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May 4, 2017

“Women of Wonder: The Classic Years.”

“What else had there been to do? Bravery, courage–what was courage? She had never figured it out. Not fearing, some said. Fearing yet going on, others said. But what could one do but go on? Had one any real choice, ever?” –from “The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin– There are plenty…

The 100 Books Project: Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern.

“…’We have labored too long as a Craft to surrender Pern now to the ravages of Thread because of a menace we can’t see. Nor do I believe that this disease, however fiercely it spreads, however ruthless it appears, can overcome us who have for hundreds of Turns defended ourselves from Thread. A disease can…

The 100 Books Project: Black Horses for the King.

“No hoof, no horse.” “Black Horses for the King” by Anne McCaffrey My Magic Carpet edition of this young adult book claims that Black Horses for the King is a story of King Arthur “as it has never been told,” but, in my reading of it, it wasn’t much of a story of King Arthur…