Nick Bottom? Really? I know Simmons likes to make allusions to literature but this is an odd choice even for foreshadowing.
Huh. Just how many times is Val Bottom described as sixteen? I count five. How many times is Nick Bottom described as ex-(homicide) detective? Six. He loves Dara more than life itself twice. I realize that this isn't an edited copy, but I still expect better writing than this.
Hmm. "The most common baby name in Canada in the time of Flashback is Mohammed. (Way back in 2010, this was the most common baby name in Sweden.)"
I've checked multiple sites, and maybe not, although it is (counting variant spellings) beating Mitchell out as the most popular boy's name beginning with M. And one site says that it is the most popular boy's name in Oslo, but of course Oslo is not Sweden1.
And one has to ask: so, one's name is one's destiny?
--- 1. It's also not Norway, but that's not as funny.
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Huh. Just how many times is Val Bottom described as sixteen? I count five. How many times is Nick Bottom described as ex-(homicide) detective? Six. He loves Dara more than life itself twice. I realize that this isn't an edited copy, but I still expect better writing than this.
Hmm. "The most common baby name in Canada in the time of Flashback is Mohammed. (Way back in 2010, this was the most common baby name in Sweden.)"
I've checked multiple sites, and maybe not, although it is (counting variant spellings) beating Mitchell out as the most popular boy's name beginning with M. And one site says that it is the most popular boy's name in Oslo, but of course Oslo is not Sweden1.
And one has to ask: so, one's name is one's destiny?
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1. It's also not Norway, but that's not as funny.