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Hans-Dieter Mundt

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

… Intelligence work has one moral law–it is justified by results. Even the sophistry of Whitehall paid court to that law, and Leamas got results. Until Mundt came.
It was odd how soon Leamas had realised that Mundt was the writing on the wall.
Hans-Dieter Mundt, born forty-two years ago in Leipzig. Leamas knew his dossier, knew [...]

Gene D1746, Chromosome 18, Site forty-two

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

“They’re an oversight. Some poor designer was too busy thinking about next week’s production quotas, or his digestive troubles, or his unrequited love for whatever norm-conforming certifiably A-Equivalent piece of tail he happened to be chasing at the moment. His mind strayed”–Arkasha’s free hand slid down Arkady’s chest and across his belly–”unforgivably from the all-important [...]

Harry Potter and the Hundred and Forty-two Staircases

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

From Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, Scholastic Mass Market Paperback Edition, page 131.