Re: "The door dilated" moments
- From: nance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Anthony Nance)
- Date: 30 Jun 2007 01:49:58 GMT
Mike Schilling <mscottschilling@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One of the most famous clauses [1] in all of RAH's work is "The door
dilated.", from _Beyond This Horizon. What it's famous for is the amount of
implicit exposition packed into that seven-letters of verb.
I was reading WJW's _Ambassador of Progress_ a few minutes ago.
<snip>
"Fiona thought her inner clothing and hood to a bright red color in hopes
of cheering herself."
That's on page 11 in my paperback edition. The only reason I know this
is -- and this qualifies as my spooky[1] moment of the month -- because
this is the book I started reading after finishing _The Hallowed Hunt_
two nights ago.
Is this a re-read for you? (I kind of figured you'd read all of WJW's
stuff.) I picked up _Ambassador..._ just last week.
Tony
[1] Your recent usage of this word as an entire post in the Wikipedia
thread made me laugh out loud, justsoyouknow.
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