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[Fran]

I agree it's stark Mike, but for some reason I find it very soothing. I don't know why our insignificance makes me feel happier or more contented but it does.
Maybe I have a latent melancholy streak.

Maybe you can just see through all the irrelevant rubbish that humans deem important and realise we are but specks in space that dont matter-now thats stark!

Well at least it saves us all the hellfire and damnation stuff.

Have we convinced you to give a Jasper book a go yet?

[Teesie]

@Fran, Gannon, Maud Lol. My Mama used say that sometimes instead of saying that she was confused. lol....We have all kinds of silly little words we use.

[Gannon]

I agree it's stark Mike, but for some reason I find it very soothing. I don't know why our insignificance makes me feel happier or more contented but it does.
Maybe I have a latent melancholy streak.

Maybe you can just see through all the irrelevant rubbish that humans deem important and realise we are but specks in space that dont matter-now thats stark!

I agree with SKM completely. There really is a feeling of inner peace that washes over you after reading that passage. I think(as SKM says) that in the big scheme of things were are insignificant. We have only been on this planet for the blink of an eye, and we seem to be destroying it and ourselves. I often think the world (in all aspects) would be a much better place without us on it.

[Fran]

I agree it's stark Mike, but for some reason I find it very soothing. I don't know why our insignificance makes me feel happier or more contented but it does.
Maybe I have a latent melancholy streak.

Maybe you can just see through all the irrelevant rubbish that humans deem important and realise we are but specks in space that dont matter-now thats stark!

I agree with SKM completely. There really is a feeling of inner peace that washes over you after reading that passage. I think(as SKM says) that in the big scheme of things were are insignificant. We have only been on this planet for the blink of an eye, and we seem to be destroying it and ourselves. I often think the world (in all aspects) would be a much better place without us on it.

Maybe I should change it to 'We're here for a good time, not for a long time'

[StephenKingman]

Maybe you can just see through all the irrelevant rubbish that humans deem important and realise we are but specks in space that dont matter-now thats stark!

I agree with SKM completely. There really is a feeling of inner peace that washes over you after reading that passage. I think(as SKM says) that in the big scheme of things were are insignificant. We have only been on this planet for the blink of an eye, and we seem to be destroying it and ourselves. I often think the world (in all aspects) would be a much better place without us on it.

Maybe I should change it to 'We're here for a good time, not for a long time'

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Or how about "You only live once...so live!"

Agree with you both on the meaning of the passage, the world would go on without us, we must remember that..

As for trying a book, Fran, let me get through a bit of my TBR list and i will be back here for some recommendations, i will try anything once. Dont forget our little bet to finish Catch 22 and The Angels Game before end of august

[Fran]

I agree with SKM completely. There really is a feeling of inner peace that washes over you after reading that passage. I think(as SKM says) that in the big scheme of things were are insignificant. We have only been on this planet for the blink of an eye, and we seem to be destroying it and ourselves. I often think the world (in all aspects) would be a much better place without us on it.

Maybe I should change it to 'We're here for a good time, not for a long time'

Or how about "You only live once...so live!"

Agree with you both on the meaning of the passage, the world would go on without us, we must remember that..

As for trying a book, Fran, let me get through a bit of my TBR list and i will be back here for some recommendations, i will try anything once. Dont forget our little bet to finish Catch 22 and The Angels Game before end of august

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OMG I'd forgotten ... I will dig it out immediately & put it in pole position

[StephenKingman]

^Ah im like an elephant Fran, never forget! Mind you its a good thing you remembered now as the punishment for not reading this was to be thrown off the Spire, not the best ways to go eh

[Fran]

^Ah im like an elephant Fran, never forget! Mind you its a good thing you remembered now as the punishment for not reading this was to be thrown off the Spire, not the best ways to go eh

I have absolutely no recollection of that

[Maud Fitch]

Did anyone manage to convince mod Stephen Kingman to read a Jasper Fforde novel?!

Well, I don’t have anything scintillating to add to previous comments so I will ask what everyone thought of Thursday Next herself. Do you like her character? I think she’s pretty feisty but often does things I wouldn’t dream of doing, e.g. brave but dangerous.

Here’s what Jasper Fforde has in mind:

“Strangely, I'm really not sure where Thursday Next’s character comes from - perhaps she is the Ffordian ideal of womanhood - intelligent, driven, passionate. There is undeniably a bit of Miss Marple and Richard Hannay about her, although as character models I have always drawn on women aviators from the Golden Age of Aviation. These extraordinary people (Bennett, Earhart, Markham, Coleman, Johnson) had not just a great passion and zest for life and adventure but also an overriding sense of purpose. In a word, Spirit”. Jasper Fforde.

Or do you think she's just the kingpin around which the stories revolve?

[Gannon]

I think that Thursday is a very strong, very capable women. She is not the type who will sit around when there is something important to be done, and throughout the two books I have never really seen her intimidated by anybody or anything. In fact I have not really noticed any glaring weakness' in her character either. Now I am quite sure that if I was caught up between the Red Queen and Havisham that I would be at the very least a little nervous. Helping Spike with his mission, I don't think so.

Ok guys here is another one for you. In chapter 6 when Thursday is talking about her mother's cooking she says "Most of her cooking ended up as the culinary equivalent of the Tunguska event". Is this to do with the explosion in Tuguska that happened many years ago. If it is why did she compare it to that particuluar explosion is there any significance?

Like the new avatar there Maud, poor old Jasper did not last very long.

[Maud Fitch]

I think that Thursday is a very strong, very capable women. She is not the type who will sit around when there is something important to be done, and throughout the two books I have never really seen her intimidated by anybody or anything.

Ok guys here is another one for you. In chapter 6 when Thursday is talking about her mother's cooking she says "Most of her cooking ended up as the culinary equivalent of the Tunguska event". Is this to do with the explosion in Tuguska that happened many years ago. If it is why did she compare it to that particuluar explosion is there any significance?

Nicely said, Gannon. I think Thursday is strong and capable, too. She is definitely the person you'd want on your team! I'm certain Jasper would be pleased with your analysis.

Re The Tunguska Event - Hhmm, well, I'm not sure. <meaning I totally missed that one>. Nothing from my Jasper source except confirmation that she is a lousy cook. Let's see: The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering the earth's atmosphere...and there's UFO theories surrounding it. My guess would be exactly as you stated, Gannon. Perhaps instead of saying something mundane like Mount Vesuvius erupting, he chose an outer space analogy. Good spotting!

Some TN words sneaked into my vocabulary. Retrosnatch for example: "Slang ChronoGuard term for going back in time to steal something. Stamped on hard by the ChronoGuard, this is a crime that is always detected, Few people try it any more". Of course, the only way I can legitimately do it is to visit a second-hand shop! Wonder how they feel about Dr Who?

(JF mug shot will be back soon)

[Butterbescotch]

Hiya, Guys!

Sorry, I hope I can join you but I haven't read the novel yet. I just want to request that can someone make a thread about recommending books like "Book Recommendation". I see frequent people creating threads about it. So can you? :]

I want to but I doubt I can keep it up since I only read about 15 book to date.
And I drop this message on this thread since people here are always active XD

What do you think?

[Maud Fitch]

I just want to request that can someone make a thread about recommending books like "Book Recommendation".

Sounds like a good idea to me, Butterbescotch. Any takers?

[Butterbescotch]

None. Can you do it please? :]

[Teesie]

Just finished The Eyre Affair. Wow! That was something else. I was completely baffled when Thursday said that Jane Eyre goes to India with St. John Rivers and that was the end. I was like WTF!?! That ain't right. Does this guy even know what he's talking about?!? Once I got on the beginnings of the part about Hades and the Prose Portal though, I could pretty much see where Fforde was going with that. It took me a few chapters to really get into it, but once I did, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

So, guys, which book is Next (heehee) in the Thursday Next series?