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The trailer alone made me want to buy this.
But I might not have if my fiancee hadn't loved his Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The fact that my dad is also a serious Lincoln fan (they share a birthday) is probably part of it as well. I've barely cracked it open, but while what I've read so far seems good, I'd agree

donkey raping shit-eater

Thanks, Tasha Robinson
You know, we readers nitpick all the time, at the AVC writers as well as at the art, but we (or I at least) don't express gratitude nearly as often. I love this feature, and reading it this morning is bringing some rather nice moments to what I know is going to be a very shitty day. So, thanks

Yeah…
Guys don't care.

KHAAAAAAAAAAN ! ! ! !

@forget_it_jake: I'd start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls. I actually rather agree with you on on the Pullman books, more for the world building than the younger Lyra. I love watching her grow up. There were also some holes in the story that became manifest in the last book. Still, I'd call it a pretty

Not to mention XXX-Men.

Sea Webis, I will remember that.

Goddammit, she DOES have a giant horse mouth. (see also Julia Roberts).

Also, if love beating evil wasn't a deus ex machina, it was a perfectly built to and sensible conclusion for the plot. Now, if you find that boring or trite, I understand. I disagree in this case, but I understand.

gphatty, I get ongoing battles with hated works of literature, but how can a children's librarian campaign to get a newberry winner removed simply for matters of taste? I suppose if you really think it's just of poor quality, but honestly you're wrong.

All for the want of a horseshoe nail.

It reminds me (now, I mean, I read L'Engle long before) of a Buddhist story about a young monk climbing up a mountain in the dark in a storm, waiting for flashes of lightening to illuminate the path and then holding that image in mind until all the path that's been seen has been traveled and waiting for the next flash

He wasn't Slugworth at all, just Mr. Wilkinson, who works for Wonka.

Mitochondria, Thor.

It's worth it.

One of the best quotes ever
Not for quotability but for sheer usefulness, "And what I have to give you this time you must try to understand not word by word, but in a flash, as you understand the tesseract."

It's Christian, yes (at least it was to L'Engle), but it's anti-Christian social policy and false piety and the sort of zealous reverence that becomes unthinking obedience. It's basically against any system that supersedes personal and familial ties or overrides the struggle of the individual to arrive at a personal,