that's a great story, i love that he did exactly as he should have as a father. and yay that you've been able to add to the paper.
i re-read "engine summer" a lot. i can pick certain sections or even just a paragraph and immerse myself in the language and imagery. and i know it so well that the rest of the story unfurls for me even if i've just taken a quick glimpse.
um....i re-read the lloyd alexander books, or e. nesbit, the sword in the stone by t.h. white, the half magic books by edward eager, books i grew up with that have come to mean safety and joy to me.
there's a great book by randall jarrell called the "animal family" that i adore. and another one by c. northcote parkinson called pony's plot. gods, i haven't read that in years i should read it tomorrow.
i love phil stongs "honk the moose" (that was my first mooshee), and allison utley's "a traveler in time", anything at all by rosemary sutcliffe, but especially the armorour's house. and paul brown's "piper's pony, as well as crazy quilt.
the illustrations in the children's books are as vital as the writing. just looking at some of the pictures grounds me.
adult scifi/fantasy authors that i adore (besides john crowley) are: ursula leguin, c.j. cherryh, david herter, gegory maguire, emma bull, elizabeth willey, cherry wilder, a book by walter teve "mockingbird" that always makes me cry but in a good way. the becoming alien books by rebecca ore, the short stories by samuel delaney in his driftglass collection, the riddle master of hed series by mckillip, robin mckinley's blue sword and the hero and the crown. oh, and her book 'beauty' is wonderful.
not to forget *all* the mary renault books....and fred astaire's autobiography....gods, sorry to natter on....just pondering this has made me babble on (vs. babylon, heh). and when i have a good chunk of time anything on ancient history and archaeology, as well as the arts & crafts movement.
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Date: 2006-04-08 01:20 am (UTC)i re-read "engine summer" a lot. i can pick certain sections or even just a paragraph and immerse myself in the language and imagery. and i know it so well that the rest of the story unfurls for me even if i've just taken a quick glimpse.
um....i re-read the lloyd alexander books, or e. nesbit, the sword in the stone by t.h. white, the half magic books by edward eager, books i grew up with that have come to mean safety and joy to me.
there's a great book by randall jarrell called the "animal family" that i adore. and another one by c. northcote parkinson called pony's plot. gods, i haven't read that in years i should read it tomorrow.
i love phil stongs "honk the moose" (that was my first mooshee), and allison utley's "a traveler in time", anything at all by rosemary sutcliffe, but especially the armorour's house. and paul brown's "piper's pony, as well as crazy quilt.
the illustrations in the children's books are as vital as the writing. just looking at some of the pictures grounds me.
adult scifi/fantasy authors that i adore (besides john crowley) are: ursula leguin, c.j. cherryh, david herter, gegory maguire, emma bull, elizabeth willey, cherry wilder, a book by walter teve "mockingbird" that always makes me cry but in a good way. the becoming alien books by rebecca ore, the short stories by samuel delaney in his driftglass collection, the riddle master of hed series by mckillip, robin mckinley's blue sword and the hero and the crown. oh, and her book 'beauty' is wonderful.
not to forget *all* the mary renault books....and fred astaire's autobiography....gods, sorry to natter on....just pondering this has made me babble on (vs. babylon, heh). and when i have a good chunk of time anything on ancient history and archaeology, as well as the arts & crafts movement.
so many books, so little time. *g*