Xander ,'End of Days'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I haven't been to London since the new Globe was built. Want.
Reading so informs my world that almost all my travel is some sort of literary pilgrimage. I also discovered that my large intake of British murder mysteries meant I had no trouble with the language or culture. I found it startling that there were Americans around me baffled by lift, lorry and what floor they were on.
I took my copy of Gaudy Night to Oxford the second time I went.
I also discovered that my large intake of British murder mysteries meant I had no trouble with the language or culture.
I realized semi-recently that my large intake of old British murder mysteries is why I'm always surprised when it's not five dollars to the pound -- because that's what it was in the 30s! Der.
Jesse, wait a little while - it should be back there!
Even bigger tingle -- the piece of Roman wall still standing in place near the Tower of London. (It's just outside the nearest Underground station.)
This is me. I happened upon it and went up to touch it. Some people behind me followed suit, but I'm fairly certain they didn't know why.
Even bigger tingle -- the piece of Roman wall still standing in place near the Tower of London. (It's just outside the nearest Underground station.)
Hee! We loved this, too [link] See also the Sherlock Holmes excursion also on this page.
Poe's grave is a good reading pilgrimage.
I am ashamed to admit that I've mostly done reading pilgrimages for books I haven't read: Somseret Maugham in Thailand, Joseph Conrad (Lord Jim) in Malaysia, Herotodus at Thermopylae and Apostle Paul at Corinth. But these are sort of culture-by-osmosis things, and it's not like I'm totally shallow and more jonesed about seeing the Exorcist stairs, really.
I guess books are more real to me; I always assume that anything I see on screen is faked. Of course, not to the same degree as the DH, who couldn't grok what I find amusing about leaving graffiti to Roskolnikov. He said, "Roskolnikov's more real to me than most of the people I work with."
The first time we went to Lahore, my Dad made a point of taking me to see Zam-Zammah and the Ajaib-Ghar where Kim starts. I've been to Amritsar and Kulu and Ambala and Saharunpur, but not Lucknow.
Christmas gift suggestions sought: for my father in law. He is interested in mystery series. He is probably not a crime novel/thriller reader, but would be more likely to like cozy women's sort of mysteries. But I'm worrying that anything I can think of is too, well, girly for a fairly traditional 69 year old man. Any suggestions for mystery series that fit the bill?