While I am mulling over my third review of novels about alien communication, I have realized today is the start of a festive season. So here is:
A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: DAY ONE
What is it about Advent calendars that thrills us so? I am not talking about the religious aspect, not at all. Like Christmas in general, the secular world has seized on the Advent calendar and turned it into a really fun version of the count-down calendar.
I suppose you’ve seen something like this:
You can find online ones, too, like (WARNING. . .WARNING. . . incoming political bias. . .) this one .
And what about fun objects like these? You don’t have to be a child to want to open all those enticing little doors.
. . .a boy of my acquaintance. Who has just opened the first little door.
Or this one, for grown-ups:
I’m partial to this one. Tiny books!
By the way–I get no revenue, advertising, referral, anything, from those links.
Advent calendars are fun! So. . . my holiday gift to you, whichever holiday you celebrate, whenever it happens to occur, or just because Happy Winter (yikes! those of you Down Under, sorry, sorry, Happy Summer): an advent calendar of great quotations from great speculative fiction, Dec. 1-Dec. 25, 2005.
HERE’S THE FIRST: DECEMBER 1, 2025
The movie is INCONCEIVABLY fun! And so is the novel. Please read it if you’ve only watched the movie. Please read if you haven’t watched the movie. Please watch the movie if you. . .etc. (It’s inconceivable to me that no one has NOT watched it.) William Goldman wrote the novel in 1973, and also the screenplay for the wonderful 1987 film directed by Rob Reiner. Inconceivably talented!
Quick note about the link above: I have directed you to the Bookshop.org site in hopes you will discover this amazing source of book buying splendor. The book is available through many other outlets, of course, and I urge you FIRST to 1. try your local indie bookstore OR 2. get it at your local public library (if you are a U.S.-based reader). But the great thing about Bookshop.org is that, if you need to buy a physical book online, your purchase helps the indie bookstore of your choice. And if you’re buying an ebook–it benefits that store too! A win-win if there ever was one.
However, I also noticed in previewing this post that my local indie bookstore in Albuquerque is listed as the beneficiary in the link. I’m not sure that’s what you’ll see when you open the link yourself, but if you do, you’ll have to change to an indie bookstore of your own choice. Or go ahead and keep it benefiting Page 1 Books in Albuquerque–a great little bookstore! Visit it if you’re in the area. There are other great bookstores in Albuquerque! Don’t hurt me, Bookworks! I love you too. Page 1 is closer to me as I drive down out of the mountains. (Again: I get no advertising revenue at all from this site. Any errors are mine alone, of course, but DISCLAIMER I take no responsibility for the quality of your shopping experience or any product you buy should you choose to, you know, shop.)
Fantastes 
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