Depends on the author for me - some authors have the skill of drawing you into a narrative that takes you on a sleighride, others toss you onto a rollercoaster, or perhaps a long distance train. Every one may have been interesting, or terrifying, or slow and comfortable enough for you to get up and walk around a bit during the trip. At the end, your face may be chapped, stomach rattling around, and some of your baggage lost or dented. (ok, never attempt to write coherently before 10am, at least, not if you're me and short sleep)
Huggermugger's rules read like a collision between Trival Pursuit, Win Ben Stein's Money!, and Fizzbin, but I see what I think may be your point... it'd be a lovely drawing room game for Edwardian uber-Yalies, and thus a game that might need a little social distruption added to the mix.
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Date: 2007-03-13 03:23 pm (UTC)Huggermugger's rules read like a collision between Trival Pursuit, Win Ben Stein's Money!, and Fizzbin, but I see what I think may be your point... it'd be a lovely drawing room game for Edwardian uber-Yalies, and thus a game that might need a little social distruption added to the mix.
I envy your Oates.