Comments | lost_spook: One more thing

lost_spook

One more thing

Mar 13, 2014 17:21

I knew there was something else: and I bought (as a reward for doing hard stuff, including some money-saving/gaining things) the TV tie-in book of Enemy at the Door for 1p on Amazon. I was worried, because TV novelisations do tend to be a special kind of terrible. Anyway, it arrived today! And I will say more some other time (now, I have my ( Read more... )

alfred burke, 1970s, libraries, enemy at the door

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dimity_blue March 15 2014, 00:32:40 UTC

Alfred Burke grew a beard to spare us all his face, because it was Too Much, trufax, people. Well, there's one mystery of life solved.

That is awesome, and makes that book well worth the whole penny you paid for it. :oD

Hope you and your parents have a lovely visit!

lost_spook March 15 2014, 08:24:25 UTC

It did earn its penny, I'll give it that. :-)

And thank you - we did! (They left yesterday morning.)

hyarrowen April 29 2016, 00:23:24 UTC

OK, I have ordered this, and will proceed with caution when reading the first few pages.

That description of Richter is priceless. I'm a bit disappointed that he's a philosopher, though - the ones I've met while working in a university bookshop have been combative rather than saintly! :( Also, I know nothing of the subject...

However, I'm still giggling at my rewatch of "Committee Man". Like, no-one questions why the other doctors, the dentists and the vet have been rejected by "the authorities" for the position. EVERYONE KNOWS WHY.

lost_spook April 29 2016, 07:32:01 UTC

Nooo, I was supposed to be saving other people from having to read it! But I suppose if you won't be saved, you won't...

The description of Richter is the reason why I kept the book afterwards. It is particularly excellent, and I think I read it after watching Public Eye and I'd been floundering about hear trying to explain how awesome Alfred Burke's face was and failing and then there was that. :lol:

As to the Philosophy, I got this when trying to write Outcomes of War because it bugged me that I didn't know what Richter's subject was. He was hardly likely to be a scientist, and Lit. of some kind didn't seem quite right, so I was assuming one of the social sciences but couldn't think which one, until Philosophy finally occurred to me. I can't remember now why, but I did some obviously not too dusty internet and episode rewatching detecting. But, yeah, I don't know much about it. And Richter is always up for a debate anyway!

However, I'm still giggling at my rewatch of "Committee Man". Like, no-one questions why the other ( ... )