This is the genetically engineered Unicone. Great for traffic duty but not so much for kid's parties.
A horse of a different color.
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, a novel.
Basically, go read this book if you haven't. The voice is lean and without too much exposition as to mirror the world Jasper creates, a world in which a color hierarchy has been created and much lacks color. And no one dares challenges it. Until....
It does start a tad slow but it is intriguing. And I'm glad he doesn't let the old " Show don't tell" BS get in his way. (Right now only successful authors can afford to do it but I'm glad they do. Just ask Lee Childs what he thinks of it) In my opinion, it's "Show but when appropriate Tell, if it enhances the text." In any case, Mr. Fforde is a wonderful writer and I don't say that without serious consideration. There are few wonderful writers.
Actually, read all of his books. Happy reading.
PS: if you have any suggestions for speculative fiction, please comment and let us know. We're always out for a new good novel. Who knows, we might even review the book and pass it along our through our sphere of influence.
A lesson for bullies.
This bully forgot a few things. 1) Don't taunt with your shirt off. 2) Beware the kid who walks slowly up to you. 3) Don't get knocked the f%&k out.
http://youbentmywookie.com/wtf/watch-a-bully-learn-why-you-shouldnt-pick-on-the-fat-kid-16147
Thank you YouBentMyWookie.com for posting this video.
(Advisory--this video contains violence!! And though righteous, we at Under the Aegis do not support violence in any shape or form-- except in comics, novels and movies where it is a metaphor for the human condition or if it just looks cool.)
In vino veritas, a new blog poem
Today's poetic installment.
In vino veritas
Drink in the past
of the particular grain
and mineral of the soil
Drink in the day,
consume the humidity
of the air
and the tilt of the Earth.
The Sun’s peculiar angle is trapped
so delicately when the bottle is right
Time is stored on the vine and released
so we can remember.
Sip from the fluted glass
That chimes with fire
and was forged by the hands
that pluck the grape
and expel seed
Be intoxicated by the will of the vineyard
envision the ancient amphoras sailing
the seas bringing cultivated celebration
and tidings from those long gone.
A book of dirty secrets.
The Excess Road ain't straight and narrow. A novel.
All at once upon a time, a boy chased a girl and lost his mind. On a pastoral college campus, he sought love but only found a treacherous bind. The legacy of the lotus eaters drifts through the honeysuckle scented lawns and dorms. The intoxicated wonders of the night's slippery potentials slipped and whoops there goes the boy's mind.
There be: drugs, booze, sex, fights, college parties, stupidity, jail for a night....
And... hallucinations. Sorry guys, no lesbian or rough three-way sex scenes.
This novel was inspired by Brett Easton Ellis's work as well as William Styron. Tis an existential satire and an allegory to be sure but this has a crippled drug dealer and girl with motives impure. A shotgun goes Boom ! Boom! and echoes across the sylvan setting.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Excess-Road-Volume-1/dp/1475079176/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332547775&sr=1-4