The library was quickly becoming a favorite place, which disconcerted Arvin Sloane to some degree. He hated being predictable. Still. It reminded him of Zurich, not of Los Angeles, which he found preferable, and yet had an atmosphere of its own. The mysterious Charles Xavier, who had come and gone before Sloane moved into the mansion, must have ( Read more... )

It's just one of the questions they ask to get to know each other, father and daughter, complete strangers, in those days of travel that lead them first to China, then Siena ( Read more... )

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The first thing I saw when I arrived was the Sentinel. I don't think giant robots programmed to kill were mentioned during my delightful conversation with the two headmasters of this school, but of course I did my research before applying in the first place. Indeed, it made me rather confident about my prospects. Nothing encourages ( Read more... )

It was an odd thing to reflect on: the last time he had applied for any kind of position had been decades ago. Not counting all the counterfeits, of course, but all serious positions had been offered to him since then, and of course his profession had, in essence, remained the same ( Read more... )

Which fairy tale does your life resemble most?It would say something less than flattering if I did not know the difference between a fairy tale and a myth; and yet sometimes, they intermingle. Take the whole enormous complex of Arthurian lore. There is one particular story, interwoven with the main tapesty, which I confess myself to be fascinated ( Read more... )

*locked*Someone must have helped me ( Read more... )

In victory, you deserve champagne; in defeat, you need it. - Napoleon Bonaparte.When Sydney went up against Anna Espinosa for the first time, she failed. It wasn’t completely unexpected; Sydney had been field rated for a year by then, and had shown herself truly gifted, but Anna Espinosa was one of the best, both in terms of experience and ( Read more... )

Shall we say I believe it an ever after and leave it at that ( Read more... )

If you could be someone else, dead or alive, for a day. Who would it be? Why?It was one of Judy Barnett's questions that were part of her attempt to provide psychoanalysis and intimacy at the same time, and naturally, I deflected it. Judy professed to disbelief ( Read more... )

You have a time machine but you are not allowed to change your past, so what time period do you go to and why?If anyone ever decodes this journal, it will probably surprise him - or her, but as the most likely candidate is Marshall Flinkman, I shall go with the masculine term, shall I? - that the answer to this question lies not in a trip to the ( Read more... )