"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we werde all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good and for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."

(Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859)

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An Adventure Beyond the Ordinar-E

After 700 years of doing what he was built for - he'll discover what he's meant for.

He's got a lot of time on his hands.

In Space, No One Can Hear You Clean

Zitate:

Voice in commercial: Too much garbage in your place? There is plenty of space out in space! BnL StarLiners leaving each day. We'll clean up the mess while you're away.
The jewel of BnL fleet; The Axiom! Spend your five year cruise in style: Maided on 24 hours a day by our fully automated crew, while your captain and autopilot chart a course for non-stop entertainment, fine dining; And with our all-access hoverchairs, even grandma can join the fun! There's no need to walk! The Axiom - Putting the "star" in executive StarLiner!
Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO: [appears on the screen] Because at BnL, space is the final "FUN-tier"!

Captain: Out there is our home - Home, AUTO! - and it's in trouble. I can't just sit here and do nothing. That's all I've ever done! That's all anyone has ever done on this blasted ship - nothing!
AUTO: In space we will survive.
Captain: I don't want to survive, I want to live!

Ship's Computer: Voice confirmation required.
Captain: Uhhh...
Ship's Computer: Voice confirmation accepted

Captain: This is called farming! You kids are gonna grow all sorts of things! Vegetable plants, pizza plants... it's good to be home!

Was lange wärt, wird endlich gut: endlich hab ich kapiert, wie das mit Bildern in Antvilleblogs funktioniert. Applaus, Applaus, Applaus...

Das war die letzte Rose dieses Jahres in unserem Vorgarten - vielleicht hat's dem Grashüpfer deshalb so gut darauf gefallen?

Babas Fotos

"We came on the wind of the carnival."

(Joanne Harris, Chocolat, 1999)

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Robert E. Howard, The Coming of Conan, the Cimmerian

Grundsätzlich interessiere ich mich immer für diese Fantasy-Ikone - die Filme und nicht zuletzt die Comics sind immer sehr vergnüglich, und so griff ich auch bei dieser Komplettausgabe sofort zu, als Regina sie aussortierte. Allerdings finde ich den adjektivüberladenen Stil von Howard nicht so leicht verdaulich.

"Somewhere in the vaults of the Bank of Cox and Co., at Charing Cross, there is a travel-worn and battered tin dispatch-box with my name, John. H. Watson, M.D., Late Indian Army, painted upon the lid."

(Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Problem of Thor Bridge", aus: The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1922)

"Der Weg von Bethlehem nach Ägypten muß damals, in jenen heiligen Zeiten, durchs Königreich Böhmen geführt haben, quer durch den nördlichen Teil des Landes, bei Schluckenau etwa herein in das böhmische Niederland, dann nicht ganz bis zum Jeschken hinum, dann weiter im Vorland des Iser- und Riesengebirges, durch vorwiegend ärmliche, meist von Glasmachern, Leinewebern und kleinen Häuselleuten bevölkerte Gegenden bis in die Nähe von Trautenau - und zuletzt auf der Alten Zollstraße über Schatzlar hinaus ins Schlesische, wo es dann nach Ägypten hinüber nicht allzu weit mehr gewesen ist."

(Otfried Preußler, Die Flucht nach Ägypten. Königlich böhmischer Teil, 1981)

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