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.
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
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.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 7:00:58 am PDT #6851 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
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
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
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
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
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!
tommyrot - Sep 08, 2006 7:16:27 am PDT #6858 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, didja see Jackson Publik's lj?
Cool. I've seen it before but I keep forgetting to subscribe....
Jessica - Sep 08, 2006 7:18:45 am PDT #6859 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Mmmmmmmm, Pattern Recognition...
So many good things in there.
amych - Sep 08, 2006 7:27:29 am PDT #6860 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Mmmmmmmm, Pattern Recognition...
Mmmm, yes. One of his best, although I'm completely creeped out by the Michelin Man , apparently forever.