see, mr. flea was fascinated by the coal trains.
I want to like John McPhee, but I always get bored with him, even when he's writing about inherently dramatic things like trying to stop a volcano using seawater.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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."
flea - Oct 24, 2005 4:47:14 pm PDT #9265 of 10002
information libertarian
Consuela - Oct 24, 2005 7:45:42 pm PDT #9266 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I love John McPhee, because he can make even the dullest things, like the orange industry, interesting. The Curve of Binding Energy? The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed? Edge of my seat.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2005 7:46:33 pm PDT #9267 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Curve of Binding Energy?
That sounds kinky.
The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed?
That does not.
Consuela - Oct 24, 2005 8:03:56 pm PDT #9268 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The Curve of Binding Energy is about the nuclear power industry, and the security and other dangers inherent in disposing of the waste. The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed is about a unique kind of aircraft, one that marries airplane technology with something like a zeppelin.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2005 8:06:44 pm PDT #9269 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Curve of Binding Energy is about the nuclear power industry, and the security and other dangers inherent in disposing of the waste.
Huh. I liked it more when it sound like that book where they had the houses of sex professionals.
Still, I suppose it could be interesting.
Nutty - Oct 25, 2005 6:50:41 am PDT #9270 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
trying to stop a volcano using seawater.
This does sound interesting. The ocean does it all the time, but that is probably not what you are talking about.
flea - Oct 25, 2005 7:37:11 am PDT #9271 of 10002
information libertarian
It's one of the essays in McPhee's The Control of Nature, which I have kicking around not quite finished somewhere.
Volans - Oct 25, 2005 7:39:01 am PDT #9272 of 10002
move out and draw fire
huh. Amazon informs me that Stephen R. Donaldson has a new Thomas Covenent book out. I guess he realized that no one wanted to read his ponderous rape fantasies.
Dana - Oct 25, 2005 7:41:01 am PDT #9273 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Um. Okay, but (spoilers for whole series) isn't Thomas Covenant dead? Pushing up daisies? Pining for the fjords?
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2005 7:48:43 am PDT #9274 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wasn't Thomas Covenant a rape-oriented series too?