We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


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."


Barb - Apr 22, 2009 6:44:14 am PDT #8941 of 28769
“Not dead yet!”

According to Variety, neither really:

There are 16 Scarpetta novels, meaning a franchise is hoped for, but this film won't be tied to a specific Cornwell mystery title. Much the way that Jason Bourne morphed into an action hero in plots not rigidly locked into the Robert Ludlum book series, the opera-loving coroner Scarpetta will be the lead in a suspense thriller in the vein of "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Seven."

[link]


Scrappy - Apr 22, 2009 11:46:58 am PDT #8942 of 28769
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I just got this request from someone we all know:

I have a question for you. I need to submit a list of authors I would like us to go after as hot prospects to write the books for our BSG prequel, Caprica. Do you have a sense of who the up-and-comers are in the sci fi novel world? I'd love any trail you can put me onto!

Any names I can send her way? They need to be published sci fi authors, but can be on the new side.


Polter-Cow - Apr 22, 2009 11:47:27 am PDT #8943 of 28769
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Jacob!

Ha, that would be a hoot.


Hayden - Apr 22, 2009 11:50:27 am PDT #8944 of 28769
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Would David Schwartz count as an upcoming sci-fi writer?


JZ - Apr 22, 2009 12:09:13 pm PDT #8945 of 28769
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

I was just going to say Knut!


erikaj - Apr 22, 2009 12:17:35 pm PDT #8946 of 28769
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

Fuzzy Dunlop(Nope, just showing off for Corwood)


Consuela - Apr 22, 2009 7:19:47 pm PDT #8947 of 28769
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Martha Wells!

Jamie Scott & Holly Duncan. (They wrote a couple of very solid SG-1 novels.)

Karen Traviss. She's written original and a bunch of apparently very good Star Wars novels.


DavidS - Apr 22, 2009 8:07:34 pm PDT #8948 of 28769
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Would David Schwartz count as an upcoming sci-fi writer?

He's Nebula-nominated! I think so. Pimp the Knut!


Jon B. - Apr 23, 2009 9:37:21 am PDT #8949 of 28769
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I skimmed, so apologies if this has already been posted:

Redesigned Harry Potter book covers to look like classic Penguin Books.

Lovely!


sumi - Apr 23, 2009 9:51:57 am PDT #8950 of 28769
Art Crawl!!!

Those rock.