So, I got this book for Christmas, Mr. Timothy, by Louis Bayard. "Mr. Timothy" is Timothy Cratchit, aka Tiny Tim from A Christmas Carol. It's basically AU futurefic -- he's grown up now, not a cripple, and says he was never the annoyingly pious little kid his father wanted him to be. It's interesting, because the story would hold up without him being Tim Cratchit -- it's a story about a young man struggling in London and a prostitution ring and whatnot -- but it gives the background a lot more depth, without the author actually having to go into it. The character could still have a rich "Uncle" without it being Ebeneezer Scrooge, but that fact that it is means as you read it, you know more about the characters than the author tells you. Interesting.
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We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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 felt like I was making a good deal of progress yesterday in Middlesex , but I am only on page 150. It is so not gripping me. Anyone have this experience with it?
Ooooh, "Mr. Timothy"! On my TBR list.
I liked it, wasn't in love with it. But it does have "effulgent" in it, so there's that.
I just read the underworld which is the novelization of the movie. It too had the word effulgent in it.
But it does have "effulgent" in it, so there's that.
Yeah but then so does every article Roger Angell wrote for the New Yorker. Once I noticed it I started checking each piece.
Yeah but then so does every article Roger Angell wrote for the New Yorker. Once I noticed it I started checking each piece.
So you're saying there's a connection between Spike and Roger Angell?
really? I had never heard it till William said it.(And I don't mean that in a Bitchy "It didn't count till you, baby" way.)
So you're saying there's a connection between Spike and Roger Angell?
Spike's a big closet baseball fan.
really? I had never heard it till William said it
I guess the point in either case is that it's a bit precious as a word. "Brilliant" would probably suffice.
Which is not to say that precious words don't have their own merits. You'll have to pry "effloresce" and "deliquesce" from my cold, stiff fingers.
Well, when your starting phrase is "bulge in 't.' your poem has some other problems, poor guy.