Sophia, I think you meant that for a different thread.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
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."
Steph L. - May 29, 2005 7:21:31 am PDT #7786 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Lyra Jane - May 29, 2005 1:43:27 pm PDT #7787 of 10002
Up with the sun
Hmmm. I did read Childhood's End. How close is that to the scenario I'm describing, Jess?
Jessica - May 29, 2005 1:54:26 pm PDT #7788 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, humankind does evolve into a singular consciousness, but there are no plans to exterminate us (the aliens are there mostly to watch, and make sure we evolve like we're supposed to), and the quote doesn't ring a bell.
(And people who've read it more recently than I have, please correct me if my details are fuzzy. I found the book too disturbing to read more than once.)
Volans - May 29, 2005 11:35:20 pm PDT #7789 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I'm reading Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945. by Field Marshall Viscount Slim. (He was Governor-General of Australia in the 50s). It's one of the assigned readings for my husband's Masters program, but it's really pretty good! It's not a brave-men-standing-tall sort of war book; it's more about leadership. It's the analysis, written shortly after the fact, by FM Slim of what he did well, what he did poorly, what mistakes he made, and how the British army fared strategically. Very readable.
This amused me: Following a battle, there's about 600 dead Japanese that they have to bury. Ghurkas are assigned to body detail. As one Ghurka is dragging a body, the body moves! The Japanese soldier is still alive. the Ghurka draws his knife, but the British officer on the scene says, "Hey now, Johnny - we can't kill him!"
The Ghurka replies, "But sir - we can't bury him alive."
Nutty - May 30, 2005 6:11:35 am PDT #7790 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Field Marshall Viscount Slim
What an awesome name! That dude needs to have a rap album immediately.
JohnSweden - May 30, 2005 6:55:27 am PDT #7791 of 10002
I can't even.
That dude needs to have a rap album immediately.
I imagine he's not only dead, post-google: (1891-1970), but rolling over in his grave at the prospect.
Volans - May 30, 2005 1:37:39 pm PDT #7792 of 10002
move out and draw fire
When I first saw the book, I kept hearing his name in my head as a series of descriptors: Field Marshall, Viscount, Slim.
After his shellacking in Burma, Churchill commented: "I cannot imagine a man with a name like 'Slim' could ever amount to much."
JohnSweden - May 30, 2005 4:05:47 pm PDT #7793 of 10002
I can't even.
JohnSweden - May 30, 2005 4:05:50 pm PDT #7794 of 10002
I can't even.
(see above link)
sumi - May 31, 2005 10:58:07 am PDT #7795 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Huh. It totally figures that it would be 2 books rather than one.