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rivkat

Reviews: fiction about the fantastic

Apr 29, 2009 21:24

Query: anybody know if the Dreamwidth crossposter has fixed its cut-tag issues?

Rob Thurman, Nightlife: ( SPN fandom, why was I not informed? )

au: martin, au: thurman, reviews, au: marshall, fiction, au: butcher

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humming_along April 30 2009, 01:38:16 UTC

I read one Michael Marshall Smith story about ten years ago, and it traumatized me to the point where I've never tried any of this other work.

rivkat April 30 2009, 01:58:09 UTC

I get that! I love the way he thinks, though. One of Us is probably my favorite, and not nearly as grim as the others.

humming_along April 30 2009, 02:03:11 UTC

The story that got me was called More Later. It was in one of those best Fantasy/Horror anthologies.

malkingrey April 30 2009, 01:48:17 UTC

I can't remember Thurman's fan ID, but I do recall that her original fandom was The Real Ghostbusters.

rivkat April 30 2009, 01:59:06 UTC

Thanks--just idle curiosity, really. I recognize certain fannish characteristics in the book.

rahaeli April 30 2009, 02:03:05 UTC

Query: anybody know if the Dreamwidth crossposter has fixed its cut-tag issues?

It has indeed!

rivkat April 30 2009, 02:06:03 UTC

Yay!

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rivkat April 30 2009, 03:54:03 UTC

See, I'm a total bitter ol' fangirl about this: I've lived through so many different ways of interacting fannishly--hell, I sent LoCs to zines!--that I am just waiting to see how this shakes out. I have found OpenID quite useful, and I am planning on using just one reading list by hook or by crook, though admittedly I am not 100% clear on how I will get one list to suck in the other.

vorpalblades April 30 2009, 02:21:13 UTC

I've actually been working on a Nightlife x-over for a while. Needless to say, it may be a little while more.

vorpalblades April 30 2009, 19:09:39 UTC

Ooooooh! I would read that liek woah!

R/E the author's fandom identity, I'm pretty sure she wrote under something close to her real name.

coffeeandink April 30 2009, 02:33:19 UTC

I did not tell you about Nightlife because it and sequel read like fanfiction for a TV show that doesn't exist. That is, she tells me a lot about Niko and Cal and Robin, but she doesn't actually show me the characteristics they're supposed to have, or why they should care so much about each other, especially Robin. (So clearly slash-friendly, though!)

It whetted my SPN hunger during a break between seasons, but Niko pales in comparison to Dean, and not just because he's not played by Jensen Ackles. I've already decided not to pick up the third one.

rivkat April 30 2009, 02:37:10 UTC

This makes me sad! Not your decision, the fact that you felt the need to make it, if you see what I mean. I will read the next one and see if I can feel the love. Robin is a problem because only Niko or Robin POV, or a more non-mopey/outward-scrutinizing Cal, could explain why Robin sticks around. I could see Niko being awesome, but the little brother POV is just too limited to sell me.