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For us who don’t like to stay on the path, the story was a eye opener. I also liked the ending:
Somehow, the sign had changed:
TYME SEFARI INC.
SEFARIS TU ANY YEER EN THE PAST.
YU NAIM THE ANIMALL.
WEE TAEK YU THAIR.
YU SHOOT ITT.
New Quote:
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
You're right, I didn't think it would last vey long with this crowd.
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
Here's a more obscure one. However, the book has been published on both sides of the pond so you have a fair chance. I'll expand it a bit if needed, which I doubt.
When the girl came rushing up the steps, I decided she was wearing too many clothes.
SHERLOCK WILL BE AWARDED
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
When the girl came rushing up the steps, I decided she was wearing too many clothes.
It was late summer. Rome frizzled like a pancake on a griddleplate. People unlaced their shoes but had to keep them on; not even an elephant could cross the streets unshod.
I'll extend it more if nesc.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
detective story: yes
historical fiction: yes
raymond chandler: no
more quote: see below
cold quote: ?
When the girl came rushing up the steps, I decided she was wearing too many clothes.
It was late summer. Rome frizzled like a pancake on a griddleplate. People unlaced their shoes but had to keep them on; not even an elephant could cross the streets unshod. People flopped on stools in shadowed doorways, bare knees apart, naked to the waist - and in the backstreets of the Aventine Sector where I lived, that was just the women.
I know for sure that at least ONE person on this board has read it.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
Damn, damn, damn!
I knew that, but I haven't been around or a few days.
I love The Silver Pigs (and Falco).
when the floppy-eared Spaniel of Luck sniffs at your turn-ups it helps if you have a collar and piece of string in your pocket.
Terry Pratchett on taking opportunities in writing.
Goodness I won one - haven't done that for a while!
OK - This one is definitely worth a 'Sherlock'
"It is freezing, an extraordinary -18 degrees C, and it's snowing, and in the language which is no longer mine, the snow is qanik- big, almost weightless crystals falling in stacks and covering the ground with a layer of pulverised frost."
Great book it is too.
It's quite hard not to be too obscure isn't it?
Clues are available if no-one get's this by tomorrow.
sE
Last edited by Superenigmatix on Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I'll have to think about the next quote....I'm not at home, and unless someone wants to guess a Harlequin Romance, my mom's books are not my style....
Okay: I got one:
When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too.
My favorite book from childhood!
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
