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Aug. 14th, 2007 11:11 pmLiveJournal just logged out on me. That's weird.
I had a dream the other day that I was at an International Wizard of Oz Club auction, which was being held in my mom's bedroom (or a place that corresponded with it as far as its location in the building, anyway). The was a book up for auction called Error in Oz. It was credited to Marcus Mebes, and had an ostrich-like bird on the cover. I assume the bird was Error, although it's possible that there was a guest appearance by this guy. (Actually, I wonder if the word "error" came to my mind because it's used so often at my work.) The bidding started at $10,000, so I didn't bid on it, but I was curious about it. There were also a few other books I hadn't read on a table, so I tried paging through them, but knew I wouldn't actually get the chance to read them. This was how I felt at the actual auctions I attended, really. I remember looking at a copy of The Blue Emperor of Oz and even bidding on it, but not winning. I passed up the chance to buy it a few other times after that, when I probably should have just gone ahead and gotten it. Actually, I've heard some people say it's not very good, but other people really like it.
Perhaps the bird on the cover of the book was prophetic, because I did later ride a four-wheeler around an emu farm. It was the first time I'd ridden one, and it was pretty cool. Also,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje brought me some Olive Garden food for dinner, which was sweet of her. I was jealous of her for going to the Olive Garden without me.
I finished reading Clive Barker's first Abarat book today. It was interesting, and pretty inventive. I found the idea of one island for each hour of the day to be a clever idea. There's some precedent for places where it's always the same time (the March Hare's house and Douglas Adams' Ursa Minor Beta come to mind), but a collection of them might be original with Clive. I do have to wonder how the people on the islands know when it's time to eat, sleep, go to work, and such. {g} The book ends rather abruptly, and since it touches on a lot of characters and plot threads that beg for further exploration, I'm hoping the second book picks up on them. I borrowed it from Beth, and I'll probably start it on my first break tonight.
I had a dream the other day that I was at an International Wizard of Oz Club auction, which was being held in my mom's bedroom (or a place that corresponded with it as far as its location in the building, anyway). The was a book up for auction called Error in Oz. It was credited to Marcus Mebes, and had an ostrich-like bird on the cover. I assume the bird was Error, although it's possible that there was a guest appearance by this guy. (Actually, I wonder if the word "error" came to my mind because it's used so often at my work.) The bidding started at $10,000, so I didn't bid on it, but I was curious about it. There were also a few other books I hadn't read on a table, so I tried paging through them, but knew I wouldn't actually get the chance to read them. This was how I felt at the actual auctions I attended, really. I remember looking at a copy of The Blue Emperor of Oz and even bidding on it, but not winning. I passed up the chance to buy it a few other times after that, when I probably should have just gone ahead and gotten it. Actually, I've heard some people say it's not very good, but other people really like it.
Perhaps the bird on the cover of the book was prophetic, because I did later ride a four-wheeler around an emu farm. It was the first time I'd ridden one, and it was pretty cool. Also,
bethje brought me some Olive Garden food for dinner, which was sweet of her. I was jealous of her for going to the Olive Garden without me.I finished reading Clive Barker's first Abarat book today. It was interesting, and pretty inventive. I found the idea of one island for each hour of the day to be a clever idea. There's some precedent for places where it's always the same time (the March Hare's house and Douglas Adams' Ursa Minor Beta come to mind), but a collection of them might be original with Clive. I do have to wonder how the people on the islands know when it's time to eat, sleep, go to work, and such. {g} The book ends rather abruptly, and since it touches on a lot of characters and plot threads that beg for further exploration, I'm hoping the second book picks up on them. I borrowed it from Beth, and I'll probably start it on my first break tonight.
