Oh, very with you on all of that--I don't want something simple, I don't mind a little in medias res, but at the same time, don't make me go "Did I miss something, is this actually teh second book in a series??". There's a bunch of books by Kristine Smith that I adore, but have that same flaw--and it irritates me enough that I don't really wish for a prequel, even though I'd like some of it explained.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
meara - Jan 14, 2006 9:35:02 am PST #9787 of 10002
Katie M - Jan 14, 2006 9:35:27 am PST #9788 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Nah, I'm the queen of literal, and I have no patience at all for writers who make me feel like they know something I don't and they aren't planning to tell me. I'm forever not getting things that everyone else gets. So chance are high I'd have the same reaction you did.
Consuela - Jan 14, 2006 9:53:50 am PST #9789 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
On the other hand, I did bull through and ended up liking the rest of it more. So.
Jars - Jan 15, 2006 9:59:51 am PST #9790 of 10002
I need a gift idea for a friend. I want to get her something comic-y because she probably won't get anything like that from anyone else. She loves anything by Dan Clowes, Love and Rockets - that kind of thing. Any suggestions?
erikaj - Jan 15, 2006 10:17:16 am PST #9791 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Groening's "Life in Hell"?(she probably has them, actually)
Jars - Jan 15, 2006 10:49:05 am PST #9792 of 10002
Ooh, good idea. Now to see if I can find them anywhere to buy.
DavidS - Jan 15, 2006 12:32:55 pm PST #9793 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She loves anything by Dan Clowes, Love and Rockets - that kind of thing. Any suggestions?
Black Hole by Charles Burns, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken - Seth, Summer Blonde - Adrian Tomine, New York Diary - Julie Doucet, A Child's Life - Phoebe Gloeckner, Blue Monday - Chynna Clugston-Major, Definition - Ariel Schrag.
All available online at Amazon.
Jars - Jan 16, 2006 2:01:14 am PST #9794 of 10002
Thanks so much! I settled on Black Hole and a few other bits I've heard her mention she doesn't have. Here's hoping they arrive before her birthday.
Strix - Jan 16, 2006 10:00:07 am PST #9795 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Apparently, LKH has signed a deal to write a script for "Guilty Pleasures."
No more info than that is available, I'm afraid. Interesting. Possibility for awfulness...or maybe (maybe?!) a guilty pleasure? I dunno.
Casting? Who would you cast for what?
Betsy HP - Jan 16, 2006 10:04:16 am PST #9796 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Adrian Paul as Jean-Claude. They can't afford him, but Liam Neeson as early Richard.
And Mary Sue as Anita.