The Friday 56 is hosted by Storytime with Tonya and Friends
RULES
- Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
- Turn to page 56.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
- Post a link with your post to Storytime (and here on Bryan’s Book Blog, I’d like to know what book you’ve got at hand).
This week, Dan Simmons’ The Terror is the closest book at hand (I was looking up spelling for my review of the audiobook edition of the novel) and the fifth sentence on page 56 comes from “the private diary of Dr. Harry D.S. Goodsir”:
“All the men are aboard, and although last-minute Preparation is still going on around the clock for tomorrow’s Departure—especially with the stowing of what Captain Fitzjames informs me is more than eight thousand cans of tinned food which have arrived only in the nick of time—Sir John conducted Divine Service today for us aboard Erebus and for as many of Terror’s crew who wished to join us, I noted that Terror’s captain, an Irishman named Crozier, was not in attendance” (56).
3 comments:
uggghhh, who would name their ship Terror? Seems like a bad omen...
Now, see, you're the second person that I've heard say this, and I guess I don't understand the sentiment.
To me, Terror sounds like a great name for a ship. Especially one that, like the titular ship in the novel, was a massive gunship.
Imagine being in a naval battle and finding out that the ship you are fighting is called Terror or that your port is being bombarded by the Terror. Seems like good psychological warfare.
Granted, once it was turned into a Discovery Service ship and put to arctic and antarctic exploration, the name might be a little ominous, but still...
ok, in battle the name is perfect. I wasn't thinking of that though. I was thinking of some kind of service ship.
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