ext_40433 ([identity profile] frandowdsofa.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] la_marquise 2011-08-16 07:08 pm (UTC)

Mechanics, and mechanical physics. I have a hole in my head where information about things like gears goes to die. It impacts on some of the sailing stuff, and a lot of yer basic golden age SF. Anything to do with engines, problems solved with garage-level technology. Not into Formula 1, stock-car racing, motorbikes.

I still haven't been able to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Films I handle better because they're over quicker, and there are other things to whizz you through the boring bits. And some engine-head movies I love, the Mad Max trilogy, Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, the Great Race. But when the engine becomes an inefficient tool and the plot centres on fixing it and the people who love to do so, I'm away with the Luddites.

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