Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Teaser Tuesday (23 August)

(Hrrmm, I really should finish my review of The Big Rock Candy Mountain!)

Teaser Tuesday is a bookish thing hosted by Should Be Reading, in which people share an excerpt from their current read.

"Attack now or never; with a single ship, or all the force in the Empire; by military force or economic pressure; by candid declaration of war or by treacherous ambush. Do whatever you wish in your fullest exercse of free well. You will still fail."
"Because of Hari Seldon's dead hand?"
"Because of the dead hand of the mathematics of human behavior that can neither be stopped, swerved, nor delayed."
The two faced each other in deadlock, until the general stepped back.
He said simply, "I'll take that challenge. It's a dead hand against a living will."                                                    

p. 23 Foundation and Empire. From The Foundation Trilogy. I read this a few years ago but I had an itch to read the original trilogy again.
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  1. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    Sounds like it's going to be quite the fight.

    Great teaser. My teaser is here

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  2. CyberKittenAugust 23, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    Oh, I *really* liked the Foundation books. I read most of them in my teens.

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  3. Jenny QAugust 23, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    oohh, what a teaser! I'd not heard of these books before--I'll have to check them out. This week I've got a teaser and an international giveaway for EROMENOS.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    They both sound confident. Wonder who'll win? Great tease.

    Here's mine: http://diannehartsock.wordpress.com/my-blog/

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  5. MeikkiBeibiAugust 23, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Heh, that was bit amusing. :)

    New follower. :)
    My Teaser @ For The Love of Reading!

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  6. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    Exciting teaser.

    here's mine:

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/08/teaser-tuesday_23.html

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  7. Anya MillarAugust 23, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Definitely sounds like an interesting read. Great tease!

    House Millar - TT

    Aine

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