Started watching [Afterworld][1] today and it reminded me (obliquely at least) of a book I read in my teens.
I can’t remember the name of this book or its author. I do remember that I read a reasonable number of books by this author around the same time, so he (I think it was a he) must have been reasonably prolific.
This particular book (set in modern times) was about a guy who found himself becoming increasingly ignored. Eventually he seemed to disappear out of everyone’s view. At the same time, he found everything else “greying out”.
In the story he ended up finding other people “slipping” into his domain, as well as food etc. He could tell the ‘real’ things because they had colour.
I’m really not even certain of the main plot, but the loss of colour is what I really remember. I would have read this around 1986 or a bit later, so it is at least that old.
Linda and I had a good google around the place trying to figure it out, but it is really quite hard to choose your search terms when you have little to no idea what you are looking for.
I have put out requests with my friends in the [Christian Gamers Guild][3] and also the [Name That Book][2] forum at [Library Thing][4] in the hope that someone can help me out. I think perhaps this space is a little less likely to uncover a solution, but it is worth a shot…
[1]: http://afterworld.tv
[2]: http://www.librarything.com/groups/namethatbook#forums
[3]: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/
[4]: http://www.librarything.com
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It is harvest time here in Esperance. And harvest time means lots of grain trucks on the road.
When I work at the [pharmacy][1], I ride my bike to work, and my route takes me down Brazier Street, past the grain depot there. There is an t-intersection about half way down, where there is a road coming from the industrial area. The corner is often taken with a minimum of care by the drivers of the three-trailer wheat trucks who assume (quite rightly) that most other road users will stop for them, right of way or not.
This happened to us while driving the other day, and a few choice words were spoken regarding truck drivers and their tendency to assume that might makes right.
So, in the interests of fairness, and as the subject line says *”credit where credit is due”* I would like to thank the driver of the [OD Transport][2] truck who actually stopped for me while I was riding up to that intersection yesterday morning.
This driver would have seen me coming from some distance. Instead of pulling out anyway, which he could have done without creating an emergency, he stopped and waited for me. In return, having seen that he had made an effort to do the right thing, I put on a bit of a burst of speed (such that I can manage) to get past him as quickly as I could.
Thanks again, Mr Truck Driver.
[1]: http://castletownchemist.com
[2]: http://www.austrade.gov.au/corporate/layout/0,,0_S1-1_-2_5-3_CANB4768334-4_-5_-6_-7_,00.html
I have decided to finally taking this blogging nonsense somewhat seriously.
I logged in today and saw all the changes to blogger and fiddled a bit.
Of particular interest was the “post by email” option, which is what I
am trying to do now. Sometimes email clients are just more useful than
web browsers.
<rant>Why are there so many new groups that seem to prefer forums
instead of mailing lists? Trying to keep up with them seems to be an
exercise in futility. At least if they are coming straight into your
inbox, you can glance at the subject line, delete if you don’t like it,
you can sort into separate folders using filters, view in a threaded
format and so on. And you don’t have to wait for the next message to
load after reading one. Yahoogroups (I subscribe to quite a few) have
various options so if you really must view online (and sometimes you do)
you can (as well or instead of getting your email).
Bottom line is this: There are quite a few online groups I would
otherwise join in with, but if I can’t post and read using my mail
client, I think long and hard before joining</rant>
I made this account months ago, almost forgot all about it and I am only posting now to make my account active to see if I can wangle a gmail account!
I do intend to use this blog properly, but you know what they say about intentions…
