SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

I recently read:
The Gunslinger (3rd time)
Needful Things and
Gwendy's Button Box

Now I'm reading The Girl in the Maze. OK so far, just a little confusing with time jumping.

I have recently read and reread a bunch of science fiction plays and teleplays in Six Science Fiction Plays, Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers, The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay, Day of the Dead: A Babylon 5 Scriptbook, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit And Other Plays, and the outlier, for my RL book club: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.

Allison wrote: "Justin Ziegler wrote: "I am currently reading The Lies of Locke Lamora and plan on reading The Name of the Wind Elantris Oathbringer [book:C..."

Bamf? Isn't that the sound the Chibi Nightcrawler makes in X-Men?

Maybe! It is also what Jules has on his wallet in the cult classic film "Pulp Fiction." You know, the one that says badass motherf***** on it. ;-)

Allison wrote: "Maybe! It is also what Jules has on his wallet in the cult classic film "Pulp Fiction." You know, the one that says badass motherf***** on it. ;-)"

Oh I see, not nearly as cute as a Chibi Nightcralwer.

Currently in the middle of Ghost Story, but have read a variety of other things throughout the year... I'm actually a couple of books ahead on my reading challenge.

Dj wrote: "Oh I see, not nearly as cute as ..."

No, less cute, more scary yet righteous mobster-cool. But both I reckon are compliments, and I think that Justin has a wicked (now I'm using New England US slang! Or possibly original English!) book agenda!

Dj wrote: "Allison wrote: "Maybe! It is also what Jules has on his wallet in the cult classic film "Pulp Fiction." You know, the one that says badass motherf***** on it. ;-)"

Oh I see, not nearly as cute as ..."

Allison wrote: "No, less cute, more scary yet righteous mobster-cool. But both I reckon are compliments, and I think that Justin has a wicked (now I'm using New England US slang! Or possibly original English!) boo..."

Bamf applies as well to the teleport SFX of classic Nightcrawler, or did in the 80s and 90s. I never really made the connection to BAMF until today...

I am wholly on board with sharing this word with Nightcrawler of any era. Because as you know...

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.

I think Nightcrawler and Jules both understand this well, though with decidedly different takes on how to be the shepherd.

Brava!

More recently BAMF is on the belt of McCree from Overwatch.

Rob wrote: "More recently BAMF is on the belt of McCree from Overwatch."

Amazing. Game recognizes game.

Mike wrote: "Dj wrote: "Allison wrote: "Maybe! It is also what Jules has on his wallet in the cult classic film "Pulp Fiction." You know, the one that says badass motherf***** on it. ;-)"

Oh I see, not nearly ..."

In the story version where Kitty is telling a bedtime story to Illyana, Bamf is the name of the race, there were dozens of them. Wolverine was just called I'mean. Of course seeing him swallow a six pack crunch the cans and spit out a wadded up aluminum ball was classic.

Dj wrote: "In the story version where Kitty is telling a bedtime story to Illyana, Bamf is the name of the race, there were dozens of them. Wolverine was just called I'mean. Of course seeing him swallow a six pack crunch the cans and spit out a wadded up aluminum ball was classic. "

I have pertinent useless trivia knowledge!

After Kitty tells the fairy story to Ilyana, Nightcrawler travels to an alternate universe where the Bamfs actually exist. They call him "Daddy". They basically became Marvel's version of the imps like Mr. Mxyzptlk who vexed Superman, except the Bamfs actually like Nightcrawler and they teamed up for numerous adventures over the years.

"Bamf" was the noise Nightcrawler's teleporting power made from the very earliest days, back in the mid-70s. After awhile "bamf" became an in-universe term for teleporting.

Interestingly, Nightcrawler was originally supposed to be a member of the new Legion of Superheroes over in DC, but the editors nixed the idea. He was supposed to come from an alternate universe whose people were responsible for the human legends of demons and elves. So when Dave Cockrum went over to Marvel, he took Nightcrawler with him and used him as part of the new X-Men. While part of the X-Men, Wolverine started referring to him as elf, and Nightcrawler's origin was later retconned as actually being a demon. (Bleh.)

My current science fiction read is The Stand by Stephen King
Thinking of picking up last month BOTM-The Night Circus and hopefully have better luck finishing it this time.

Nightcrawler pics - click links for larger versions

OG 1970s

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Later 1970s

http://i68.tinypic.com/2ms0v2t.jpg


Bamfs

http://i66.tinypic.com/23uaozn.jpg


We all want to bamf.

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Trike wrote: "Nightcrawler pics - click links for larger versions"

(view spoiler)[Quick! Hide the comics! Sarah Anne is coming and she'll make us get "back on topic"! (hide spoiler)]

Quick, while we're still discussing bamf'ing, who is that complimenting Nightcrawler on the last panel?

Wow, and here I thought Allison was acronym-ing "bad ass motherf***er."

Sarah Anne wrote: "Wow, and here I thought Allison was acronym-ing "bad ass motherf***er.""

Oh, I'm pretty sure she was. This seems to have started an "X-geek takeover" of sorts, though!

Sarah Anne wrote: "Wow, and here I thought Allison was acronym-ing "bad ass motherf***er.""

I acronymed the H-E double hockey sticks out of it, but then it bamfed to a new discussion. Apparently it is one of those words that has different meaning as a noun, verb, and adjective. Thanks a lot, English.

:)

i am done with

now i am reading

Julia wrote: "Quick, while we're still discussing bamf'ing, who is that complimenting Nightcrawler on the last panel?"

Deadpool.

I think it's from Deadpool/Spider-man #14.

Thaddeus wrote: "spoiler: Nero was nasty"

ROFL! Thanks.

I just finished Lynn Flewelling's The Bone Doll's Twin. It's fantastic, and I can't wait to finish the trilogy.

Just picked up Game of Thrones collection set from my aunt, and currently reading A Clash of Kings.

I'm currently reading Grossman's The Magicians.

Since my last post, I’ve read:

1. Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein. I enjoyed the first half quite a bit, but was pretty annoyed by the second half. The main reason was the preachy monologues. The book became a vehicle for delivering small essays from the author, and the story suffered as a result. My review.

2. The Orphan’s Tales series by Catherynne Valente. I enjoyed this a lot, and I was particularly impressed by the nested story format and the intricacy with which all the tiny bits and pieces were woven together. I had never read anything like it before.
Book 1 – In the Night Garden – My Review.
Book 2 – In the Cities of Coin and Spice – My review.

Now I’m getting ready to start The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Just finished White Cat on Overdrive audio.

Started The Voyage of the Basilisk, which is good so far. But the blue type is hard to read.

Finished The 6th Lamentation -- got a bit convoluted and Dickensian there at the end, but terrific writing and characters. Love Anselm.

Read a few unknown ones by classic authors that I love: The Glimpses of the Moon (Edith Wharton), Lady Susan (Jane Austen -- a bit like a milder version of Les Liaisons dangereuses!), and The Machine Stops (E. M. Forster).

The latter was disturbing in its prescience about modern-day interwebz. The part where everyone decides that direct experience/knowledge of X should be abandoned in favor of talking about what someone else wrote about what someone else thought about what someone else said about X hit a little too close to home in these days of alternative facts and truth being whatever the loudest people agree it is. Yikes.

I listened to Six of Crows - ★★★★☆ - (My Review)

I finished:



Here is the link to my review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I just started New York 2140

My review of Stormlord Rising by Glenda Larke

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Gully wrote: "I'm currently reading Grossman's The Magicians."

I'm eager to hear your thoughts about it. I hope to read it eventually.

I finished The Stone Sky, and it was brilliant. She's brilliant. What a great ride. I can't really say more without ruining something, but Fifth Season is a must-read I think, and if you enjoyed that, you're going to be in heaven the rest of the series.

Odd Thomas was, as the name says, odd for me. It's the funniest book that has ever devastated me, and the best written, most interesting world I don't think I want to spend more time in. You should read it, just don't have the same brain weasels I do. Actually, that's good advice for all the books I read. Get your own brain weasels.

I've just started this month's reads (better late than never!) starting with Arcadia. It's going to be the book that completes my reading challenge! I am already interested but uncertain what's happening. Lots of great lines.

Last week I read a bunch of sf/ f plays and teleplays I really, really liked.

This weekend I've finished-- and didn't care for The Golem of Hollywood, Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions, which I thought was a hoot. Now I'm reading Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls.

I am currently reading The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan (Book #2 of Powder Mage Trilogy) and Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive #3). I plan to read Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story by K.M. Weiland next.

I finished Fledgling and am now starting The Old Man and the Wasteland

Jennifer wrote: "I finished Fledgling and am now starting The Old Man and the Wasteland"

What did you think of Fledgling?

Gary wrote: "I am currently reading The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan (Book #2 of Powder Mage Trilogy) and Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson ..."

You have Oathbringer????????

On Tor.com they are posting pre-release chapters every Tuesday at 9:00 AM Eastern Time. The prologue and chapters 1 to 12 are up so far with chapters 13 to 33 to come.
https://www.tor.com/2017/09/19/oathbr...

Leonie wrote: "Gary wrote: "I am currently reading The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan (Book #2 of Powder Mage Trilogy) and Oathbringer by [author:Brandon Sand..."

LOL Leonie, I did the same thing on another thread. Gary, you are causing cardiac events!

For some reason THE MAGICIANS was a big fat DNF from me. Couldn't get past the first couple chapters. Seemed awfully derivative (of Harry Potter) and ultimately uninteresting to me.

I'm currently reading The Dark Domain - weird, dark, wild tales by a Polish author, reminiscent of Robert Aickmann.

Gully wrote: "I'm currently reading Grossman's The Magicians."

I loved that series. Dark, weird, unexpected, occasionally uneven, but all things considered an excellent tale.

MadProfessah wrote: "For some reason THE MAGICIANS was a big fat DNF from me. Couldn't get past the first couple chapters. Seemed awfully derivative (of Harry Potter) and ultimately uninteresting to me."

I have to ask, since my mind is not wrapping around what it might be. What is DNF?

DNF = Did Not Finish