Page 123, Fifth Sentence
Jeff VanderMeer • June 15th, 2008 @ 8:38 am • Uncategorized
Got tagged by SF Signal. This is the fifth sentence on page 123 of the nearest book. Wanna guess what it’s from? (Luis, if you cheat again…)
I thought that this was our destination but we skirted the crowd and went down some stairs into a crypt.
I tag
Ekaterina Sedia
Paul Jessup
Rick Klaw
Clare Dudman
Matt Staggs
June 15, 2008 at 11:10 am
I JUST read this….what is it?
June 15, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Matt, at least you get those things! I’m always snubbed! :P
June 15, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Actually, Matt was wrong. It’s not from a book being published this year.
Jeff
June 15, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Thanks for the tag, Jeff.
June 15, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Hmm.. tough one. Is it from the Frommers New Jersey 2009 travel guide? j/k
June 15, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Thank YOU, Clare, for doing it.
Eddie–ha ha!!! LOL. Hint: you’ve seen the book on this blog.
Jeff
June 15, 2008 at 8:07 pm
I don’t know, but it is a sentence with plenty of intrigue (I want more). What a great sentence to come by using a peculiar and capricious formula.
Speaking of wanting more; Jeff, remember when you posted that excellent excerpt about the vagrant serial-killer brothers by an unnamed author? Does this unknown author have a blog or website?
Happy Fathers day as well!
June 15, 2008 at 8:53 pm
That would be Jesse Bullington. If he doesn’t see this comment thread by tomorrow, I’ll look up his blog.
And thanks, re father’s day. Erin came over and put together a bookcase for us. I’m shyte at doing that.
Jeff
June 16, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Jeff: As regards the quote, I too keep a copy of “The DaVinci Code” within arms reach at all times. It serves as a sort of homeopathic ward against bad writing. Except unlike homeopathy, it actually works. I hope.
R.: Glad to hear you liked the excerpt! My woefully neglected blog can be found by clicking on my blue first name hovering over this text. A website proper is gestating in a psychic sac midway between the internet and my brain at present but should arrive eventually. Details of such an occurrence will doubtless appear on my blog, as well as most major media outlets.
June 16, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Jesse–Ha!
Actually, it’s from Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet.
Jeff
June 17, 2008 at 5:27 am
I finally just did it. And you caught me in a time of research between books, so we’ve got some weirdo non fic excerpts going on.
June 17, 2008 at 8:06 am
Cool
June 18, 2008 at 4:37 am
Thanks for the response Jesse, I have added you as a friend on LJ.
Also, great comment regarding the “The Da Vinci Code,” but you made me feel dirty when I thought that the line Jeff posted (that I enjoyed) was from “The Da Vinci Code.” A book that I never cared to read beyond the first five pages in a used book store.
June 18, 2008 at 8:30 am
R.: My pleasure. As for the TDVC gag, well, making people feel dirty is kinda my bag. Sorry bout that.