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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:55:48 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Jasper Fforde walk into a bar...</title>
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      <author>lewarcher</author>
      <description><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html

The paragraph that caused me to laugh was this one:

Dr. Nielsen and Dr. Ninomiya have proposed a kind of test: that CERN engage in a game of chance, a “card-drawing” exercise using perhaps a random-number generator, in order to discern bad luck from the future. If the outcome was sufficiently unlikely, say drawing the one spade in a deck with 100 million hearts, the machine would either not run at all, or only at low energies unlikely to find the Higgs.

As soon as I read this, I thought (a la 'Lost in a Good Book'), &quot;Why not just have a jar of rice &amp; lentils on hand, instead of a deck of cards with 100,000,001 cards?&quot;

Fforde should have received some credit on the papers published about this! :)]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Gravitube question</title>
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      <author>SkidMarks</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi Snap-dragon-fly. 

That is a good find. As you can see from the dates of earlier posts, this thread does not see a lot of activity. You will find most of us hang out in [b]Nextian Chat[/b], so drop in sometime and help yourself to drinks cakes and pies. (Of course enjoy this and other Fforums. There are lots of interesting and entertaining threads scattered around.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:40:46 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Gravitube question</title>
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      <author>Snap-dragon-fly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Oooh!
I haven't read either &quot;Sylvie and Bruno,&quot; but I just discovered a description of this train in a note in &quot;The Annotated Alice&quot; -- the description goes on to say that &quot;Curiously, such a train would make the trip (ignoring air resistance and friction of the wheels) in exactly the same time that it would take an object to fall through the center of the earth -- a little more than forty-two minutes. This time is constant regardless of the tunnel's length.&quot;
That sounds about as Gravitube-esque as you can get!]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Question in Regards to LITERARY CRITICISM and LIAGB</title>
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      <author>SkidMarks</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi fromaradio, welcome to this happy band of ne'erdowells.

If you have checked out the general flows in Nextian (where we mailny hang out) you would probably guess that our most likely angles would be food and Johnny Depp, although few of us males find the latter angle that absorbing. I would suggest socio-economic and political with particular reference to revolutionary politics rather than just Marxist.]]></description>
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      <author>fromaradio</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hello all--

I've been studying various literary criticisms this past semester and I'm wondering if any of you have opinions on which angles Lost in a Good Book would be best analyzed from...

I was thinking maybe feminist, psychoanalytical, or marxist, but I would love and appreciate other opinions.

Thanks!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:11:37 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Not exactly a bloophole...</title>
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      <author>PrinzHilde</author>
      <description><![CDATA[You are overlooking the obvious: If they are all Goliath products, geting into their ingredient lists or adverts would not get you out of the Goliath building.

Additionally, imagine the world of cosmetics ingredient lists: a large tub of vaseline, mountains of soap and endless rows of flasks with fragrances and perfumes. Do you think you get through without being thoroughly doused and reeking of concentrated artificial violet scent for the next three weeks?]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Not exactly a bloophole...</title>
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      <author>SkidMarks</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi, Ana.

it could of course be that the toiletries consist of unbranded, unpackaged products, such as a bar of soap and perfumes. If they are all from Goliath, the house design is usually a single word - see the Goliath merchandising on this site - so the labels might not take them anywhere.  

For what it is worth, I think you have found a blooper.

Most of the action takes place in the Nextian Chat section, so make yourself known there and helpyourself to pie.]]></description>
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      <title>Not exactly a bloophole...</title>
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      <author>anandamira</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I just noticed this on my 2nd listen through the LiaGB audiobook read by Elizabeth Sastre (which is wonderful, by the way):

When Thursday and Miss H. are trapped temporarily in Goliath HQ, they escape via the washing label on Thursday's trousers because there is no other printed material in Thursday's cell.

However...

There is specific mention made of miscellaneous toiletries being present in the room.  When I think of toiletries, things like toothpaste, shampoo, etc. come to mind.  These types of articles almost always have a least SOME sort of text on them...and usually far more than a washing label :)

I'm willing to give Thursday a pass for overlooking this fact, as she was overwrought, and maybe Miss H. didn't see said toiletries during her brief time in the cell.

Anyway, just something that hit me this time throught the book.  I love how little things like this pop up every time I come back to Jasper's books.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:11:11 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: David the competition winer</title>
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      <author>Barefoot Andy</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hmmm, I recall reading that the UK and US edition published their respective winners, but was it David in both?]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade Question in US Edition</title>
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      <author>Nicky</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I think I have the same edition as you, seajei. The correction is on page 163, when Thursday is explaining the Gravitube system to Snell.]]></description>
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      <author>SkidMarks</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi SeaJei, Welcome.

As MS has already invited you to Nextian, I will be there with pies. If you get there before me, just help yourself.

It does sound as if the publisher has done the work for you. So that's a bonus!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:00:40 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade Question in US Edition</title>
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      <author>MuseSusan</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hmmm…do you know if the edition you have is the same one on the upgrade page? It's been a few years since the upgrade page for LIAGB came out, so the publisher may have put out a new addition with all the corrections made by now.

Come over to Nextian Chat and introduce yourself! There may be offers of cake!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:25:50 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Upgrade Question in US Edition</title>
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      <author>Anonymous User</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The Upgrade Center says &quot;6: Go to page 150 and change 'Sydney' to 'Tokyo' in the sentence: '..then to New York, DeepDrop to Sydney and finally another overmantle to Auckland.' As we find out on the following pages, Thursday drops from London to Sydney; the New York DeepDrop only goes to Tokyo.&quot;

The page 150 I have has Thursday, Landen and Hades Acheron having tea in Thursday's memories.  Where is the correction above supposed to go?  I couldn't find it in the book.

If it makes any difference in editions, this correction is already made by the publisher in the one I have: Go to page 310 and where it says: &quot;so I could have brought in a fleet of Harrier jump jets and the entire Ringling brother's circus and no-one would be any the wiser&quot;

replace with:

&quot;so I could have brought in a squadron of Hurricanes and the entire Ringling brother's circus and no-one would be any the wiser&quot;.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:29:57 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Minutia or nothing?</title>
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      <author>robcraine</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hah... answered your own question... although it does mean that the ring wasn't *exactly* a bauble.

The problem I have with the Haversham-Thursday relationship was that it says somewhere that 'haversham and thursday were one of the greatest parnerships the bookworld had ever seen' (or something similar - in one of the chapter headers, I think) The problem is that they didn't actually do much together. Ok, Haversham rescued Thursday in an impressive way. Following H's death Thursday went on to prevent bad things happening... but the actual partnership - what of it?
 

Rob]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:56:08 +0200</pubDate>
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      <author>SweetandFierce</author>
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      <author>MuseSusan</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hey there, TFC (mind if I call you TFC?) and welcome to the Fforum!

Join us in the Nextian Chat section where we're quite a bit more active. If you're very good you may even get offered pie!]]></description>
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      <author>Anonymous User</author>
      <description><![CDATA[virgin is also pairing up with the winner of the x prize (the contest to make a plane that can go orbital, come back, and go back up within two weeks), to make a &quot;spaceport&quot; in the nevada desert outside of las vegas.]]></description>
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      <author>Anonymous User</author>
      <description><![CDATA[they used a dyson
I CANT BELIVE THEY USED A Dyson
for the seb capture they used a dual cyclone (so on and so forth) a dyson dear pity i didn't know whether to laugh or throw the book at the wall (i laughed!)]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Mrs Cavendish</title>
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      <author>Anonymous User</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Thank you both, it's nice to be here. I spotted Mr Skidmarks'(apostrophe in the right place?) comment in Nextian Chat about the long (long) awaited release of Mr Branagh's Hamlet on DVD. I seem to have fallen among friends!

Have you seen 'As You Like it?' My husband managed to get me a copy from Italy (thankfully with an English Language option) on E-Bay. It is great, particularly Brian Blesssed and Kevin Kline, but suffers a bit from a lack of the man himself on screen I think.

I hadn't spotted Michael Dibdin's departure. Sad, he can't have been much of an age.

I will keep you posted about my foray into Mrs Dibdin's works.]]></description>
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      <author>MuseSusan</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi there! Can't help you on the Cavendish front, but welcome to the fforum!]]></description>
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      <author>SkidMarks</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Unfortunately Michael Dibdin died earlir this year.]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Mrs Cavendish</title>
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      <author>Anonymous User</author>
      <description><![CDATA[It's great isn't it? Even when you read it again really slowly it pickles the eyeballs. I've just looked at it again, and she's Lady Cavendish by then! Curiouser and Curiouser.

On further investigation, K.K Beck is Kathrine Kristine Beck Marris, thriller writer and wife of Michael Dibdin. Amongst many others she has written the wonderful sounding 'Body in the Cornflakes'. Might just take a punt on 'Mrs C and the Kaiser's Men' Anything with Zeppelins in can't be all bad!

I'm enjoying the fforum - I do seem to have wasted the best part of a wet Saturday tho'.
H]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Mrs Cavendish</title>
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      <author>SkidMarks</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Welcome Helen. Help yourself to pie. All the usual selections in all the usual places, more or less.

Some of the sellers on Amazon.co.uk have copies of [i]Young Mrs. Cavendish and the Kaiser's Men[/i] ranging in price from under £4 to over £30. When I looked there were 9 available.

I can't help you with any opinions on the book, though, not having read it. 

There is a Mrs. Cavendish in Agatha Christie's &quot;The Mysterious Affair at Styles&quot;
and one of the survivors of the Titanic was a Mrs. Cavendish, but I suspect that the former is more likely than the latter to be the Mrs. Cavendish in LIAGB.

My favourite Cavendish moment - and one of my favourite bits in all of Mr. Fforde's books - is the [i]had had[/i] and [i]that that[/i] sequence in WOLP]]></description>
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      <title>Re: More on the Dream Topping event</title>
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      <author>Anonymous User</author>
      <description><![CDATA[If you read 'Strata'- extremely early Pratchett, there is a clear explanation of how the water recycles on 'a' disc world - not necessarily 'the' disc world. Weird book tho', takes a bit of following. Also has a raven that is central to the plot. Possibly worth it just for that.
H]]></description>
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      <author>Anonymous User</author>
      <description><![CDATA[This is my first posting so forgive me if this shows my ignorance.
I am re-reading the entire 'Next' series in preparation for 'First among Sequels' I have got to my favourite chapter in LIAGB, chapter 25. With the help of the readers guide I have filled the gaps on the characters I have never been able to place, but who is Mrs Cavendish? She is asked on page 273 to explain the missing Canterbury Tales, and is dressed in 'fabulously outrageous clothes'.

Mrs Cavendish in 'The mysterious affair at Styles' (Christie) is the front runner, but on googling the name I found this:

Young Mrs. Cavendish and the Kaiser's Men, by K. K. Beck
&quot;Not just a simple murder mystery or mistaken-identity kidnapping, it also includes airplanes (a recent invention), zeppelins, the desert, a rich man with a sumptuous private rail car (put in just for fun really and having nothing much to do with the plot), a plucky reporter, various spies (some beautiful and deadly), a precocious little brother, flaming arrows, romance, old love affairs, and all sorts of similar stuff.&quot;

This sound so FFordian, I am really tempted to think it is her.(although it was published in 1988 and probably isn't classical enough). Has anyone read it? Is it worth the postage from abe books who seem to have a copy. It doesn't ever seem to have been published in the UK.

Any thoughts?
Thanks
Helen]]></description>
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      <title>Re: More on the Dream Topping event</title>
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      <author>robcraine</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Terry was a journalist, and later wrote press releases for several nuclear power stations - he's not particularly sciency. 

As for the chlorophyl... I don't think that's connected to the flower in his buttonhole. And anyway, in the Real World™ free oxygen did not appear until life had been doing its stuff for about a billion years. If you want a source for the chlorophyl then... it was integrated into the nanomachines as a power source.

And as for water on the disc, I was in favour of the Turtle swimming in some sort of a loop so that water falling off the disc would fall as rain many years (millenia?) later... but the Man scuppered that with his ex cathedra statement that Arrangements are Made.

Rob]]></description>
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      <author>Jazz_Sue</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Skids - the reason I sign on to this fforum more than any other is because I know I'll never read anything horrid about myself! I appreciate the feedback. However, as an 'amateur' scribe myself I subscribe to Writers' news, among other things.  They are currently running a thread on writing hard-core sci-fi - the kind with aliens, strange worlds etc. I'd say Jasper's books are at least as surreal as some of these! However, these articles went to great lengths to explain that, however fantastical the plot, it should still make sense - something Jasper does admirably. I'd recommend these articles to anyone writing, or considering writing, any type of fantasy/sci-fi fiction as they compare, eg how life evolved here as a way of creating life on other worlds that would work, as well as a fair bit of anatomy and astronomy.
Another thing I've been told is that a good writer always makes sure they cover any obviously ridiculous plotholes, but  that it is not necessary to 'dot every i and cross every t.' It is up to the reader to do that. I think this is where we came in. A very good writer should leave the reader asking a few questions. They should put the finished book away, then ponder, reread, wonder a bit more etc. It makes something on paper into a five dimensional, 'living' object (and if you're young enough, and believe enough, you can end up going there, in Thursday's world)
The VERY BEST writers will make sure the reader can, using the information already there plus a bit of their own savvy, dot and cross those i's and t's themselves.
Which is why both Terry Pratchett and Jasper attract those slightly worrying A-R types, such as myself, who turn up at fforums like this one somewhat ominously ...

It could be worse. I could be a Trekkie.]]></description>
      <category>Lost in a Good Book</category>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:52:23 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: More on the Dream Topping event</title>
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      <author>SkidMarks</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The answer &quot;Arrangements are made.&quot; is a direct quote from Pterry.

As a fully paid up Pratchettophile, I will take his word for it.

P.S. By the way Jazz, and anyone else reading, please take all my replies with a pinch of salt. They are not personal attacks, just a vent for a warped sense of humour.

P.P.S. If any readers are in any way related to slugs or snails, do not, repeat not take the pinch of salt.]]></description>
      <category>Lost in a Good Book</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:20:07 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: More on the Dream Topping event</title>
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      <author>MuseSusan</author>
      <description><![CDATA[So how exactly DOES the water get back in the air after falling over the Rim?]]></description>
      <category>Lost in a Good Book</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:45 +0200</pubDate>
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