given time, we'd find it strange to be alone
Hilleboe had called them to attention and was dutifully telling them what a good commander I was going to be; that I'd been in the war from the beginning, and if they inteded to survive through their enlistment they had better follow my example. She didn't mention that I was a mediocre soldier with a talent for getting missed. Nor that I'd resigned from the army at the earliest opportunity and only got back in because conditions on Earth were so intolerable.
Even though I have a bit of a stack to consider, I don't feel like reading anything other than The Forever War right now. You'd think I would avoid re-reading it, what with its themes of separation, sticking out, confusion, and loss. Maybe that's exactly why I want to read it. Could it be? It's a good question. I wish I knew the answer.
Other things I've read lately:
Hmm. I could get one of these journals for the listing if they weren't so - oh, I dunno - dumb, annoying, pretentious.
Even though I have a bit of a stack to consider, I don't feel like reading anything other than The Forever War right now. You'd think I would avoid re-reading it, what with its themes of separation, sticking out, confusion, and loss. Maybe that's exactly why I want to read it. Could it be? It's a good question. I wish I knew the answer.
Other things I've read lately:
- Wasted, Marya Hornbacher (I much prefer the German title, Alice im Hungerland.)
- The Luckiest Girl in the World, Steven Levenkron (I got quite weak/queasy at one point.)
- The Little Prince (Out loud. To someone else.)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- bits of Catch 22
- Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich
Hmm. I could get one of these journals for the listing if they weren't so - oh, I dunno - dumb, annoying, pretentious.