Ew, that spoiler makes me kinda glad I quit reading them, Sheryl. I dunno, though, I felt like I liked the author and the way she was writing, I just didn't especially care for the characters/plot. I liked the universe, I liked the style...I think I'd be (cautiously) willing to try something else she wrote, I just got annoyed and gave up round about the third book (it takes me a while to give up, after I get annoyed...I read the Anita Blake books for FAR too long)
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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."
meara - Feb 20, 2007 6:48:42 pm PST #1995 of 28689
DavidS - Feb 22, 2007 8:45:01 am PST #1996 of 28689
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Shakespeare Quiz:
Who speaks this speech, and what play?
O sir, we quarrel in print, by the book; as you have
books for good manners: I will name you the degrees.
The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the
Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the
fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the
Countercheque Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with
Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct. All
these you may avoid but the Lie Direct; and you may
avoid that too, with an If. I knew when seven
justices could not take up a quarrel, but when the
parties were met themselves, one of them thought but
of an If, as, 'If you said so, then I said so;' and
they shook hands and swore brothers. Your If is the
only peacemaker; much virtue in If.
Finally, which "degree of the lie" have you most recently resorted to? The Reply Churlish? The Countercheque Quarrelsome? The Quip Modest?
Steph L. - Feb 22, 2007 8:56:15 am PST #1997 of 28689
That which does not kill you should RUN
I know it's from As You Like It; I can't remember the character's name, though.
Dang. Time to turn in my college degree.
DavidS - Feb 22, 2007 9:07:39 am PST #1998 of 28689
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know it's from As You Like It;
Correct.
I can't remember the character's name, though.
Who's the clown in that play?
Also, you didn't answer the last question. I suspect you've used The Reply Churlish on chatty coworker this week.
Steph L. - Feb 22, 2007 9:16:54 am PST #1999 of 28689
That which does not kill you should RUN
I suspect you've used The Reply Churlish on chatty coworker this week.
Oh, I only EVER use The Reply Churlish. Anything else is just inauthentic dissembling.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2007 9:54:56 am PST #2000 of 28689
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm reading Octavia Butler's book, The Fledgling. I know it wasn't supposed to be one of her best, but I feel almost awkward reading it, like I'm in someone else's business. The POV character is not a very informed one at this point in the book, but somehow it all feels childlike to me. Having a hard time convincing myself to finish.
Why won't the damn library find me a copy of Swordspoint???
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2007 9:56:17 am PST #2001 of 28689
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Why won't the damn library find me a copy of Swordspoint???
I need to steal my library's copy of it. I swear I'll love it properly.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2007 11:30:57 am PST #2002 of 28689
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need to steal my library's copy of it. I swear I'll love it properly.
You! You are the villain!
Somehow I managed to end up with a book after it, and now it seems there's no way I'm getting Swordspoint before I have to return what I have.
brenda m - Feb 23, 2007 3:02:29 am PST #2003 of 28689
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Heh. I just started rereading that the other night. Hivemind in action.
Kate P. - Feb 23, 2007 3:54:18 am PST #2004 of 28689
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just read that a couple of weeks ago! I really enjoyed it, though I liked The Privilege of the Sword even better -- anyone read that one yet? I fell head-over-heels for the main character, while nobody in Swordspoint quite grabbed me like she did. It also made me wonder if Swordspoint would be a significantly different book if Kushner wrote it now, instead of in the 80s, just in terms of (barely spoilery) attitudes towards sex and sexuality -- how much to show vs. tell, that sort of thing.