This is ancient, but this is the first time I happen to have something more interesting than a boring old textbook near my computer. Taken from
cyberducksHere are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
"Everyone feels like that in these gardens sooner or later, though usually not so quickly. It would be better for you if we stepped outside now." She said something else as well, something I could not catch. Far off, I seemed to hear surf pounding on the edge of the world.(Gene Wolfe: The Book of the New Sun, part 1. On my desk currently because of several threads I'm watching at the moment. One's
here, and one's on
sf-fan.de.)