Literati meme

[melo_annechen]

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal, along with these instructions.

"Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut.,"

The selected Verse of Ogden Nash, The Modern Library, 1945.

Comments

[gillen.livejournal.com]

"It happened that on that very day I had a luncheon appointment with Sidney Davis, a young lawyer from Louis Nizer's office."
- Fear on Trial, John Henry Faulk (1963)

[angiealight.livejournal.com]

-> 2. A disease characterized by tingling, numbness, and stiffness in the extremities, especially in the fingers, the hands, and the forearms.

(Describing acropharesthesia, Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, fifth edition.

Eh... the other closest book:

-> "After a moment, Lyra understood and blushed." (Wyrms, Orson Scott Card)

[thaeus]

My page 23 has only three sentences, so here's the second from page 24:

"From the fiction writer's point of view, the world is constantly offering up material rich in story potential."

A Passion for Narrative, Jack Hodgins.

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

Heh. Nearest book:
"Tricholoma personatum (now known as Lepista nuda or Clitocybe nuda)."
The Field Guide to Mushrooms, William Sturgis Thomas, Sterling Publishing 2003 (originally copyright 1928).

Okay, second nearest book:
"Angel of the Arc of the Covenant - the two angels of the arc of the covenant are usually Zarall and Jael, both belonging to the order of cherubim."
A Dictionary of Angels, including the fallen angels, Gustav Davidson, Maxwell McMillan Canada Inc, 1967.

[dave-davenport.livejournal.com]

Of course, the instructions are to post in your own journal... ^_^

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

Easier by far to take up space here. Besides, only a handful of people ever read my journal .... 8D

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

And a Dave Davenport comment following up an comment including cherubim is just too much a Narbonic in-joke to pass up anyway.

[mamawolfe.livejournal.com]

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