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That's cool. He is a big JS fan as evidenced by the Soul Music cover. I have a framed jigsaw of that on the wall: Dave > Hi all > > Not quite sure am I late for the party, but I couldn't > find anything using the search engine on this site, so > decided to share. > > I'm a massive Terry Pratchett fan, and I just got my hands > on "The Long Earth", a collaborative science fiction work > by Sir Terry and Stephen Baxter. > > I didn't have to read but an hour to find, to my great > amusement and joy, a Steinman reference. Alas, I'm reading > it in Finnish (our libraries don't stock up many English > prints), and I could find only one paragraph in English > online, but I'll do my best with the rest of the > translation. I also undestand she'll have a somewhat big > role in the book, but this is where I'm now. > > I, by the way, recommend The Long Earth. Very hooking > indeed! > > --- > Sister Agnes was definitely religious, in a weird kind of > way. At the Home, sister Agnes had two pictures on the > walls of her cramped room: one of them was of the Sacred > Heart, the other was of Meat Loaf. And she played old Jim > Steinman records far too loudly for the other Sisters. > > Joshua knew very little about motorbikes, but sister > Agnes' Harley looked so old that St. Paul himself probably > took a ride in its sidecar. Occasionally extremely hairy > motorists from other states made pilgrimages to her garage > in The Home on Allied Drive. Sister Agnes offered them > coffee and made sure they kept their fingers off the paint > job. > > All children liked sister Agnes and she liked them, > especially Joshua, and very especially after he made a > dream painting with the motto 'Bat Into Heaven" on the gas > tank, with marvellous cursive lettering Joshua had found > in an old book in the library. > > Sister Agnes stated that Joshua might be stuck on a work > of vocation, much like her own. The sister knew it was > hard to make people understand what they didn't want to > understand, like for example when she claimed "For Crying > Out Loud" was one of the holiest songs ever recorded. She > told Joshua to follow his heart and come home whenever he > felt like it, because The Home was his home. > > She also said he could trust costable Jansson, who was a > good cop and a proper Steinman-fan (she used the word > "Steinman-fan" like some other nun might have used the > word "catholic"). > > --- > > Rather priceless, I'd say :D > > | |