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Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:41:59 GMT

I have the flu. (Nasty nagging cough, fever, swollen glands, full-body ache, the works.) So if I'm slow in responding to things -- well, now you know what to blame it on. ;)

Thu, 09 Dec 2004 06:42:05 GMT

I've been on a kick of rereading childhood favorite books. They're delightful: quick reads and generally pretty light, the perfect thing to be plowing through during end-of-semester blues. (Yes, yes, I know, sensible people don't read books at all in the crunch time; what can I say? I'm a bloody addict, that's all.)

Yesterday it was Wren to the Rescue by Sherwood Smith, which was an entertaining romp with one of the more endearing of the spunky-girl archetype of young adult protagonists. Today I've started a re-read of two books I loved and read to pieces: Juniper and Wise Child by Monica Furlong. They are historical fantasy at its best: set in the real medieval world (Cornwall and Wales in the former case, Scotland in the latter), with magic that seems just plausible, in a didn't-happen-but-could-have sense. (In fact, modern-day Neo-Pagans might argue that it did happen that way, or much that way.) I can say as a medievalist that the feel is just right; the 'castle' of Juniper is a Cornish hill fort, a refreshing change from the default of Germanic castles.

In other news: working on a fansub Dark Ages: Fae supplement article, "Faerie Hounds and Faerie Steeds." In general, I quite like the way DA:Fae handles sprites, but faerie animals seem to me a slightly different issue... and worth a serious look.

Brithwen Tattercoat

to everyone I game with