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Re: LeGuin (was: a 12th century conlang)

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Thursday, March 25, 1999, 17:02
JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, John Cowan wrote: > > > I don't think there's a shred of evidence that UKL disdains the > > conlang passion, and some evidence that she actually possesses it. > > Agreed. In her introduction to the Kesh lexicon (one of the many > appendicies in the novel "Always Coming Home"), she suggests that > the details of Kesh vocabulary might be interesting to "fellow > practitioners of what an illustrious predecessor called the Secret > Vice". This implies that she considers herself a practitioner of > the Secret Vice - hence a conlanger. Her conlanging efforts may > not be as thorough or 'deep' as those of others, but she's definitely > more linguistically inclined than your average science fiction writer. > > Matt.
Well I guess I'd better break down and read this book, especially asI'm launching a study of literary and other conlanging. The only really "developed" description of a conlang from a novel (other than Tolkien) that I've found has been Elgin's LAadan, which I purchased last week. And I guess the reason it could be published is that it has a political bent to it, and therefore some kind of market. If I ever EVER get done with _Debby's Making_, the first piece of fiction I've started that deals with Teonaht, I intend to put some kind of linguistic appendix in it at the end, but you know... editors might scrap it. It's such a difficult market. Sally. Sorry for my grumps. Head still hurts.