Today’s installment does little more than establish Diana Dagger’s operational position within this cave exploration group. She certainly doesn’t want to risk a one-way trip to the Underworld. Surprisingly, Jadsen (aka, Crypto Bro) sticks up for her! (For those of you who are new here—and that’s an optimistic thought!—Cricket Bro and Crypto Bro are brothers and are Jules Rivera’s take on the rich, egotistical, corrupt Silicon Valley types.)
BTW, the answer to yesterday’s quiz: Well, I was probably being a bit unfair to you all. Unless you happen to be a reader of 19th century English Lit, especially stories of a humorous bent, you would not catch my pun (My wife would simply say I’m once again showing off or being snooty). The title to yesterday’s post (“Three schmucks in a cave, to say nothing of the frog”) is a spoof on the book title “Three Men in a Boat, to say nothing of the dog,” by Jerome K. Jerome. It was a very popular book with the public in late 19th century England. Its humor and writing falls somewhat flat and slow by today’s standards.
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Some of us are Connie Willis fans & read the 1999 Hugo Winner. As well as the original, though all I remember is the scene where they cook 12 eggs into a thimbleful. And a lot of old comics mocking how often 3 Men & a Boat was used in amateur theater.
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Thanks for the reference, Downpuppy. I haven’t read her before, but will locate her ‘To Say Nothing of the Dog’ book.
Jerome’s book was also featured in an episode of the old British cop show, “Cribb” (based on P. Lovesey’s books), the “Swing, Swing Together” episode. I enjoyed watching the series, though it only lasted two seasons. There’s a scene where Cribb and his assistant are interviewing a canal lock attendant who complains of the extra work he has to do now, because of the popularity of Jerome’s “bloody book!”
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The Dog is a bit thick to jump into. You might try Last of the Winnebagos first for a quick taste.
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Thanks, I’ll probably do both; I have a habit of getting drawn into large tomes. Have you read anything by A. Lee Martinez? His sci-fi is a humorous take on various genres. I especially liked the Constance Verity series, the Automated Detective, Emperor Mollusk versus the Sinister Brain, Monster, and … pretty much all of his stuff.
The books by Jasper Fforde that feature the female operative named Tuesday Next is a series of fantasy and parody of books, libraries, and detective stories in which Next is able to move between the real world and the “book world.” That is, the world inside books.
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