|
Elizabeth Bear
|
 |
« on: December 04, 2007, 12:17:20 am » |
|
Written by Elizabeth Bear
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth Bear
|
|
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 11:18:14 pm » |
|
Projected Airdate: Monday, March 3
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
|
|
|
|
MadGastronomer
Guest
|
|
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 11:53:39 pm » |
|
So, two weeks between episodes? Phooey.
Will we get any extra content between airings?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth Bear
|
|
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 12:02:34 am » |
|
For you, three weeks.
And no dessert, either!
(Realistically, I suspect it depends on how busy we all are trying to keep our heads above water.)
(and hey, how fast can you write 15,000 words of professional-quality fiction?!)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
|
|
|
|
MadGastronomer
Guest
|
|
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2008, 03:04:19 am » |
|
No dessert? Not even if I promise to make some for you, too? I just got this great new dessert cookbook, from the former pastry chef at Spago...
(I didn't mean that it wasn't understandable, just that I'm greedy enough to want more. One difference between your profession and mine: it's a lot easier to scale my work up.)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth Bear
|
|
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2008, 08:09:55 am » |
|
Hee. Yes. Issues of scale. Our recipes do not double as neatly.
God, this thing is a staggering amount of work. But oo, so much fun....
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
|
|
|
|
Cinderberry
|
|
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 02:56:01 pm » |
|
Please humour the non-native English speaker: is "knock on coffins" a quote or expression known from anywhere other than the "Son of Sam" letter?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
swampyankee2u
|
|
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 08:33:18 pm » |
|
Knock on Wood is a common colloquial phrase that refers to averting a named Evil or Mishap when you speak of something good happening.
An example would be someone knocking on wood when they say "Well at least my family is healthy, knock on wood" and actually executing the act as they say it. The thought being that the act of knocking on wood will ward off the bad karma that would make your original statement of good fortune false, of ward off the invitation of disaster that comes with mentioning such good fortune.
Most Coffins are Wood here, so Knock on Coffins implies (at least to me as a reader, and culturally/regionally similar to at least one of the authors) that someone forgot to knock on wood, so the rest of us had better. Before its "our funeral".
Or, on the other hand, maybe they are checking for living, or at least not buried "dead" people -- I suspect being a host for whatever a "gamma" is might not be a healthy sort of life.
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: February 16, 2008, 09:04:10 pm by swampyankee2u »
|
Logged
|
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. ~Samuel Johnson
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth Bear
|
|
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2008, 01:07:22 am » |
|
What the Yankee said.
Also, in the original quote, Berkowitz was instructing the police to "KNock on Coffins" the way police usually knock on doors--to find witnesses to the crimes.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
|
|
|
|
Cinderberry
|
|
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2008, 05:23:52 am » |
|
Ooh. So, "knock on wood" and "knock on doors". How supremely creepy.
Thanks for the explanations, Yankee and Bear.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
elyse
|
|
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2008, 01:02:13 am » |
|
Great stuff! I enjoyed the focus on Sol and Hafidha. Now I need to reread it so I can engrage in a more coherent discussion.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth Bear
|
|
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2008, 01:03:48 am » |
|
Thank you!
In general, we plan to play the ensemble a bit. Since we have it, we may as well use it....
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
|
|
|
|
saoba
|
|
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2008, 01:21:02 am » |
|
Thank you!
In general, we plan to play the ensemble a bit. Since we have it, we may as well use it....
Damn, that's good stuff. I'll be over here in the corner having my Duke fan girl moment, don't mind me. Our show is the best. show. ever. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
MadGastronomer
Guest
|
|
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2008, 01:27:38 am » |
|
This is how much I love SU:
I came home from dinner with the beginnings of a migraine, and knew perfectly well that the computer needed to stay off if I was going to avoid one. It didn't. And this was totally worth it.
I should go lie down now.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth Bear
|
|
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2008, 01:28:45 am » |
|
Aww. Duke wants to know what he did to deserve fangirls, so he can do it more often.
MG? If you are reading this, go close your eyes NOW.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
|
|
|
|
