"Mysterious Whisper"

Jan 14, 2019 12:16

Though we were promised sun today, the drizzle and gloom and cold lingers. Currently, it's 40˚F, windchill at 34˚F, misty, foggy, shitty.

No writing yesterday.

I did manage to finish Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass. And that was a herculean effort, sheer fucking force of will, stubborn determination, slogging through that wretched novel. I ( Read more... )

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Re: True Detective ext_3427145 January 16 2019, 00:04:33 UTC
Thank you for letting me know that Season Three has started!

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Pullman ext_4832738 February 18 2019, 05:54:34 UTC
I'm gratified by your response to this trilogy. Thank you. I felt guilty that I couldn't get through the second book, let alone the third. The theme of atheism didn't bug me; I felt suffocated by the smug, 'traditional English' children's prose style. The externalized daemon I thought a brilliant creation.

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