Unless I missed it. Anyhow, here is an appropriate quote I ran across recently:

He Who splashed a thousand worlds with color
How can He buy the paint of "I and thou"?
Colors, colors -- nothing but whim and fantasy;
HE is colorless, and one must adopt His hue.
-- Ayn al-Qozat Hamadani

I read this book a couple of weeks ago and I find that it hangs on my mind rather. I find myself trying to see the word as a red, or a blue woud. I even took an Ishihara test online, and looked up some of the shades mentioned.

One thing I've noticed is that at night we're all greys. Twilight is the time when all the natural colour drains out of the world and our greyscale night vision comes to the fore. So why do red lights not affect our night vision?

One theory I've pondered is that the people inshades of grey might not be human at all. Certainly most of us don't have barcodes in our fingernails. Maybe the something that happened was the extinction of the human race, to be replaced by who exactly? Lost toys or androids? Pets?

At the risk of appearing dim... What did Jane put in the prefects' scones?

Thanks,

Fran

Fran Monro -- [www.chemonro.com]

I read this book a couple of weeks ago and I find that it hangs on my mind rather. I find myself trying to see the word as a red, or a blue woud. I even took an Ishihara test online, and looked up some of the shades mentioned.

One thing I've noticed is that at night we're all greys. Twilight is the time when all the natural colour drains out of the world and our greyscale night vision comes to the fore. So why do red lights not affect our night vision?

One theory I've pondered is that the people inshades of grey might not be human at all. Certainly most of us don't have barcodes in our fingernails. Maybe the something that happened was the extinction of the human race, to be replaced by who exactly? Lost toys or androids? Pets?

At the risk of appearing dim... What did Jane put in the prefects' scones?

Thanks,

Fran

Fran Monro -- [www.chemonro.com]

Following the look of horror on the face of the eldest Little Geg as I ate the scones at her School open day - I've concluded that sometimes it's probably best not to know the exact ingredients.

The scones can be sweet or savoury - guess how you tell them apart - so what you put in would depend on which they were and what level of damage you wish to inflict.

I doubt Jane would go for the ground glass option, so suspect the traditional commercial kitchen options involving bodily fluids could feature.

Oh my... There certainly were some unusual ingredients used in the book. It reminded me of Blitz cooking. Can't get coffee? Let's try grinding up acorns...

Fran

Just about to start "The Last Dragonslayer". Unfortunately I need to finish "Soulless" by Gail Carriger first and as I am thoroughly enjoying it, i don't want to rush it.

How do you read a book that is about te be published?

by getting a proof copy (a.r.c. for our American friends)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/2010 07:26PM by SkidMarks.

Lucky fellow.