So I read Mary Doria Russell's A Thread of Grace this week. Verdict: brilliantly written, amazingly researched, heart-breaking. If you don't go in looking for the happy, you'll probably be okay.
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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."
Consuela - Apr 06, 2005 8:51:59 pm PDT #7343 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Nutty - Apr 07, 2005 5:15:12 am PDT #7344 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
he’ll stoop at nothing to get it
In the annals of confusingly funny typoes, this goes right next to the Associated Press's use of "seldomly."
Jessica - Apr 07, 2005 5:28:12 am PDT #7345 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If you don't go in looking for the happy, you'll probably be okay.
Which is pretty much true of all of her books.
Amy - Apr 08, 2005 11:20:28 am PDT #7346 of 10002
Because books.
Anybody remember a YA paperback called Victoria (I believe), circa 1970s, about a girls' boarding school? The protagonist was named Dilys, which baffled me as a kid because I could never figure out how to pronounce it, and Victoria was the broody, mysterious ringleader of a clique, and turned out to have a Deep Dark Secret (not that I can remember what it was).
Author's name is what I'm looking for, because when I search under title anywhere, I get bazillions of books about the queen instead.
Kate P. - Apr 08, 2005 11:51:09 am PDT #7347 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
AmyLiz, is this what you're looking for? Victoria is #11 on the list.
Amy - Apr 08, 2005 12:35:31 pm PDT #7348 of 10002
Because books.
It is! Bless you! God, that was driving me crazy. And now I can buy it! Thanks, Kate!
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2005 3:11:29 pm PDT #7349 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In a non-fiction book intended for a popular audience, is it OK to have an appendix to an appendix? One particular paragraph in the main section will needs a couple of thousand words to prove ; so I put it in an appendix. But then one paragraph in that appendix needs a couple of tables and some calculations to prove. I don't want to interrupt the flow by putting it in the first appendix; but the tables and explanation are too big to reasonably fit in a footnote. And the tables need sourcing, which sort of makes putting them in an endnote problematic. So the appendix to an appendix seems like the best solution, but..
Wolfram - Apr 11, 2005 3:31:11 pm PDT #7350 of 10002
Visilurking
Maybe call it a Diagram? Exhibit? Attachment? Annex?
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2005 4:25:28 pm PDT #7351 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Annex sounds good. Thanks Wolfram.
Gandalfe - Apr 11, 2005 5:39:07 pm PDT #7352 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Tonsil?