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[morethmusing]

Gwyneth Jones 'Bold As Love' series.

Interestingly she made the first four books free to air*, so if you fancy trying a post-modern Arthurian sci-fi romance (complete with obligatory threesomes) or just chasing song lyrics through a novel, you can find her work here: http://www.boldaslove.co.uk/ and (#4: Band of Gypsys) here: http://www.boldaslove.

Comments

[lissas_elves]

Interesting review - think I'll check it out. I need something for my reader for when I'm travelling, so thank you for the suggestion. :-)

>>In the UK it's the 'hash' symbol,<<

In Denmark, 'hash' means marihuana. Just thought I ought to warn you. ;-) We call the # 'garden gate' (in our own language, of course).

[morethmusing]

In Denmark, 'hash' means marihuana...

Oh, in the UK too :) Maybe that's where the confusion arose... 'Garden gate' is a much more sensible term!

[rhapsody11]

The Danish and the Dutch think alike, although hekje can also relate to a fench..

[lissas_elves]

Well, it obviously IS a gate. *g*

[morethmusing]

We call the # the "pound" sign. :-)

Ah. Thanks :) And that would never have crossed my mind to try. For me the 'pound' sign is £ as in British Pounds, not that we have many left, but... ;P

I love Project Gutenberg, but it's great to see modern authors doing downloads! The screen will never quite be the same as a paper book though... (It seems I'm a Luddite at heart;P)

[klose]

Hmm, I call it a hex. So when I call up Orange or whoever else has incurred my wrath, I often think, "hmm, I can't remeber what the hash sign is, but # is always a winner!" lol. Same situation with 'pound', which I think they also use in singapore.

[morethmusing]

Okay. So far I have:

Garden-gate (still my favourite, because I can see the logic there!)
Pound (Utterly confusing to UK person)
Hex (Hmmm. I think more of hexadecimal notation, and so would the guys I was speaking to. That would be even more confusing!)

It seems there's no clear-cut reference...

[rhapsody11]

Great recs, but I had my fill of romance novels like that lately, I finally settled down for Swordspoint :)

[morethmusing]

Well, nothing like Swordspoint.* It's modern day and comes complete with heavy Jimi Hendrix references and a good dollop of global catastrophe ;P

It's not to everyone's taste, of course...

*Which is totally awesome!

[rhapsody11]

I am keeping the rec in mind, that's for sure :D First I probably have to recharge the battery of my Iliad :)

[lissas_elves]

You too? So many people are crazy about Swordspoint - guess one ought to take a look at it one of these days...

[jaiden_s]

We call it the pound sign, but I've heard it referred to as the hash sign. It shouldn't be that confusing.

Thanks for the info about the books. :)

[morethmusing]

It shouldn't be that confusing.

You'd think that, wouldn't you. But I played international charades for fifteen minutes on a mobile line... *Head/Desk*

Clearly I'm crap at charades ;P

'Pound sign' is a monetary symbol here, so that never occurred to me.

[lilith_lessfair]

Pound sign' is a monetary symbol here, so that never occurred to me.

That would be odd. Pound sign in the states. Sometimes hash mark or number sign. Though I suspect number sign would be understandable to US and UK speakers.