(Chapter One has gone to the pre-readers, and there's no spoilers in the Concordance, so...)
Chapter One
Fenspace Explorers
A play off of Ruin Explorers
"What's a DQS?"
It's a "Douglas Quincy Sangnoir", or some other trans-dimensional visitor, of course.
a pop-instrumental version of The Girl from Ipanema
Specifically, the version that was playing in the Cook County Assessment Office elevator near the end of The Blues Brothers. Noah went to some expense to get that version just because he wanted that particular cover for Stellvia's "hold" signal.
"Anybody want some watermelon?"
Why did Peggy choose watermelon? She's been traveling with a number of Japanese people, and has at least noticed one of their habits -- when you visit somebody, you bring food, and watermelon is one of the more expensive (and thus impressive) gifts you can bring.
Why did the BBIs roll their eyes? To quote Buckaroo Banzai, I'll tell you later...
-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Chapter One
Fenspace Explorers
A play off of Ruin Explorers
"What's a DQS?"
It's a "Douglas Quincy Sangnoir", or some other trans-dimensional visitor, of course.
a pop-instrumental version of The Girl from Ipanema
Specifically, the version that was playing in the Cook County Assessment Office elevator near the end of The Blues Brothers. Noah went to some expense to get that version just because he wanted that particular cover for Stellvia's "hold" signal.
"Anybody want some watermelon?"
Why did Peggy choose watermelon? She's been traveling with a number of Japanese people, and has at least noticed one of their habits -- when you visit somebody, you bring food, and watermelon is one of the more expensive (and thus impressive) gifts you can bring.
Why did the BBIs roll their eyes? To quote Buckaroo Banzai, I'll tell you later...
-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012