"One enjoys friendship most when times are good, when the sun shines and the world is kind. But it is the sharing of adversity that knits men together."
-- John Christopher, The City of Gold and Lead
This is an excellent quote from
The Tripods Trilogy. Because of Mike, I started re-reading the first of these gems of my childhood,
The White Mountains. This morning, at about 2, after more DDR and painful blisters. I'm on the final book now,
The Pool of Fire. Having been a while since I've read a book, it was nice to see that my reading speed improved through the night and today. Yes. Friendship.
Comments
y35h. THE b00k5 r0x0r.
Posted by: yukino | September 1, 2002 9:11 PM
When you gonna put a recent comments list on this bad boy?
Posted by: vince | September 1, 2002 9:48 PM
What are the books about? And aren't you in business school? Shouldn't you be studying, not playing DDR? (Of course, I drove to South Bend today to play Ultimate, even though I'm writing this at 4 in the morning during my night float shift.)
Posted by: worm | September 2, 2002 4:17 AM
It is a sci-fi trilogy written in the 1960's, I believe, about an Earth that has been taken over by an alien race. A group of boys manages to evade and join a resistance. But more fundamentally, the story resonates with me because of two things: the triumph of the individual over the oppressive overlords, and the great theme of running away from home and undertaking the Great Journey.
Posted by: jet | September 8, 2002 6:24 PM