A Book Meme, Just As A Change Of Pace
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omorkaIt's the ol' Page 123 Meme again!
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
The book is Phule's Paradise:
And for those of you who might be sighing in relief that this wasn't what you expected:
The second closest book -
And the third -
The curious thing is not so much that two of these are movie tie-in novels as that all three of the closest books - in fact, four of the closest five - are fiction. That's unusual, for me.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
The book is Phule's Paradise:
If anything, Victor Phule looked more like a military commander than his son did - or the majority of active military officers, for that matter. His manner and bearing displayed what his heir potential might achieve in maturity. Where his son was slender, the elder Phule had the lean, fit look of a timber wolf. His features had the sharp, angular planes of a granite cliff, wheras his son's face still showed the softness of youth.
And for those of you who might be sighing in relief that this wasn't what you expected:
The second closest book -
"Guess what?" Ray said, poking his head down from the attic. Spengler and Venkman looked up from their meal of take-out chicken and light beer as Stantz lowered a small valence trap by its cord. "I just caught a ghost, a little one, right in our own attic."
"Aw, Ray, not while we're eating."
And the third -
"No survivors," seconded John O'Connor.
After a quick check of the crate containing Professor Hikita, they got out of the vehicle and walked around the space pod despite the warnings of the state trooper to stay back. Bigbooté, his murderous confidence growing, merely produced his Yoyodyne ID card.
"Yoyodyne, officer," he said jauntily, to gain the poor fellow's trust.
The curious thing is not so much that two of these are movie tie-in novels as that all three of the closest books - in fact, four of the closest five - are fiction. That's unusual, for me.
