Wordless Wednesday
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Favorite Letters
U in the title Ulysses has the look of a sacred vessel, a Grecian urn, and James Joyce's novel begins with the phrase "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan..." Lots of U-ness there.
The letter o suggests an alluring or erotic roundness, orifices waiting to be filled, hence the infamous Story of O, but two of them together (OO) look like fake boobs on an exotic dancer or two fat men fighting for a seat on the bus: zoot, moot, booze, tattoo, kangaroo.
(pg. 19, The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark)
This one keeps yelling at me from the shelf, "Read me! You'll fall in love with me!" In the meantime, though, if this teaser has caught your attention, I'm giving away three copies here.
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Near Grenoble by Felix Feneon
"Near Grenoble" by Félix Fénéon
Murder, affairs, secrets all come together in this incredibly short piece.
Bones have been discovered in a villa on Ile Verte, near Grenoble, those—she admits it—of the clandestine offspring of Mme P.
I marvel at how much drama is packed in those few words. It's from Novels in Three Lines, and I can totally see how completely flushing out the plot, the characters, telling the events behind this discovery and the consequences of the bones being found could result in a full-fledged novel. I love this distilled version though, this condensed new story. Not a single word is wasted, each has to sparkle.
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Game Night – Priests of Ra
Priests of Ra
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Manufacturer: Rio Grande Games
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
Year: 2009
Players: 2 - 5
Time: 60 minutes
Ages: 12 and up
A challenging game of Gods, men, and their monuments from Reiner Knizia!
The game spans 1500 years of Egyptian history. The priests of Ra seek to extend their power and fame. They do this by directing farmers, warriors, merchants, and scribes. They cause others to build granaries, fortresses, markets, and libraries. And they erect a gigantic pyramid for the glory of the Sun God Ra!
The thing that sets this one apart from the games we usually play is it boils down to being an auction game. As a quick overview, each player has three bidding stones with a number on them. The stones are used to bid on groups of tiles that are placed on the auction track. Collecting these tiles are how you earn points. There are people, building, pyramid pieces and plagues. The...