tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post1230787589148510635..comments2024-03-25T02:15:02.505-07:00Comments on Nancy's Blog: Reading With the Left Brainadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442349453021015062noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-9765526028251784122008-02-06T13:25:00.000-08:002008-02-06T13:25:00.000-08:00Timely subject for this week...a good friend is ta...Timely subject for this week...a good friend is taking a class in Children's Lit and the text includes an excerpt from "A Wrinkle in Time", the first SF which caught my 8 year-old fancy. Many years have since gone by but the original still has that sense of wonder for me. R.I.P. to Madeleine L'Engle, who we lost recently.Kevin W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06977893518973511323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-58046577823448453152008-02-04T08:51:00.000-08:002008-02-04T08:51:00.000-08:00Aw, S.F., can't you recall the peril when the Huma...Aw, S.F., can't you recall the peril when the Human Race was being judged? Kip and Peewee and the Roman legionaire, Iunio? Who had just enough! (paraphrasing):<BR/><BR/>He let fly with his javelin. It fell short. <BR/><BR/>But I think he broke the Olympic record.<BR/><BR/>"I'll show you a Roman's grave! Piled high with Caesar's enemies!"<BR/><BR/>And later:<BR/>WILL ANY RACE SPEAK FOR THEM?<BR/><BR/>We didn't =know= any other races. Dogs...maybe dogs would.<BR/><BR/>Just this: I guess you can take away our star, and maybe you will. We'll =make= a star. And we'll hunt you down. All of you.<BR/><BR/>That's telling them, Kip! That's telling them!<BR/><BR/>A fine, fine book. Heinlein's juveniles, only CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY is better. Which deserved a Hugo. Hmmm, why didn't it get one? Oh, yeah! His "adult" novel, DOUBLE STAR, won that year.bluesman miike Lindnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730308789066832084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-56506175434699005922008-02-04T08:23:00.000-08:002008-02-04T08:23:00.000-08:00Nancy, I am delighted you remember the Boxcar Chil...Nancy, I am delighted you remember the Boxcar Children too. Read it in the third grade, I guess. That was a good crew! They took care of themselves and THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DO HOMEWORK!<BR/><BR/>I wonder if some of the appeal of the book was for little souls who just started to wonder what they might do without Mommy and Daddy.bluesman miike Lindnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730308789066832084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-14882927404286603222008-02-02T09:17:00.000-08:002008-02-02T09:17:00.000-08:00I loved The Boxcar Children, too! Other childhood ...I loved <I>The Boxcar Children</I>, too! Other childhood favorites were <I>My Side of the Mountain</I> (interestingly, also about a child running away and surviving by himself) and <I>The Secret Garden</I>. As you say, these books are dear childhood memories for me.<BR/><BR/>Also, hello! I haven't commented before but I've been reading your blog for a few weeks now. I always find your comments on writing process very interesting. :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088514434867235184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-46349485051198953152008-02-02T06:00:00.000-08:002008-02-02T06:00:00.000-08:00Oops, I meant "real-time black hole list"-- got th...Oops, I meant "real-time black hole list"-- got the jargon wrong. <BR/><BR/>It appears that there's a problem with random banning on the Asimov's forum.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499975976127437276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-7838594044322588932008-02-02T05:32:00.000-08:002008-02-02T05:32:00.000-08:00What is a "rotating black hole list"?What is a "rotating black hole list"?Nancy Kresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834410304227906387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-23768017380726245852008-02-01T19:56:00.000-08:002008-02-01T19:56:00.000-08:00Stories I read as a child thrilled me in a way tha...Stories I read as a child thrilled me in a way that I just can't get from reading anymore.<BR/><BR/>Murph- Asimov's now says that I'm on a "rotating black hole list" now, so don't feel so bad.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499975976127437276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-62171747847722744192008-02-01T17:35:00.000-08:002008-02-01T17:35:00.000-08:00"a couple of years ago."Apparently getting publish..."a couple of years ago."<BR/><BR/>Apparently getting published hasn't improved my own personal proof reading skills. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>Respects,<BR/>S. F. MurphySteven Francis Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02246600213078993467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-12040164949814990382008-02-01T17:34:00.000-08:002008-02-01T17:34:00.000-08:00Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert Heinlein had...<I>Have Spacesuit, Will Travel</I> by Robert Heinlein had that effect on me. I wanted a slightly used spacesuit from the Goodyear tire company. I read that for the first time in the second grade.<BR/><BR/>I tried to read it again a couple of years and found that the 'magic' was gone. <BR/><BR/>But the memory was still there and I suppose that is what counts.<BR/><BR/>Respects,<BR/>S. F. MurphySteven Francis Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02246600213078993467noreply@blogger.com