Yes! Loved that book. For that as well as the description of Camden Market, which was right on the money as well.
Also his description of jetlag, which is exactly what I thought about it before I even knew I thought that about it.
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
juliana - Sep 08, 2006 6:48:24 am PDT #6848 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Connie Neil - Sep 08, 2006 6:51:13 am PDT #6849 of 10001
brillig
I believe I'm becoming over-invested in my computer gear. I just realized I didn't know where my flash drive was, panicked, jumped for my purse, discovered it in the depths of the purse . . . and I kissed it when I found it, with a muttered, "There you are."
Fortunately, I did not stroke it lovingly and whisper "My precious." But it was a near thing.
Strega - Sep 08, 2006 6:51:33 am PDT #6850 of 10001
For Venture Bros. fans:
Hee. Also, didja see Jackson Publik's lj? Ben Edlund's episode is coming along... I think it's scheduled for October. Yay!
esse - Sep 08, 2006 7:00:58 am PDT #6851 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Pattern Recognition? Bless Gibson - he got it right. IMNSHO.That's it! Huh. I guess I didn't expect anyone to know it--it was one of the random ones I picked up in a used bookstore, and I loved it.
brenda m - Sep 08, 2006 7:05:37 am PDT #6852 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Also his description of jetlag, which is exactly what I thought about it before I even knew I thought that about it.
Oh yes, exactly.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 7:05:51 am PDT #6853 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
the pork chop I will be eating in an hour:
Also his description of jetlag, which is exactly what I thought about it before I even knew I thought that about it.
The other part of it I loved, that I keep coming back to as I make a place for myself in Ireland, is his description of the Isles (though more specifically the UK) as a mirror-world. There's so much truth in that for me.
bon bon - Sep 08, 2006 7:05:59 am PDT #6854 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
That's it! Huh. I guess I didn't expect anyone to know it--it was one of the random ones I picked up in a used bookstore, and I loved it.
It's been bandied about a bit in LG15 speculation. E.g. here.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 7:07:38 am PDT #6855 of 10001
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It was mentioned in the Metafilter comments too, but for some reason I didn't place it at the same book I'd read a few months ago.
P.M. Marc - Sep 08, 2006 7:10:06 am PDT #6856 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
That's it! Huh. I guess I didn't expect anyone to know it--it was one of the random ones I picked up in a used bookstore, and I loved it.
It's pretty famous in its genre. (Now I'm trying to recall if I have a copy floating around or not.)
Hey, chica--insent last night.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 7:12:33 am PDT #6857 of 10001
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I saw that! Thank you for your quickitude. I have to wait a week before I can post it though.
I'm at forty-five pages and counting on yours!