FROM AN ULTIMATE DIM THULE
Or Diligently Seeking Sidney Sime
Anyone recall Sidney H. Sime? I have to confess I didn’t, but his name came up, as the saying goes, the other day. In a book by H. P. Lovecraft.
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KONRAD GESNER AND THE JENNY HANIVERS
Or Wishful Thinking, Mythological Science and Easy Money
The other day, as I was reading Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve, something stuck in my mind - the name of Anna Fang’s airship, the Jenny Haniver.
Naturally, something stuck in one’s mind requires prompt investigation, and a short detour via Wikipedia yielded this: “A Jenny Haniver is the carcass of a ray or a skate which has been modified and subsequently dried, resulting in a grotesque preserved specimen.”
Well, thought I, if ever I needed yet another excuse to get totally side-tracked, this is an opportunity not to be missed.
So I did.
Read the whole entry - Posted by John on 01/02/09 | 04:00 AM |
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