Weather and books.

[bunn]

I can't be the only person that has noticed that the rain and fogs have neatly overlapped with the weather in Harry Potter.

Another neat overlap is from a book I've just finished reading After London: Or, Wild England, a book where the premise is that the centre-South counties of England have disappeared under a vast freshwater lake, stretching as far as the Severn in the West, and London in the East. (London is a vast fetid and poisonous swamp).

I may experiment with reading something very dry next.

Comments

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

London is a vast fetid and poisonous swamp

Well he got that right, at any rate. :-p

[chainmailmaiden]

(London is a vast fetid and poisonous swamp)

How true, particularly in summer when it appears that a large number of Tube users don't wash or use deodorant :-P

I may experiment with reading something very dry next

Dune?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Would you recommend it?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Um - maybe. It's an odd book: it finishes rather abruptly, and there is only one main character - but I like the setting, which could be described as postapocalyptic pseudomedieval.

I am a bit odd in that I will remember a book for the world in which it happens even if the plot and characters aren't much.

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

Star Wars fan, then? ;-)

[tena524.livejournal.com]

Good luck influencing the weather!

We've had a hot dry spell this week, which I understand is due to end in thunderstorms over the weekend (which I will no doubt have follow me to NY). I fully expect my significant other to pull out his standby video of 'The Empire Strikes Back' tonight, as he swears the ice planet scenes make him feel cooler. However, I don't expect it to snow in July. Though at the moment, I wish it would.