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Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
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We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Jessica - Jan 12, 2006 7:21:11 am PST #9766 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Volans - Jan 12, 2006 7:59:36 am PST #9767 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I just got Jonathan Strange, Anansi Boys, and Woken Furies.
Reading bliss.
Betsy HP - Jan 12, 2006 8:09:15 am PST #9768 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Gah. I need help. I have this book I need to recommend but can't remember author/title.
Anyway, the author is an LJ stalwart, the book is called something like Melisande, it's got excellent dark worldbuilding and is roughly equivalent to Georgian London/Paris, and the main plot is about a tattooed sorceror who's being used to destroy the magical foundation of teh world.
Ring any bells? Cause, damn, it was good.
Dana - Jan 12, 2006 8:12:38 am PST #9769 of 10002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Is it Sarah Monette's Melusine? Which I haven't read, but I know the author on LJ.
Betsy HP - Jan 12, 2006 8:14:13 am PST #9770 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yes. Thank you. Guys, it's very good fantasy, with a solidly thought-out background, and with grim, realistic settings but not being drive-me-to-suicide dark. Good book.
Consuela - Jan 12, 2006 3:17:52 pm PST #9771 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I want to read that, but I hear it's part 1 only, so I'm waiting until it's (a) out in paper and (b) finished.
sarameg - Jan 12, 2006 4:34:34 pm PST #9772 of 10002
So I got a box of books from the parents tonight, and one is a copy I already have. It's Beirut Blues. I recall enjoying it as a broody politics and personal book I read when I was heavy into a modern middle east phase. If anyone is interested, speak up and I'll ship it to you. Sometime in the next couple of weeks.
sarameg - Jan 12, 2006 4:48:35 pm PST #9773 of 10002
Huh. Just read the reviews. It is kinda maze/puzzlelike and leaves things to be filled in. But I like that. I read it in conjunction with Map of Love (which has this extended metaphor and puzzle thing happening that is just AWESOME,) Drinking the Sea of Gaza , Nine Parts of Desire and Persian Mirrors.
Volans - Jan 12, 2006 9:37:16 pm PST #9774 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I had never heard the phrase "to show willing" before, but it was in both books I started reading yesterday ( Anansi Boys and Woken Furies ). Weird.
DebetEsse - Jan 13, 2006 4:57:20 am PST #9775 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Did we know about Talk to the Hand (by Lynne Truss, the "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" lady) and I was just not paying attention? Have people read it? Is it good?