Xander ,'Chosen'
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."
From the Amazon reviews:
I was attracted to the taboo-violating nature of the basic plot device: Evil scientist removes man's stubby little penis & gives him a wide range of accessories (with full sensate functioning) to replace it. Man goes on quest to obtain techno-magical item to exchange for his original organ. The theme of "a quest to obtain something magical so the wizard will return what is rightfully yours" is a tired old theme. Applying it to a man's =PENIS= returns it to novelty!
Didn't Anthony write some uber-squicky story about women being used as a source of milk?
Didn't Anthony write some uber-squicky story about women being used as a source of milk?
Yeah - as propaganda for vegetarianism.
I am afeared of magical smegma. I had to stop reading the review. those Bio of a Space Tyrant books were porny enough already.
Didn't Anthony write some uber-squicky story about women being used as a source of milk?
Yes.
I AM STILL SQUICKED NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY AFTER READING IT.
Steph, here: Steph L. "Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear." Jan 14, 2008 10:15:44 am PST what is the thing you didn't see coming? Just blew the night reading the book.
I...I don't know why it was so long. I didn't feel we had enough clues, enough underlying structure to know how things ought to go, so I felt at least as out to sea as the protagonist, with the downside of not being able to use magic and wear fancy dresses, if that makes sense.
I mean, I could basically tell she was being too impetuous and young about the decisions that had to be made, but as someone less headstrong I didn't feel I had that much more information to go on anyway. So I felt like I was just waiting for the right answer to be delivered to me, instead of participating or working it out as I went along.
Steph, here: Steph L. "Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear." Jan 14, 2008 10:15:44 am PST what is the thing you didn't see coming?
I really didn't expect Felicity to be in love with Pippa. Or, to be totally accurate, I didn't expect that Felicity was a lesbian, period, regardless of who she was in love with.
So I read Cory Doctorow's Little Brother yesterday. Which is a fast read, and a fun one. Although, in the end, it felt more like a political screed than a story. YBMV.
Interesting. I was wondering if it was Gemma sleeping with Kartik, even if it was in their dreams.
For some reason I had a hard time keeping track of Felicity's homosexuality--I mean, she'd been in love with Pippa, but that didn't mean she was gay--just that she'd been in love with and having sexing with another woman. Not sure why. I guess I'd been convinced by the scant bits of attention she'd thrown to men. Fee was bi to me. But I got it by the end.
It's the kind of book I need better "world rules" for, when all is said and done with.