FWIW, The Prestige (book) predates Clarke's more recent work.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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Theodosia - Nov 21, 2005 7:03:27 am PST #8725 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jars - Nov 21, 2005 7:09:58 am PST #8726 of 10002
FWIW, The Prestige (book) predates Clarke's more recent work.
Ah. Well, I can't say the world doesn't need more duelling magicians. The more the merrier.
Jesse - Nov 21, 2005 7:42:25 am PST #8727 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Story about Daniel Radcliffe and his older girlfriend (apparently): [link]
Nutty - Nov 21, 2005 7:43:38 am PST #8728 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
If David Bowie is playing him (please not with a fake Serbian accent), then it will be Tesla in his Long Island days, yes? Just prior to WWI. (I think Bowie is in his late 50s.)
Personally, I think the fight over AC vs. DC might have been more interesting, but that all went down when he was like 40.
Jars - Nov 21, 2005 7:45:24 am PST #8729 of 10002
Hee! She's a friend of my sister! It's entirely untrue, by the way.
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2005 7:47:12 am PST #8730 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's entirely untrue, by the way.
::sobs::
I liked that one.
tommyrot - Nov 21, 2005 7:48:41 am PST #8731 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Personally, I think the fight over AC vs. DC might have been more interesting, but that all went down when he was like 40.
They can fictionalize that part. In fact, they can fictionalize it to the point where Tesla and Edison go at each other with live electric wires (AC and DC, of course).
I love the fact that Edison used to electrocute dogs on stage to demonstrate the evils of AC. (Of course, I am using an unusual definition of "love" here.)
Jars - Nov 21, 2005 7:53:26 am PST #8732 of 10002
::sobs::
I liked that one.
Well, that's what my sister tells me. But "they're just friends" can be interpreted in any number of ways, can't it? Apparently, not to gossip or anything (hah!), he did fancy her quite a bit and she had to gently point out that she didn't fancy him quite as much.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 21, 2005 7:53:39 am PST #8733 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
You do know that the UK has a different age of consent, right? They're not doing anything illegal over there.
The resources I was able to find indicated that 16 + 23 = jailtime in Britain if the parents press the issue. But if the relationship isn't, no worries.
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2005 8:00:42 am PST #8734 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You could get married at age 16 when I lived in London. I checked ageofconsent.com (why isn't that blocked at work?), and they quote:
Age of consent for sexual activity
The legal age of consent for sexual activity is sixteen (16) years, but eighteen (16) years for homosexual males.
Age of consent for marriage
The legal age of consent for marriage is sixteen (16) years.
There's more here