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Not enough 'e's and 'a's.
Extra 'k's are good too.
 
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BEEEEEAAAAAAAAAKK!


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_Outside the Whale!!_



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I still like Milgrim best: isn't he sweet when he leaves his coat: "I've brought you a friend," he whispered. "You don't have to be frightened anymore."
p. 234, UK trade pbck

This loneliness theme again, p. 281: "The phrase "trusted networks" briefly made her feel like crying. She wasn't feeling as though she had any."

And of course the Blue Ant figurine, as I was saying in the Hollis thread just now.

Turning over more dogears...

Argod, are oyu taking notes: Show not tell.
 
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I think it's not so much 'show don't tell' as it is 'don't combine the two'. Sometimes 'infodumps are by far more efficient and entertaining -- if the info being dumped is relevantly interesting.

JOhn le Carre, for example, does gobs of telling.


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