Re: English as she was wrote in the year 1922 of the Common Era
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 23:55 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Now spake Spitfire saying, "Read forth to us, I pray thee, the book
> of Gro; for my soul is afire to set forth on this faring."
>
(snipping all but that sample)
> --E.R. Eddison, _The Worm Ouroboros_
>
Ho! I'd totally forgotten that. Your sample exemplifies the No. 1 reason
why, years ago, I couldn't get much past page 5, even though I find
"ouroboros" symbology rather interesting. Now that I'm a little more
amenable to Fantasy, perhaps I ought to try to re-read it, though judging
from your sample, the style is still off-putting.
Another "classic" I looked at and promptly put down was "Island" (I forget
the author).
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