And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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."


Strix - Nov 04, 2008 8:18:15 pm PST #7868 of 28706
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

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.


Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2008 8:14:49 am PST #7869 of 28706
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Michael Crichton died.

I was way into Michael Crichton in high school. He was one of my favorite authors.


hippocampus - Nov 05, 2008 8:46:29 am PST #7870 of 28706
not your mom's socks.

crap. f*ck cancer.


sumi - Nov 05, 2008 10:59:09 am PST #7871 of 28706
Art Crawl!!!

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.


Fay - Nov 05, 2008 10:16:42 pm PST #7872 of 28706
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

OMG, I love E H Shepherd's illustrations!

The one with Piglet and the little rag of the balloon made me cry. I mean, last time I saw it, a few years ago, it made me cry. Gah. It's like Larkin's poem As Bad As A Mile for crystaiising that particular sense of piteous failure in a few quick strokes of the pen.


Toddson - Nov 06, 2008 4:00:13 am PST #7873 of 28706
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Speaking of a few quick strokes of the pen (couldn't resist), have you seen this?


Ginger - Nov 06, 2008 4:10:10 am PST #7874 of 28706
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I've somehow missed whether there's a name for a male Mary Sue. I'm thinking of the sort of character who's a doctor who lands a commercial airplane in an emergency; finds food and water in the wilderness; makes an electric generator with spare parts; is true to his one true love while being hit on by everyone woman he meets; and has steely gray eyes and a determined chin.


Toddson - Nov 06, 2008 4:13:33 am PST #7875 of 28706
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Marty Sue


Barb - Nov 06, 2008 4:14:57 am PST #7876 of 28706
“Not dead yet!”

Alpha male. (in current romance parlance... sorry, couldn't help myself.)


Jessica - Nov 06, 2008 4:15:43 am PST #7877 of 28706
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Jack?