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Subject:	Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16)
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Date:	Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:33:47 GMT
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... lots of snipped quotes ... Hmm, which book is Phlewder Phlam in? One of Lloyd Alexander's one-of-a-kind books is: The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian. Though I liked the Prydain books a lot, this no-magic tale was weirdly fun. Hey, somebody is reading Earthsea for the first time. Yeah! Ursula K. LeGuin has returned to Earthsea for the time being (we hope.) In 1990 she won a Nebula Award for Best Novel Of the Year for writing a fourth book in the "trilogy", Tehanu. Then, not long ago, she admitted it still wasn't done, and published the medium-sized "Dragonfly" (now available in paperback in Bob Silverberg's Legends series.) Last October, there was another short story! (In Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine.) And, they've been promising another one in 2000.

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		Earthsea (was Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16))
(...) Woohoo! Earthsea is one of my favorite series. LeGuin has a rare talent for 'minimalist' descriptions - very capable of drawing out the essence of something in very few words. You know, the sort of skill Robert Jordan could use... <GD&R> James (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16)
(...) I can't remember, but I had a heckuva time finding a copy. It is similar to The Foundling and Coll and his White Pig, in that it tells about Fflewddur Fflam's life before he appeared in the Prydain Chronicles. I think the title had his name in (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16)
(...) Sounds like I've got a lot of reading to catch up on ;-) Well, I've also got a lot of homework to catch up on... Thanks for the suggestion! I still have to finish "Wizard of Earthsea" before I can start anything else, tho' - it's loaned from (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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