Synchronicities

[avram]

BSD held Games-Club-in-Exile at his place today; only four folks showed up (Matt, John, Aaron, and myself), and Matt, John, and I had to wait in the lobby while BSD and Aaron were out doing something or other (eating, I think). We eventually got around to playing Gargon, but not Meuterer, grumble grumble. Then we watched vid files on BSD’s laptop — anime music videos and Invader Zim.

I’ve experienced three creepy bits of synchronicity so far while reading Declare:

• A thunderstorm arriving while I was reading the part about a magical thunderstorm.
• BSD’s doorman commenting that he couldn’t be in two places at once while I was reading the chapter in which a character explains his childhood ability to bilocate.
• Matt and John pulling out their issues of The Economist to read just a few lines before I got to the bit where a it’s mentioned that a spy character’s cover is a journalist who’s published in The Economist.

Tim Powers is an especially scary author to have these sorts of experiences with, since he incorporates a huge amount of real-world detail into his fantasy plots. I’m going to sleep rather than think about it any more.