Comments for Owls' Court http://www.owldaughter.org/blog Autumn Hiscock records her daily minutiae for posterity, featuring cello, handspinning, family, and writing. Sat, 18 May 2013 22:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Quiet by Autumn http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3105#comment-46703 Autumn Fri, 17 May 2013 19:52:12 +0000 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3105#comment-46703 I read Ysabel when it came out, and haven't been able to complete a reread since. It just doesn't stand up to his other works. Tigana made a huge impression on me when I read it, as did the Fionavar Tapestry when I read it in high school, and I love Lions and Arbonne. I recently read a good op ed piece about the theme of exile in his works, and it made a lot of sense. The metanarration in his later works can really click for me or annoy me, though, and it was what I liked most about River. I'm not sure what that says about the novel, or about me! I read Ysabel when it came out, and haven’t been able to complete a reread since. It just doesn’t stand up to his other works. Tigana made a huge impression on me when I read it, as did the Fionavar Tapestry when I read it in high school, and I love Lions and Arbonne. I recently read a good op ed piece about the theme of exile in his works, and it made a lot of sense. The metanarration in his later works can really click for me or annoy me, though, and it was what I liked most about River. I’m not sure what that says about the novel, or about me!

]]> Comment on Quiet by Ceri http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3105#comment-46700 Ceri Thu, 16 May 2013 20:13:31 +0000 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3105#comment-46700 Your daughter is not yet 2 and knows how to squish fibre. I call that a parenting win. Your daughter is not yet 2 and knows how to squish fibre.

I call that a parenting win.

]]> Comment on Quiet by Bodhi http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3105#comment-46697 Bodhi Thu, 16 May 2013 18:15:01 +0000 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3105#comment-46697 I hope things ease for you soon. xo I hope things ease for you soon. xo

]]> Comment on Quiet by Sian http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3105#comment-46696 Sian Thu, 16 May 2013 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3105#comment-46696 I noticed Kay's new one in my local independent bookstore yesterday, and sheepishly realized I'm a few books behind. I often buy them in hardcover, because I'm so eager to read them, and then they are too heavy to fit in my purse, and so languish on my 'to read' shelf. I'm still trying to get to Ysabel. I find it interesting that you like the Sarantine Mosaic the best. That's the one referred to in my set as 'Byzantine Butchery and Buggery'. I understand the importance of the sexual violence to the plot, but as a rape survivor, found it a little too graphic for my taste. My favourite is The Lions of Al-Rasan, because I think it does a better job of illustrating the way that power corrupts than any other non-fiction I've read. I remember being impressed by the Fionavarr Tapestry as a teenager because he killed a major character and left them dead, which didn't often happen in fantasy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. And, of course, I've heard Tigana referred to as the 'ultimate Canadian novel', dealing, as it does, with the theme of the erasure of identity... I noticed Kay’s new one in my local independent bookstore yesterday, and sheepishly realized I’m a few books behind. I often buy them in hardcover, because I’m so eager to read them, and then they are too heavy to fit in my purse, and so languish on my ‘to read’ shelf. I’m still trying to get to Ysabel. I find it interesting that you like the Sarantine Mosaic the best. That’s the one referred to in my set as ‘Byzantine Butchery and Buggery’. I understand the importance of the sexual violence to the plot, but as a rape survivor, found it a little too graphic for my taste. My favourite is The Lions of Al-Rasan, because I think it does a better job of illustrating the way that power corrupts than any other non-fiction I’ve read. I remember being impressed by the Fionavarr Tapestry as a teenager because he killed a major character and left them dead, which didn’t often happen in fantasy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. And, of course, I’ve heard Tigana referred to as the ‘ultimate Canadian novel’, dealing, as it does, with the theme of the erasure of identity…

]]> Comment on Owlet: Twenty-One Months Old! by Jeff http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3104#comment-46694 Jeff Mon, 13 May 2013 20:56:16 +0000 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=3104#comment-46694 SUPER-CUTIE! Love the photos. We're looking forward to catching up with her. (Oh, and you guys, too...) SUPER-CUTIE! Love the photos. We’re looking forward to catching up with her. (Oh, and you guys, too…)

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