Read the travelogues of the last-but-one century and those older, and the strange and beautiful right-to-left Illitan calligraphy—and its jarring phonetics—is constantly remarked on. At some point everyone...later a /disowned child/ was put out. The feral babe is /Illitan/, Hermes-Aphrodite not without beauty. He has something of both his parents in his form, but the voice of those who raised him—the birds.
found via Will Shetterly's blog (where he posted a link to some music done by a band Emma Bull was in), some comments from a fellow who's teaching what sounds like a great fantasy lit course! The closest... so some of them will probably be by to listen to the music. P. S. Emma’s “A Bird that Whistles” is one of the three stories students can write about for Essay #2. by Rob Barrett April 7, 2008 at 7:28 p
Понятно, что фамилия Толкина сразу заставляет усомниться, что эта ссылка здесь уместна, однако о Толкине говорит Мьевиль, и говорит - подумать только - хорошее, и говорит интересно, поэтому вот: пять безусловных причин любить творчество Толкина .
Can I just say.... again. How much I love summer, in that I can be on my own time schedule. Go to bed when I want, wake when I wake (which surprisingly enough is relatively the same time I always wake...of the month. All the bills are paid and with a click, I'm broke for the rest of the month... la la. which... of course.... will not stop me from LOOKING at the new PALM PRE from Sprint tomorrow!!
Danger, Will Robinson! I just had to go and read one - one! - short story collection by Ali Smith, didn't I? Now her telling-not-showing spare style has infected my brain and I'm finding it tricky writing...bad way? Enquiring minds wish to hear. Meanwhile, I think writing this journal post has cleansed me. I'll be off not having anaemia in post-apocalyptic-land with my colloquial dude and his manfriend
