Book 73 - Christopher Golden "The Lost Slayer - King Of The Dead"

Book 73 - Christopher Golden "The Lost Slayer - King Of The Dead" (Pocket Books)





Buffy-at-nineteen and Buffy-at-twenty-four, merged into the 24-year-old body, have escaped from captivity and learned that Giles is now king of the vampires. His plan includes slowly taking over the world by turning those in power. Buffy and her friends, now hardened, cynical versions of themselves, must mount an attack to stop him. The biggest question is whether Buffy will be able to kill the demon that has inhabited the body of her former Watcher.

The dialogue sparkles almost as much as if it had been written by Joss himself. The beauty of the novel form is that they can depict situations that would be far too expensive in terms of production budgets to have produced for television. However, the combat scenes are somewhat lacking in that it is hard to picture what's written. Still, a very enjoyable expansion of the mythology, with characters that are true to form and a very fascinating plot.

Just Wondering

After watching a few episodes of Timeless i had this notion -

If you could travel back in time and change a bit of history where would you go and what would you do?

Do you think that your actions would have unforeseen consequences or do you think that your actions would improve things?

Good Night

Think it is time to hit the crypt.

Krog Box

The Karin Krog box set arrived and i shall be listening to that over the next few days.



The Guardian newspaper gave this review -

"Dave Gelly
Sunday 6 August 2017 08.00 BST
I know of no other jazz singer with quite the stylistic breadth – not to mention tireless enthusiasm – of Norway’s Karin Krog. From ragtime to the avant garde, big band to solo voice with electronics, she approaches them all with the same devotion and skill. This box of six CDs contains her own choice from recordings she made between 1967 and now. The mere list of names appearing with her is mind-boggling, from all-time giants such as Dexter Gordon and Clark Terry to contemporaries like Britain’s John Surman and Hamburg’s mighty NDR Bigband. In all that time, Krog’s voice has changed only to sound warmer and more supple."


Karin Krog - Ode to Billy Joe

Halloween Selection

Time for some music for Halloween - All hallows Eve

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Devil May Care (Mom & Dad Don't)

( More music here if you dare to open )

Enjoy

Book 74 - Christopher Golden "The Lost Slayer - Original Sins"

Christopher Golden "The Lost Slayer - Original Sins" (Pocket Books)



The final showdown with Giles, King of the Vampires is at hand. However, even if they beat him, the price will be high. Buffy and her friends must find a way to send Buffy-at-nineteen back before she made the fatal mistake that caused all of this.


The only complaint I have about this is that although most of the dialogue is very true to the show, Anya's lines all ring flat. Fortunately she doesn't figure much in the tale. Besides that, the action is well-rendered (I had much less trouble visualising the scenes than I did in the last couple volumes in the series), and the story itself is very compelling. Very well done.

All Hell, Here's Samhain... Bright Hallowed Blessings!

Thought this was interesting so -

Originally posted by pigshitpoet at All Hell, Here's Samhain... Bright Hallowed Blessings!

The Meanings of things...

Last night all hell broke loose on our street, the neighbour shot off massive fireworks on the street in front of ours and neighbouring houses, with what sounded like sparks pelting our roof. This is in a highly treed residential area, which could pose a fire hazard. I went to speak with the man, but he insisted that the ground was too wet to start a fire. He was surrounded by about 20 friends and family enjoying his pyrotechnic play. One of the girlfriends, spoke up and told me, "I don't think the city has a law against it, is there?"... I replied I wasn't talking about law, but about starting a fire an the area of residential homes and trees. Just to see what could be done, I checked with 911, who said there is a city by-law, probably for noise. They said they could take the report, but they've had hundreds more reports and unsure of when they might be able to get here. So I deemed the whole thing futile and went back to bed. Luckily they ran out of rockets and no fires were reported in our neighbourhood.

Originally posted by alivemagdolene at Bright Blessings at Hallows!

A happy and safe holiday to all who celebrate!

For the unawares, here is some information courtesy of About Dot Com. This holiday isn't just Halloween, it's also Hallows, and Samhain (and knowing we Pagans, a good dozen other names).

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Bam

This Has To Stop!

New York attack: Eight killed by man driving truck

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41825577

Interesting Links

Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html

Harvey Weinstein: US actress Rose McGowan makes rape allegation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41606140

Sounds like a plant to me ..

Arrest warrant issued for US actress Rose McGowan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41823667

Asteroid impact plunged dinosaurs into catastrophic 'winter'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41825471

Trump associates' links with Russia: what we know so far

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/mar/02/donald-trump-russia-campaign-moscow