(urth) Severian / Christ / Logos / Apocatastasis

Son of Witz sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org
Wed Nov 26 11:26:06 PST 2008


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Thornton [mailto:adam at io.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:15 AM
>To: 'The Urth Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: (urth) Severian / Christ / Logos / Apocatastasis
>
>
>On Nov 26, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Adam Thornton wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 26, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Son of Witz wrote:
>>
>>> Whats a good starting point with Le Guin?  Something about that  
>>> Earthsea title makes me want to avoid it. but I haven't read any of  
>>> her work.
>>
>> I enjoyed Earthsea, although the first three books and the last one  
>> are clearly pitched at a young adult audience (numbers four and five  
>> maybe are as well).
>
>I should clarify: if you don't mind Young Adult, _The Tombs of Atuan_  
>(Earthsea #2) is really magnificent.
>
>I thought for a long time after reading _The Amber Spyglass_ that,  
>"Hey, Phil: Ursula called.  She wants _The Farthest Shore_ back," but  
>after re-reading _The Farthest Shore_ it's actually, "Hey, Phil and  
>Ursula: Rilke called.  He wants the Tenth Elegy back."
>
>Adam


"hey SonOfWitz, D?rer called and wants his dragon heads back, you hack"





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