period: p15: "...As long as they have guards on my family they know I will return, so it is normal for me teponymous sentence: p51: The secret of Topaz.
period: p15: "...As long as they have guards on my family they know I will return, so it is normal for me to be away for a few hours, perhaps to make an intelligence contact, perhaps to shop, perhaps even to visit a woman But I am a devoted family man and I always come back."
grammar: p256: With the evidence of Soviet missiles in Cuba proved beyond doubt, the crisis heightened.
Not Leon's usual fare (and also not the usual length--which is refreshing) but passable....more
eponymous sentence: p290: I hear that Mila 18, directly across the street from us, holds one of the largest caches.
The research for this type of storieeponymous sentence: p290: I hear that Mila 18, directly across the street from us, holds one of the largest caches.
The research for this type of stories must be depressing....more
eponymous sentence: p45: "From now on she will be known as the Exodus."
grammar: p180: "...There are a quarter of a million Jews in Europe waiting for aneponymous sentence: p45: "From now on she will be known as the Exodus."
grammar: p180: "...There are a quarter of a million Jews in Europe waiting for an answer and we are the only ones who can answer them...."
le mot juste: p294: Akiva paced the cement floor like a nervous cat.
spelling: p405: They charted all movement in and out, logged each car and truck, and diagramed the entire compound.
This is undoubtedly Leon's magnum opus. I'm ashamed to admit that this would constitute the best education I've had with regards to Jews....more
eponymous sentence: p52: "You must know that the Great Hunt of the Horn has been called in Illian, the first time in four hundred years...."
grammar: p68eponymous sentence: p52: "You must know that the Great Hunt of the Horn has been called in Illian, the first time in four hundred years...."
grammar: p68: "...A rare talent these days, even more rare than ta'veren, and certainly not of much use...."
That a'dam disgusts me so that it made an indelible in my mind. A similar implement is used in Goodkind's Sword of Truth--I forget which book....more
eponymous sentence: p11: Given the hull number SSN-773, Cheyenne was the last of sixty-two Los Angeles class nuclear attack submarines to be funded by eponymous sentence: p11: Given the hull number SSN-773, Cheyenne was the last of sixty-two Los Angeles class nuclear attack submarines to be funded by Congress.
quotation mark: p276: "...In addition, Li and I are once again communicating with each other--cautiously, I might add--but we are closer to negotiations. Mack nodded again, but remained silent.
A video game adaptation! Must be the first of its kind.
Its no Hunt but, boy, the scenario is just chillingly plausible--at that time, at least. At present, Spratly Islands are still being contested....more
eponymous sentence: p1080: His staff and the staffs of many other federal agencies slept less, because, as sweeping as the executive orders were, they eponymous sentence: p1080: His staff and the staffs of many other federal agencies slept less, because, as sweeping as the executive orders were, they had to be implemented in a practical world, and that meant interpretation of the orders in the context of a living nation.
This was one of the books I wish I had access to, back in the late '90s). At that time I was relying on either hand-me-downs from older family members, the school library, or a friend's family's collection.
The paperback could stop a bullet, and could be used in self-defense by the unlucky nerd--that spine can pack a wallop. The leaves themselves, however, are so thin it's easy to turn a couple at once by mistake but not so much that the print show through on the other side.
Damn, that wrap, though. Curtains, for sure....more
eponymous sentence: pxx: Several years later over Baghdad on the night of January 17th, 1991, F-117 Black Jets of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing provedeponymous sentence: pxx: Several years later over Baghdad on the night of January 17th, 1991, F-117 Black Jets of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing proved beyond question that stealth really works.
Outdated, but still informative. That researcher lived the good life....more
eponymous-ey sentence: p19: "We have a schedule, a countdown, if you like...."
tech: p74: "Good Lord, such a decision!" said Scofield, lowering his MAC-1eponymous-ey sentence: p19: "We have a schedule, a countdown, if you like...."
tech: p74: "Good Lord, such a decision!" said Scofield, lowering his MAC-10 automatic rifle against the rocks, his left hand pensively shading his eyes but still on the intruder.
cement: p88: "Capable of lifting off from a patch of cement or a small backyard."
p111: "...Blocks of high-density cement layered to conform to the configuration of the road."
p174: "This old thing is as safe as a cement whale." "A cement whale would sink, buddy."
p551: He had barely two minutes left, not that the time was written in cement, but time spans were important and he did not want Scofield and Considine to think that something had gone wrong and do something foolish like rushing in to search for him.
redundancy, terminology: p136: Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Montrose withdrew a small portable phone from her tunic, dialed a series of thirteen numbers, and raised the instrument to her right ear.
grammar: p408: "...If he's there, I want him to myself."
p536: "If this were night," whispered Scofield, "we'd take them both and find out who's inside."
This fell a little short of my expectations midway--just a tad--but that ending is at least satisfying....more
eponymous-ey sentence: p132: She had returned to Omaha, passed the Nebraska bar, and was employed by a prestigious law firm when the accident happened.eponymous-ey sentence: p132: She had returned to Omaha, passed the Nebraska bar, and was employed by a prestigious law firm when the accident happened.
cement: p14: "You say one more word, butter skull, and you're gonna be in a cement bathrobe at the bottom of the Potomac, do I makemyself clear?"
p184: "...He's flat out on the cement."
p394: The news of his being alive and well and pulling strings was restricted to a very few people, namely the scumball Wall Streeters on Meat's agenda who would have mouths sealed in cement or later face the rest of their lives in various slammers without the money they figured to make, and his cousin Ruggio.
The comedy at this point in time usually revolves around dimwits armed with homophones (or close approximations) and misunderstood metaphors (not even metaphors, sometimes)....more
eponymous-ey sentence: p4: He tried to look forward with pleasurable sensations to his return to the jungle of his birth and boyhood; the cruel, fierceeponymous-ey sentence: p4: He tried to look forward with pleasurable sensations to his return to the jungle of his birth and boyhood; the cruel, fierce jungle in which he had spent twenty of his twenty-two years.
capitalization: p5: it was this fact that aroused a faint spark of interest in Tarzan, and so he speculated upon the future he watched in the mirror the reflection of the players at the table behind him.
cement: p305 to 306: At the false wall he tore like one possessed to demolish the barrier that confronted him--with giant muscles he forced the opening, thrusting his head and shoulders through the first hole he made, and carrying the balance of the wall with him, to clatter resoundingly upon the cement floor of the dungeon.
An aptly titled homecoming story. That resolution with his nemesis isn't that satisfying, though....more
eponymous sentence: p97: The next song was even sadder--"The Widower's Two-Step," about a man's last dance with his wife, with references to a little beponymous sentence: p97: The next song was even sadder--"The Widower's Two-Step," about a man's last dance with his wife, with references to a little boy.
cement: p120: I crouched down and looked at the cement steps at my feet.
p154: The kid went back off his elbows and hit his head on the cement edge of the stairs.
p252: The cement pylons were still there, and a few boards not yet rotted to splinters.
p302. So was the cement dance area.
p355: We met Ralph under the loading dock, where metal slats had been laid across from the cement to the truck bed.
p360: Plastic caps shot off and three CDs spilled out like metallic poker chips, slishing colorfully across the cement.
p381: Behind me Gary Hales' watering hose sprayed across the cement and droplets thudded into the grass.
This is just perfect as a paperback--two or three filps to a chapter average. And just about the right length, too. An easy and enjoyable read....more
cement: p148: It sprang loose and fell crashing to the cement floor.
grammar: p154: "Krupskaya's son the Premititular sentence: p327: The Matarese circle.
cement: p148: It sprang loose and fell crashing to the cement floor.
grammar: p154: "Krupskaya's son the Premier?"
tech: p197: "I have a two-barrelled rifle in my hands, signori," continued the voice... the unmistakable voice of a woman, speaking now in English. "As the one fired moments ago, it is a Lupo, and I know how to use it better than the man at your feet...."
One thing that keeps me from fully enjoying this (and other Ludlum novels, I suppose) is that I'm not even remotely familiar with the conspiracy (or conspiracies) referenced....more
This is one comic book I would never appreciate (as I've never been able to procure a copy of the succeeding issues) until now. Considering that I didThis is one comic book I would never appreciate (as I've never been able to procure a copy of the succeeding issues) until now. Considering that I didn't have the sequel before, I guess I never read this enough to have remembered more than a handful of scenes, nor the more mundane plot....more
This I've read for the umpteenth time, as I've received a copy from a classmate during Secret Santa back in high school.
Thank you, Romson. This, alongThis I've read for the umpteenth time, as I've received a copy from a classmate during Secret Santa back in high school.
Thank you, Romson. This, along with #8, may have been the cause of me being sent out of the classroom one day by a teacher who went on to become principal. Not your fault, though, Romson....more
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