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What would a guy like Daniel, in grad school but techinically on summer vacation, be reading at the beach? Or in general? Fiction or non-fiction ideas welcome. Even poetry. Titles, authors, and your most quotable parts - what would stand out about the work?

Gah. I am practically illeterate these days. And I am hoping for a few good quotes.

Making your suggestion, please also include a prompt for your porn!prize. Once I dig out of the two ficathons and the vampire piece, I want to go on a mini-ficlet spree! My research helpers should get first crack! (Heh. Crack.)

Thanks!

PS: Heck. While we're at it. What would Jack be reading, at the beach? Our Jack of today, not Academy Jack? (Or Academy Jack, too, if you want!)

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Jeanette Winterson's The Passion is GUH! Beautifully evocative magical realism. Unfortunately my copy seems to be lent out. Grrr. The phrase that's repeated throughout is "I'm telling you stories. Trust me."

Here's a quote from Orlando (the original genderswitch! well, post Tiresias) that I think Daniel would intellectually appreciate at the time, and it presages his life in Abydos:

What was to be done, Orlando could not think. To leave the gipsies and become once more an Ambassador seemed to her intolerable. But it was equally impossible to remain forever where there was neither ink nor writing paper, neither reverence for the Talbots, nor respect for a multiplicity of bedrooms.

(Not terribly sexy, sorry. Will think on it more after work. Context?)