Sometimes, when I was a kid, I'd get disappointed when an old children's book was sexist or something like that. Because I was eight, or whatever, approval-seeking, and not expecting it. I don't get lost in the story like I used to, but the upside is, that doesn't feel like a kick in the gut anymore.
Fred ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Scola, thank you for posting that! I had never seen that essay of his.
I suppose Ray Bradbury would not want to have a religion started around him. But he is one of my patron saints. Him, and the Emperor Norton.
You know, Ray Bradbury should visit Disneyland with Jilli.
You know, Ray Bradbury should visit Disneyland with Jilli.
head explodes with glee
I still count myself incredibly lucky that I was able to meet him at DragonCon one year, get my childhood copy of Something Wicked This Way Comes signed, and get a photo of him holding Clovis.
We are blessed to have Ray Bradbury.
Patricia C. Wrede is bringing her Lyra books out in eformat.
Order the books and take a little tour of Patricia C. Wrede's closets here.
Gully Jimson, eat your heart out.
But he is one of my patron saints. Him, and the Emperor Norton.
And Emperor Norton, while not having a religion built around him per se, is a saint or something in Discordianism.
In Gaiman's Sandman series, Death hinted pretty strongly that Norton was one of the Tzadikim Nistarim, the 36 righteous secret saints, their sainthood unknown even to themselves, for whose sake God continues to spare the world from destruction.
On Tolkien - one thing we tend to forget is, popular "wisdom" used to be much more tilted toward "nature", and it's swung a loooooooooong way towards "nurture" over the past 50-odd years. Anything we read from back then is seen through that filter.
Also, Mark just read about Treebeard, and WOW THAT'S A LOT OF CAPSLOCK.