Book meme, courtesy darcydodo

[compilerbitch]

1. take five books off your bookshelf.
2. book #1 -- first sentence
3. book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. make the five sentences into a paragraph


Books used:
1. Evolutionary design by Computers, PJ Bentley
2. Zodiac, Neal Stephenson
3. 30 minute vegetarian Indian cookbook, Mridula Baljekar
4. Teach yourself Russian, Daphne, M. West
5. The Queen's Conjuror, Benjamin Wooley

What might Charles Darwin have done if he had had a computer at his disposal? That was when Tom and I took off on one of the other Zodes. 3 tablespoons, sunflower or soya oil. Kagda Misha napishyet pismo mamye? Our own age need not begin congratulating itself on its freedom from superstition till it defeats a more dangerous temptation to despair.

Hmm... very strange. Says a lot about my taste in books, but I do rather like the last sentence.

Comments

[galliana.livejournal.com]

I rather like the last sentence, too.