Book 25: "Smoke and Mirrors" by Neil Gaiman
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kittiwakeI felt in the mood to read some short stories and didn't have any on my TBR pile, so I decided to re-read this book since ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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'Good,' said Seth. 'Anyway. H. P. Lovecraft. He'd write one of his bloody sentences. Ahem. "The gibbous moon hung low over the eldritch and batrachian inhabitants of squamous Dulwich." What does he mean, eh? What does he mean? I'll tell you what he bloody means. What he bloody means is that the moon was nearly full, and everybody what lived in Dulwich was bloody peculiar frogs. That's what he means.'
'What about the other thing you said?' asked Wilf.
'What?'
'Squamous. Wossat mean, then?'
Seth shrugged. 'Haven't a clue,' he admitted. 'But he used it an awful lot.'
from "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar"
I was surprised to find that the friends who invited the author to the circus in "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch" are quite obviously Jonathan Ross and Jane Goldman. I can't think how I managed to miss that the first time I read it. And in case anyone was wondering, squamous means scaly.
whatwasthatbook recently identified "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale" for me. 'Good,' said Seth. 'Anyway. H. P. Lovecraft. He'd write one of his bloody sentences. Ahem. "The gibbous moon hung low over the eldritch and batrachian inhabitants of squamous Dulwich." What does he mean, eh? What does he mean? I'll tell you what he bloody means. What he bloody means is that the moon was nearly full, and everybody what lived in Dulwich was bloody peculiar frogs. That's what he means.'
'What about the other thing you said?' asked Wilf.
'What?'
'Squamous. Wossat mean, then?'
Seth shrugged. 'Haven't a clue,' he admitted. 'But he used it an awful lot.'
from "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar"
I was surprised to find that the friends who invited the author to the circus in "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch" are quite obviously Jonathan Ross and Jane Goldman. I can't think how I managed to miss that the first time I read it. And in case anyone was wondering, squamous means scaly.
