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Old 12-22-2014, 06:54 AM   #31
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You're planning to seize the throne of Scotland?
Think someone should tell doubleshuffle that a little old lady in London has 1st dibs on Scotland? (I don't mean J.K. Rowling )
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Old 12-22-2014, 07:12 AM   #32
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Nice question. But I'm inclined to think that most windows are really mirrors, and most mirrors are really windows.

I'm reminded of a semi-mythical conversation between John Lennon and Paul McCartney about 'Hey Jude'. As everyone knows, the song is (apparently?) based on Paul's advice to the young Julian Lennon to accept John's new love, Yoko Ono.

John: 'Hey! This song is about me!'
Paul: 'No, it's about me...'

Window or mirror?
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Old 12-22-2014, 08:39 AM   #33
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You're thinking too literally...
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Old 12-22-2014, 08:45 AM   #34
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You're thinking too literally...
So...you have three weird sisters?
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Old 12-22-2014, 08:54 AM   #35
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I would be inclined to dispute that SF&F are mostly windows. Many offer another way of viewing our own lives/society - a distorted mirror, if you will.
Good point. I'd say I like books with reflecting windows the best (think a shop's window where you can see inside the shop, but can also see a faint reflection of yourself).
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Good point. I'd say I like books with reflecting windows the best (think a shop's window where you can see inside the shop, but can also see a faint reflection of yourself).
Better yet, a two-way mirror - changes what you can see depending on where there is light.
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Old 12-22-2014, 10:35 AM   #37
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Good point. I'd say I like books with reflecting windows the best (think a shop's window where you can see inside the shop, but can also see a faint reflection of yourself).
Now Suzanne Vega is singing Tom's Diner in my head.


I guess it's okay. She doesn't really see me 'cause she sees her own reflection.
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Old 12-22-2014, 03:04 PM   #38
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"The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."

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For some people that's true. But for some others, the contents of one's bookcase may be one or more of the following:
  • Aspirational
  • Reflective of gifts that others think the recipient should own or read
  • Reflective of whomever the owner might have inherited the books from - which, I guess, fits somewhat with the quotation
  • Mere window dressing (as reflected in The Sopranos scene wherein shallow, image-conscious Carmela Soprano tells her lover, Robert Wegler, that a book he's given her will look good on her shelf)

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You're thinking too literally...
Your real name is 'The Scottish Play'?
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Both? It really depends on the book. I wouldn't say the books I read mirror my experiences, but they do make me think about what kind of person I am; about my good and bad qualities. Others are a gateway into another world - a daydream. Sometimes one book can provide both experiences for me at the same time. I don't know if that makes sense, but that's how it is for me.
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