Forty-first challenge finish of the year.
It may be a bit of a stretch to say this is 'Related to the Word "Nemesis" '. My reasoning? In the begining of the book, the main character was a professor of physics and astronomy. She has a lifelong fascination with the stars. Later in the book she shares her love of astronomy by helping a fellow NASA trainee to identify constellations in order to help with navigating without instruments.
They talk about the mythology behind different constellations; specifically they discuss Cygnus, the Swan. In one myth, the goddess Nemesis was a beauty, and Zeus wanted her. She transformed herself into different animals to escape him. When she transformed into a goose, Zeus disguised himself as a swan and caught her. Later he placed the constellation Cygnus in the sky to commemorate his conquest of her.
So Atmosphere is distantly related to the word 'Nemesis.' I wish I could have worked the phrase 'in a galaxy far, far away' into this post. Alas, Cygnus is in our own Milky Way galaxy. ;)
I liked the book. There were tears. We took a little jaunt over to a somewhat nearby town today (an hour and a half one way) for lunch at a restaurant that we like. I finished the book on the way. It was a four-napkin cry. Carey, very wisely, pretended not to notice the tears. He almost cried tears of his own when we pulled into the restaurant parking lot to find a sign on the door, 'Closed Today for Family Emergency.'
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