J.K.Richárd - Book Meme

Book Meme

Apr. 21st, 2008 at 10:49 AM

I got tagged!

maryrobinettetagged me with the book meme. I will play along. ;)
I think I'll even tag some folk...

Here are your rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to maryrobinette(your tagees will post to mine, etc.) once you've posted your three sentences.

I have just wrapped up reading Frank Herbert's Dune. It's the 40th Anniversary (oversized) TPB Edition. I have plenty of other books nearby, all within hand's reach --- but I don't think sentences from a Dreamweaver (website software) instruction manual are too terribly interesting:

Book One, DUNE

"It was the chance they took, Soor, " the Dune man said.

"My Lord, " said Kynes , "these men know it's of little use to do anything about men trapped on the desert in worm country."

"We'll send a ship from the base for them!" the Duke snapped.

I am tagging:
carriejones
mimerki
kistha
rhienelleth
and nevafeva

Location:Studio Proper
Mood: chipper

Comments

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bodandra wrote:

Apr. 21st, 2008 04:15 pm (UTC)

Thanks for making that suggestion!

I started re-reading a book that I bought from a used book store in 1997 that started a long admiration for Stephen Brust: It is 'Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill'

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neutronjockey wrote:

Apr. 22nd, 2008 01:35 am (UTC)

Re: Thanks for making that suggestion!

I've never read it. Sounds like a Space-Comedy?

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mimerki wrote:

Apr. 21st, 2008 04:39 pm (UTC)

Baaaaaaaah: http://mimerki.livejournal.com/797909.html

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neutronjockey wrote:

Apr. 22nd, 2008 01:35 am (UTC)

I owe you one act of meme-sheepery.

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bodandra wrote:

Apr. 21st, 2008 04:39 pm (UTC)

Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill

Then he connected the sirens to the fight they'd had and took off in earnest.

"I'm afraid I killed him," said Jamie, but so softly Tip didn't hear him. He didn't repeat it aloud, or really, to himself, either.

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rhienelleth wrote:

Apr. 21st, 2008 05:23 pm (UTC)

I could go on forever about how much I love Dune (the first book, specifically). It is, IMO, one of the all time greats of forever in the SF genre. I think it should be taught in high schools and colleges, and every time I read it, I come away with something I never caught or noticed before.

I shall have to do this meme once I am home with actual books around me. :) The only thing near at hand here at work is the phone book.

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