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Feb. 4th, 2008 12:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ezekielsdaughterBOOK MEME: I've been tagged by Jim Davila with the book meme. The rules:
* Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more (no cheating!)
* Find page 123
* Find the first five sentences
* Post the next three sentences
* Tag five people
He asked bloggers to reply, so this is from a collection that I picked up at my last Worldcon (some time ago). The book is “Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature”. This is from an essay is by Andy Sawyer.
“Although she grows to learn differently, Magrat works, literally ‘by the book’, not quite understanding that witchcraft is as much about understanding and manipulating people as it is about ‘doing things’.
The wizards have the job-descriptions and the status: the Librarian, by virtue of his job-description, is the means by which they operate as wizards. Without him, Unseen University could not operate.”
* Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more (no cheating!)
* Find page 123
* Find the first five sentences
* Post the next three sentences
* Tag five people
He asked bloggers to reply, so this is from a collection that I picked up at my last Worldcon (some time ago). The book is “Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature”. This is from an essay is by Andy Sawyer.
“Although she grows to learn differently, Magrat works, literally ‘by the book’, not quite understanding that witchcraft is as much about understanding and manipulating people as it is about ‘doing things’.
The wizards have the job-descriptions and the status: the Librarian, by virtue of his job-description, is the means by which they operate as wizards. Without him, Unseen University could not operate.”
