tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post3077934144344238094..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: The Reading List: "A Wrinkle in Time"Michael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-26719298391571295522010-12-12T19:02:13.060-08:002010-12-12T19:02:13.060-08:00DrSchnell: Told you so.
Avia: You're apparent...<b>DrSchnell: Told you so.<br /><br />Avia: You're apparently literate in Middle English without knowing it. But I had reason to believe that you are linguistically gifted.</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-10599573174407282482010-12-11T14:21:31.888-08:002010-12-11T14:21:31.888-08:00My Canterbury Tales uses the original Capitalisati...My Canterbury Tales uses the original Capitalisation, Spelling & cetera. I love reading it.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-83163542478581823302010-12-10T12:58:42.563-08:002010-12-10T12:58:42.563-08:00Your discussion of situations "that have only...Your discussion of situations "that have only the thinnest logical connection among them. Villains with no clear motive must be fought within rules that are never really explained with the help of allies whose roles are unclear and whose tremendous powers, for reasons which seem rather arbitrary, have very specific limitations..." <br /><br />sounds a bit like life in the university...... except for the allies with tremendous powers bit....DrSchnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428753570121627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-15227944098802213702010-12-10T08:35:17.539-08:002010-12-10T08:35:17.539-08:00I'm reading the Chaucer in translation. Middl...<b>I'm reading the Chaucer in translation. Middle English goes beyond archaic spelling; it's a whole 'nother language.</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-31014108871398479382010-12-09T21:07:04.704-08:002010-12-09T21:07:04.704-08:00Chaucer: Original or modernized spellings?Chaucer: Original or modernized spellings?Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-3421623064354070782010-12-06T10:19:34.073-08:002010-12-06T10:19:34.073-08:00I remember LOVING this book as a kid and rereading...I remember LOVING this book as a kid and rereading it several times. (Tesseract!) This is one I don't want to revisit because I'm afraid it won't hold up for me.Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-16918044505476555212010-12-04T21:56:44.654-08:002010-12-04T21:56:44.654-08:00i survived late elementary and middle school with ...i survived late elementary and middle school with a steady diet of l'engle. then i followed her to her alma mater.blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847339484292778234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-48682867724040479562010-12-03T08:32:50.358-08:002010-12-03T08:32:50.358-08:00Oh, boy! My sister was a college freshman when I ...Oh, boy! My sister was a college freshman when I was a HS freshman; she was still living at home, so I helped myself to all of her required reading--which included a complete (non-Bowdlerized)_Canterbury Tales._<br />Wow, was THAT ever educational! I hope you have a good 'translation' with the complete (bawdy) text. <br /><br />Here's to the well-read man!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-31455074001297142922010-12-03T06:09:36.882-08:002010-12-03T06:09:36.882-08:00Oh well I was doomed anyways turns our my parents ...Oh well I was doomed anyways turns our my parents have a copy of A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Good as well.Yankee in Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801047649293188238noreply@blogger.com