Don't get on the bad side of a Wienis

Cmdr Sue thinks all I have around my desk is textbooks and books on bureaucracy. So to confirm or dispel her fear, she tapped me to play the 1-2-3 meme today.

Here are the meme rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people & post a comment here once you post it to your blog, so I can come see.

Let's see ... I'm sitting in a room with bookshelves to either side of me ... but the one nearest would be -- ::re-e-eaching:: -- this one:

How could the king, divinely blessed, allow this abominable act? Or was it the king? Was it not, perhaps, an action of the accursed regent, Wienis, without the knowledge of the king at all.

See? Not a textbook. It's Foundation by Isaac Asimov, a book on my reading list right after I finish Count Zero. I hope this Wienis guy isn't a main character. I might spend the whole book snickering. Wienis. Heh.

If you want to play along, consider yourself tapped!

Comments

[Anthony]

You mean to say that you've gotten to the age you've gotten to and NEVER have read the Foundation series before?
What, I say, WHAT kind of world are the Youth of America living in these days?
I bet you also think it rains on Dune as well at the end of the novel!

[CmdrSue]

Classic sci-fi! I'm delighted. Thanks for playing. :)

[pam]

Sue: Sure thing!

Anthony: It's true, all true! I'm sorry! I was young, I was busy, I always thought there would be a tomorrow ...

[Sue]

The other option was a double issue of People magazine, does that count?

[Stephanie]

I played via Sue's blog: http://www.lunisea.com/blather/?p=1218

[Anthony]

Forget Wienis, wait 'til you met Preem Palver and The Mule!
If it will make you feel better, to this day I've never seen The Lion King or When Harry Met Sally nor have I read Finnegan's Wake, An American Tragedy or Less Than Zero!