I always love these memes. Most recently seen over at
contessagrrl's LJ.
* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next few sentences in your journal.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
Anathem, Neal Stephenson
There was a pattern or code in them that we were taught to understand. This was supposedly so that messages could be cast to a sprawling cocent without the people extramuros know what was being said.
Not that there was anything secret about Apert. This was the first day of 3690; therefore, not only the Day Gate but the Unarian and Decenarian Gates would open at Sunrise.
N.