“Having harbored two sons in the waters of her womb, my mother considers herself something of an authority on human fetuses.”
–The River Why, David J. Duncan
(Still trying to repair my mind–this book really helps with that)
“She wore the corpses for show.” – The Heart Forger, Rin Chupeco
“Mis Martha June was a person I thought incapable of telling a porch lie.”
Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters, by Patricia C. McKissack
“Four years passed and no one died.”
“With the Meiji Restoration, Japan opens its eyes to the world.”
Showa, A History of Japan (1939-1944) by Shigeru Mizuki
“It’s a weirdly subtle conversation.”
Simon vs. the Homo sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli
“This is one of those books where we predict the future.”
Soonish: Ten Emergiing Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything, by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
The Saturn V system in its broadest scope includes conceptual development, design, manufacture, transportation, assembly, test, and launch.
Saturn V Flight Manual : NASA - MSFC-MAN-503. Yeah, I’m an aviation and spaceflight geek, and I think of this sort of thing as entertaining reading…
“Several years ago as I was wandering about the rooms in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, I was attracted by a small paper bearing the name “Asylum””
The Story of Some French Refugees and Their “Azilum” 1793-1800 by Louise Welles Murray.
Soldiers Live, -Glen Cook
(Sorry 'bout that; the book/author bit somehow got chopped off).
“I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975”
–The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
“In the first thirty minutes, all the original hydrogen and helium were formed.”
The Cartoon History of the Universe, Volumes 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great, by Larry Gonick.
The Power House by John Buchan. I liked The Thirty-Nine Steps, and Prester John was okay.
Regards,
Shodan
Glen Cook rocks. I wish I knew if he had any more books coming out. I’d have liked to know just which sister Soulcatcher was.
Belle Gunness was a lady fair
In Indiana State.
– Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men – Harold Schechter
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”
Found out not 10 minutes ago, while reading the Foreword (because who doesn’t read the Foreword, right?) that Douglas Adams died like, 17 years ago. WTF people? Why don’t somebody tell me these things?! I might just be too upset to actually start this adventure today.
“He’s come to clean me out.”
- The Last to See Me, M. Dressler
Don’t panic. Get your towel, chill out, and tip back a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster or three.
In no time flat you’ll be one hoopy frood! Or too brain damaged to care. Either way, Win! Right?
“I remember the cries of Caesar’s war-horns chasing us over the darkened fields of Latium – their yearning, keening howls, like animals in heat – and how when they stopped there was only the slither of our shoes on the icy road and the urgent panting of our breath.”
– Dictator, by Robert Harris, the final installment of his Cicero trilogy of ancient Rome
“The library at Fontley Priory, like most of the principal apartments in the sprawling building, looked to the south-east, commanding a prospect of informal gardens and a plantation of poplars, which acted as a wind-break and screened from view the monotony of the fen beyond.”
A Civil Contract, by Georgette Heyer.
“Nothing but stars, scattered across the blackness as though the Creator had smashed the windscreen of his car and hadn’t bothered to stop to sweep up the pieces.”
Pyramids, by Terry Pratchett