Foucault's Pendulum was the worst. Baudolino a close second. Great books but definitely brain punchers.

WAs it 'The Island of the Day Before?" I remember reading it and it blew my mind.

I think I speak for all navigators everywhere when I say "Eww... !".

I'm gonna be that guy: "analemma" is a Greek 3rd-declension neuter noun, so the plural is "analemmata".

A bit^3 obviously!

Teasing their taste in sweaters, for instance.

The act of murder is, itself, brutal by its very nature. Regardless of any other qualifiers.

Waking up in a world of callous people who have gone mad and the main character has undergone a physical change - allusions to Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" perhaps?

I was going to suggest: pay for a copy-editor. No matter how perfect you think it is, you'd be surprised and it'll help it look professional. I certainly intend to do so before self-publishing.

PLEASE have your missive edited! Doing so will put your book head and shoulders above most of the gawdawful tripe out there, including most of the conventionally-published crapola.

lulz. Hey bro, here, educate yourself. Quit being so close-minded.

As a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it has been a part of our theology that there are sentient beings on other worlds in the Universe and that Christ's sacrifice is infinite and covers them all.

Why Christ came to this earth rather than some other planet is that according to…

or just a giant LCD screen like there are in Timesquare and Tokyo :)

For thine are the kingdoms of Arda,and the power, and the glory,for ever and ever...

Our Sauron who art in Mordor,accursed be thy name.Thy kingdom come.Thy will be doneon Middle-Earth as it is in Barad-Dûr.Give us this day our daily Lembas bread,and punish us our trespasses,as we slay those who trespass against us,and lead us into temptation of the Ring,but deliver us unto evil.For thine are the…

It works both ways. I spent 2 days buying my GTI until they finally agreed to my price... Then I told them I wanted the 1.9 APR. They balked initially, then I informed them I have nothing to do the next two days either... Left a bit later in my new car.

Chirality (handedness) extends right down to molecules. Amino acids are chiral, as are enzymes.

I think it's because most people don't bother to make the distinction between the two, and that this is being very overanalyzed.

I've had it with all these *&%! initials in all these *&%! names.