wonder....
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Jesse - Apr 17, 2011 4:37:08 pm PDT #14499 of 28603
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Apr 17, 2011 4:43:52 pm PDT #14500 of 28603
Because books.
What is it? I love historical mystery.
Jesse - Apr 17, 2011 4:48:34 pm PDT #14501 of 28603
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's called In the Shadow of Gotham. It's just OK -- most of the stuff bugging me is stuff like this profiling (really, 1905?) and people talking about why a woman would have trouble getting an academic job in math -- like that needs to be discussed in 1905??
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2011 4:52:20 pm PDT #14502 of 28603
brillig
There's a published Original Series Star Trek novel that's fairly clearly set in the world of a 70s TV show called "Here Come The Brides." I remember reading it and thinking, "I know these people."
Consuela - Apr 17, 2011 4:56:24 pm PDT #14503 of 28603
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I remember reading it and thinking, "I know these people."
Yeah, that one's an open secret. If I recall the story correctly, Hambly sort of tried to get permission but there really wasn't anyone around who still held the rights to it, so she fudged it a bit and just went forward.
I doubt Paramount would approve it now: they've gotten a lot more gun-shy.
Also: it's also a crossover with half a dozen other properties, if you read it carefully. Doctor Who, at the very least, although I don't remember the rest. Dana probably knows.
Dana - Apr 17, 2011 4:59:07 pm PDT #14504 of 28603
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I don't know offhand other than Here Come the Brides. Great book, though. It's called "Ishmael."
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2011 4:59:46 pm PDT #14505 of 28603
brillig
Hambly, that's right. I was trying to remember why I read it.
Anne W. - Apr 17, 2011 5:00:14 pm PDT #14506 of 28603
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oh, I remember that one!
Dana - Apr 17, 2011 5:01:59 pm PDT #14507 of 28603
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
She's got a couple of other classic Trek books that are also good.
Amy - Apr 17, 2011 5:04:07 pm PDT #14508 of 28603
Because books.
It's called In the Shadow of Gotham.
I just read something about that, actually. It sounds a little bit like The Alienist from your description.