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tincrowdor 10:05 pm UTC 02/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: The Long Earth - daveake 10:21 am UTC 11/29/13 |
> 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 > > > > I recall reading in a British magazine an article about Pratchett and his favourite music and he mentioned Steinman saying he liked the way he Jim used and played with words in the lyrics | |
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