Xander ,'Lessons'
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."
screeches into thread: Yearlong Poe Celebration, 2009
also? one of the toll booth operators I passed the other day was reading a book - I asked which one (slow toll) and she said "Twilight!" So me: "twinkly vampires?" Her: Yes! Isn't it wonderful?
I don't think downshifting them from sparkly to twinkly is destructive, per se. But it can't help. And I'll do that all I can.
Anybody here familiar with the Boileau-Narcejac writing team?
They're the french writers who wrote Vertigo, the screenplay for Diabolique and the screenplay for Eyes Without a Face.
That's a pretty good resume.
the screenplay for Eyes Without a Face.
oh, dang, now that frickin' Billy Idol song will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
I've never read Something Wicked This Way Comes . I wonder if it would freak my shit out too much.
I read a really bizarre novel of theirs called (in translation) Choice Cuts.
Heh. I texted my little sister ( a bookseller) and was all "The internet is crackier than normal! I can't walk away!"
She's all calm: "I'm ignoring it. A new Robb, Kenyob and Hamilton all dropped today."
Me (temporarily diverted): Gentry or Anita?
Sis: Gentry. She hasn't slept with anyone is 160 pages!
Me: Did she die? (Would that stop her?)
Did she die? (Would that stop her?)
Granted I've only read the Anita Blakes, but I'm going to go with a no. It doesn't seem to stop most of Anita's acquaintances.
I have spoilers for the sexin' (my sis MAY read as fast as I do. Almost. Heh.)
She said no sexin till page 344 (I think 344).And Merry only had actual sporkin; with one person. Some foreplay, but monogamous sporkin'. She was doing a read and post, sex-wise. It kept me entertained.
She intimated there was ACTUAL PLOT.
It's a night of miracles.
I was way into Michael Crichton in high school. He was one of my favorite authors.
crap. f*ck cancer.
Found this tidbit over at the sciffy site:
An original drawing of A.A. Milne's popular children's characters Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Piglet fetched 31,200 pounds ($50,000) at auction on Nov. 4 in London, the Reuters news service reported.