What I've been reading
"Orlando" by Virginia Woolf. I'd seen the movie adaptation but had never read "Orlando." It's about as weird as you'd expect for a novel about a noble person who lives for 400 years and changes gender without explanation. It's more funny than you might expect, and explores themes of gender, changes in society and fashion, and what it means to be a writer. I am interested in reading more of her work.
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"Wakulla Springs" by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages. I read this novella bound as a tiny little book. It tells the story of four generations who are influenced by the mysterious waters of Wakulla Springs in Florida, from watching Johnny Weismuller film Tarzan movies there and the Creature from the Black Lagoon swimming around in the springs to future generations who worry about the development of the wilds around the spring. There are moments of wonder, and many of the characters think they *may* have heard or seen a monster or mythical beast, but the story isn't explicitly supernatural. The full text can be found here.
My full comments on both books here.
and
"Wakulla Springs" by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages. I read this novella bound as a tiny little book. It tells the story of four generations who are influenced by the mysterious waters of Wakulla Springs in Florida, from watching Johnny Weismuller film Tarzan movies there and the Creature from the Black Lagoon swimming around in the springs to future generations who worry about the development of the wilds around the spring. There are moments of wonder, and many of the characters think they *may* have heard or seen a monster or mythical beast, but the story isn't explicitly supernatural. The full text can be found here.
My full comments on both books here.