podga Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 I hope I'm not wasting my time reading every single Nifty story looking for this passage 1
Andy78 Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 As long as you back far enough Podga, you should find it. Happy hunting 1
Andy78 Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 I can't believe this has people so stumped Podga, if you still haven't found it, I suggest you try the sf-fantasy section
Zombie Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 I've just Googled it and it's on another site not Nifty. Looks like you're going to have to grovel to podga and beg him not to smite you *I warned him you were evil and you cackled to confirm it *
Andy78 Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 (edited) It is on Nifty oh small green one. And when someone guesses it, I shall post the Nifty link. I will then smite you over your tiny green noggin for failing to adequately use Google. TBH - it's on about three or four sites. Edited September 27, 2012 by andy021278
Zombie Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 *pleads for forgiveness from the nice nice sheep and not to be smited having re-Googled and up it popped *
Andy78 Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) Forgives the Zombie, this time. Actually, when I Google it, the first thing that comes up is 1 Corinthians, verse 10, chapter 13 ** quizzically looks around for explanation** Edited September 28, 2012 by andy021278
podga Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Ah! Ah hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Finally got it. Gone From Daylight, Comicality http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/sf-fantasy/gone-from-daylight/gone-from-daylight-1.html **retires to his corner, exhausted yet victorious**
Andy78 Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 About time. Yes podga is right. After reading the entire Nifty website (and going through every single tissue in Greece), he gets it right. Yes they are the opening lines to GFD book 1. **still struggling to cope with the knowledge that nobody reads Comsie**
podga Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 **doesn't know whether to be flattered by the Sheep's faith in his virility and recuperative powers or appalled by the Sheep's belief that he would be so environmentally destructive as to use tissues** "The night the rooster was born, my father slipped into my bedroom to personally deliver the news. I was eleven years old and barely awake, yet still I recognized this as a supreme masculine moment: the patriarch informing his firstborn son that another player was joining the team. Looking around my room, at the vase of cattails arranged just so beside the potpourri bowl, he should have realized it was not his team I was playing for."
Sympathia Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 David Sedaris, Rooster at the Hitchin' Post? I admit I had to cheat a little bit, only remembered the author 1
podga Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 David Sedaris, Rooster at the Hitchin' Post? I admit I had to cheat a little bit, only remembered the author The book is "Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim" and the essay within, from which the passage was taken is, in fact, Rooster at the Hitchin' Post. **hands the baton to Sympathia after smacking him with it for cheating a little**
Sympathia Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) "She pointed up the corridor. He's waiting. We'll probably never see you again, unless we go behind the kitchen - below the chute where the carved-up bones and guts come out. Bits of you will be on the Crow Mound. I'll keep a look out for your hair. Knotted. I won't even wash out the blood." Lets see if anybody shares my taste in books Edited September 29, 2012 by Sympathia
podga Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 I'm going to be scanning the news for bodies disappearing in Southern Sweden, that's for sure. When Sympy's neighbors say they're astounded that the serial killer turned out to be the quiet, good-looking young man in the house with the big kitchen, I'll just point to the passage above. 1
Sympathia Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 (edited) mwahahahaha aaaaw nobody? Edited September 30, 2012 by Sympathia
Andy78 Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 I think it's from Forge of Darkness, but I can't remember the name of the author.
Slytherin Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 I think it's from Forge of Darkness, but I can't remember the name of the author. Pssst - Andy it's Steven Erikson.. Don't tell anyone that I helped you
Zombie Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 Hm, well it's American. It's such a good line - and you like openers - so it's probably the first? It's funny so it can't be a horror unless it's a comedy horror. Otherwise not got a clue
Andy78 Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 Yes, it is American. No, it is not a horror story; nor is it a comedy horror. The line is not meant to be read as funny. It's an older book (published in 1952).
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