Those were fabulous books IMHO, as were the Second Chronicles. I expect to soon be starting the Final Chronicles; and if they approach the quality of the first two, I know I will love them as well. You are definitely right about the large vocabulary. I encountered more new words from him than I had in years of reading before that. <grin> Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Friedman To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 10:11 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books Hi, Roger, I don't know if you've ever read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Stephen Donaldson, but he used the dream device in his first trilogy. I wouldn't call him an awful writer, but I can say he had a large vocabulary and didn't mind using it. Regards, Kim aka Ellinder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:19 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books Speaking of language changes, there also have been changes in writing styles and literary devices. I don't recall any commentary on this but I have noticed a literary device that was frequently employed in the late nineteenth and early twentyeth centuries that no writer would get away with today. That is that when a novel contained elements of the fantastic the author explained everything by just having the protagonist wake up at the end of the novel and realize that the entire story had been a dream. That was used in Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy and The Man Who was Tuesday by G. K. Chesterton. There were some others too, the titles of which slip my mind right now. I suppose, at one time, that was considered good writing. Nowadays it would cause groans and eye rolling. "If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine." Che Guevara The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com/txtindex.shtml Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html _ table with 2 columns and 6 rows Subj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books Date: 7/4/2009 4:28:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end Hi, Shelley, Kim here. Can you imagine what fun good writers have when they deliberately set out to write badly? I'm interested in seeing books about language quirks and changes. What do you think of dictionaries of slang? I remember having a lot of fun reading I Hear America Talking by Stewart Bird Flexner because he listed all manner of expressions indicating the lack of sobriety of a person? Some priceless expressions I can recall are: being foxed, pie-eyed, being three sheets to the wind, on the sauce, etc. I personally wouldn't care to be pickled, stewed or dipsomaniacal, but I like drinking songs. At least I don't suffer from hangovers, maybe just a case of laryngitis should my voice become hoarse. Regards, Kim aka Ellinder. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 7:26 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Wish list: Bower-Litten contest books Hi here is the list of the contest winners, from all the years. Bookshare doesn't have any of these, neither alas does my library system, but perhaps someone out there has them and can add them smile to Bookshare. It Was a Dark and Stormy Night Son of "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" Bride of Dark and Stormy It Was a Dark & Stormy Night: The Final Conflict Dark and Stormy Rides Again Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs for the Blind Alumni Association www.guidedogs.com The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed. -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944) To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. 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