Whereas I complained like someone was killing my firstborn about the introduction to each story in Menace of the Machine, here I am finding it non-objectionable. Maybe because they’re shorter and the editor seems to be strictly talking about the history of the story instead of interjecting his political views into it?
Whatever the reason, this is on track as a 4star read. Keeping my fingers crossed this literary train doesn’t get derailed.
Is that a giant turtle on the cover?
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It would appear so.
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I’m in!
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Turtles don’t have pincers, looks more like a giant lobster.
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No, the one behind the lobster.
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Ah right sorry, specs on now and I see it.
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Sigh. So quick to scorn our efforts to identify these creatures!
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Just trying to be helpful, nothing good can come of confusing a lobster with a turtle.
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Which we did not do.
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No but if you had I was there for you.
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Fingers crossed it’s a good one for you!
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Thanks. Things are going well so far with it 🙂
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I see the lobster and the turtle. What is that other thing? Loch Ness monster?
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Agreed. Why’s it purple?
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The answer has eluded science for millennia…
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If it is the Loch Ness monster, or supposed to be anyway, then why is it be purple? I’m sorry, but if ol’ Nessy has remained so elusive for so long, he’d (is it a he or she?) be camouflaged with the water – black or dark blue, I’m thinking.
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Maybe nessie is color blind? I don’t know, I’m just reading the book.
But I’ll be sure to post an update if one of the stories is about a color blind loch ness monster.
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No stars if there isn’t!
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I’m not using that measuring stick. You can though…
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I don’t know. It looks very odd though, with that weird shaped head.
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Do you know what those small buildings are supposed to be? They look like dog houses, but are they changing rooms, outhouses, or something else? Whatever they are, they must be sturdy because the blue snake-dinosaur thingy knocked one over on the cover and it’s still in one piece! 🏖
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I looked at the cover over on librarything where the pix is bigger and that particular one is actually a wagon that has been knocked over. I think the others might be something akin to icefishing houses. It doesn’t seem to make much sense 🙂
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Ill hold thumbs for you that the train holds it’s coarse
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Thanks man. Even if it goes bad, I’m still liking it more than the previous Menace of the Machine book 🙂
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Like the title of this series. Glad you are still likeing it. I have hit a bit of a stop with reading due to work and being over tired…
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Yeah, I understand. Sometimes work just takes over everything…
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Sounds like an interesting book too! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
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I certainly enjoyed it more than the previous SF classics book 🙂
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