Monthly Archives: January 2009

Yeah, um… — 2009-01-29

By terje | Published: January 29, 2009
“The past is a grotesque animal And in its eyes you see How completely wrong you can be How completely wrong you can be The sun is out, it melts the snow that fell yesterday Makes you wonder why it bothered (…) Things could be different but they’re not Things could be different but they’re not (…) But it’s like we weren’t made for this [...]
Posted in A Praise Chorus, Art, Awe, Goosebumps!, Hodge-podge rambling, Language, Music, Pimping, Poetry, Quote of the day, Whoa, Words | 2 Comments

Growing but grudging respect for an awesomely cold people — 2009-01-28

By terje | Published: January 28, 2009
“In order to stay in formation, soldiers tried not to run until they came within the reach of enemy missiles, at about 200 yards; experienced soldiers might manage to restrain themselves until they were at a mere 100 yards distance. (…) Spartan hoplites did not run at all, but advanced at a steady pace, singing marching hymns [...]
Posted in Awe, Education, Goosebumps!, Greek stuff, History, Language, Literature, Quote of the day, Whoa, lol | 2 Comments

New blog! =D

By terje | Published: January 24, 2009
My travel blog is now up and running, over at Onkel Reisende Terje.
Posted in Links, My microcosmos | 3 Comments

Terje’s Best of 2008

By terje | Published: January 20, 2009
Okay, so I had intended to choose the ten best books I read in 2008, the ten best movies I saw for the first time, and the ten best albums I bought, right? Unfortunately, it turned out I hadn’t really read as many as ten great books this year, so I decided to throw in [...]
Posted in Impressions, Lists, Literature, Movies, Music, Recommendations | 33 Comments

Sky of Swords by Dave Duncan

By terje | Published: January 20, 2009
450 pages. Eos Fantasy paperback. 2000. Third published novel in the Tales of the King’s Blades trilogy. So. Denouement, eh? After having spent Lord of the Fire Lands setting up pretty much an alternative plotline to the one told in The Gilded Chain, Dave Duncan endeavours to straighten things out again in Sky of Swords. Obviously, any such an [...]
Posted in Ambiguity, Annoyance, Boredom, Disappointment, Discomfort, Great Expectations, Literature, Rant, Review, Speculative fiction, meh. | 6 Comments