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rockinlibrarian

The Horror of a World Without Madeleine L'Engle

Feb 20, 2011 21:43

I'm having a bit of culture shock. The Internet does that to you sometime, being that it's accessible by anybody in the world who's got a computer with Internet access. And there's so much cross-contamination of cultures that you forget there ARE a lot of differences. About a month ago there was a French contributer on GeekMom who mentioned not ( Read more... )

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iamdamanda February 21 2011, 03:48:27 UTC

Being familiar with your love for her, I hate to admit that I've never actually read any of her stuff. But just for you, I just now went to Amazon and ordered it for my Kindle. I can't read it yet because John will have a coronary if I don't finish the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy in a more timely manner, but I will read it and I will do so as my 10-year-old self.

rockinlibrarian February 21 2011, 18:31:52 UTC

But you had HEARD of it before, which is fine and sensible! Though I hope the 10-year-old you enjoys it very much. And also the current you!

riki_kiki_taco February 22 2011, 02:25:30 UTC

A geeky artist I love is going to be nearby at an event next month. It's technically a Star Wars weekend but I guess were encouraged not to say that in the promotions, so all I knew was there would be geeky things there and "dress as your favorite sci-fi character." So of course, I'm wondering... "Hmmm, I wonder if I could be Meg Murray... Or well, Meg O'Keefe, since I'm old 'n stuff."

~kiki

rockinlibrarian February 22 2011, 19:29:31 UTC

Ohhh, how to pull off that one? I'd say Meg would be more recognizable as her teenage self, she'd need the glasses and the frumpiness which apparently went away by the time she was grown up (and then she'd need, like, seven kids. Who wants to lug seven kids to a sci-fi event?)... and then bring an EXTRA pair of really large glasses to be Mrs Who's! And what else... a math book? A genius kid brother? I give up. It would be a totally awesome discussion starter at least!

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Re: Wrinkle rockinlibrarian February 22 2011, 19:39:03 UTC

Did you see the 90-second Newbery video of Wrinkle James Kennedy did the other month? I keep thinking, now THAT'S the way to get kids into it!

ext_447318 March 1 2011, 23:23:07 UTC

Makes me wonder how many great British (not to mention French, German, Scandanavian, and Shahili) writers I'm missing out on as a benighted American.

rockinlibrarian March 2 2011, 21:23:52 UTC

I'm sure! There are already some I'm aware of as Having Been Big Elsewhere-- Arthur Ransome comes immediately to mind because I just read YET ANOTHER reference to him ten minutes ago. Jacqueline Wilson is apparently like the Judy Blume of Britain, but I've only actually ever seen-- let alone read-- one book by her in person. And yes, think of all those ones in other languages! I'm forever grateful to whatever publisher decided to translate Cornelia Funke for the first time-- WHAT ELSE is out there?! And HOW on earth can I ever catch up with even just the stuff published here?!