Similarly, if a shop manager announces that he proposes to take a lunch break, then we can be certain that, while walking from the shop to the food court, he will be summoned to another world where he will have to complete a quest before he can be allowed to return to mundanity. At least, this is certain if we know what kind of fiction we are reading, like Tad Williams' contribution to the book displayed above. But now I really must get back to some other reading not directly associated with blogging.
(Regular readers might be pleased to learn that today Sheila and I walked from Lancaster to Morecambe where we ate on the Promenade, then "visited" Andrea, he who lives above his brother's Old Pier Bookshop. (See also here.) We stood on a side street while Andrea appeared naked to the waist (at least) on his walled balcony. Another such "visit" will be made next month but the sooner I can get back into that upstairs three dimensional maze with Andrea's lavish Italian hospitality the better.)
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I would prefer a somewhat less painful and risky way of traveling to an alternate world or the past! (Smiles)
Still practicing social distancing? Otherwise you would have gone iside Andrea's apartment. I hope he is feeling better.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Social distancing.
Andrea is not too bad at present but still has his long-term undiagnozed condition.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Understood, re social distancing. I'm sorry Andrea is still not as well as could be desired.
Ad astra! Sean
I think of time travel via lightning as equivalent to jumping out of an aircraft at 18,000 feet without a parachute.
There -are- instances of people doing than and surviving... but it's really not the way to bet.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I too have read an account of someone who survived doing that. But it's sure as heck not the way to bet!
Ad astra! Sean
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