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Post by EC2 » Fri May 16th, 2014, 9:07 am

How sad, but what a legacy she has left us. Coincidentally I am re-reading some of her books at the moment. I've just finished This Rough Magic and I'm on the Moonspinners at the moment. I guess they are part of my comfort read shelf.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal

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Post by Madeleine » Fri May 16th, 2014, 9:32 am

Yes definitely comfort reads - some wonderful locations and pure escapism.

Spooky coincidence - I'm currently reading "Airs above the Ground" which is set partly in Vienna - the two main protagonists went to the Hotel Sacher and of course mentioned Sachertorte - at work today someone brought in....yes a Sachertorte from that same hotel. Not the sort of cake we usually have here (Tesco or Sainsbury's or home-made)!
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Post by Vanessa » Fri May 16th, 2014, 12:13 pm

A sad loss to the literary world but a great age indeed. I think I shall bump up one of her books on the TBR pile as a tribute and celebration of her life.
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Post by Misfit » Fri May 16th, 2014, 12:39 pm

[quote=""Madeleine""]Yes definitely comfort reads - some wonderful locations and pure escapism.

Spooky coincidence - I'm currently reading "Airs above the Ground" which is set partly in Vienna - the two main protagonists went to the Hotel Sacher and of course mentioned Sachertorte - at work today someone brought in....yes a Sachertorte from that same hotel. Not the sort of cake we usually have here (Tesco or Sainsbury's or home-made)![/quote]

There is such a wonderful twist in the middle of Airs. You'll know what I mean when you get there. I love her books, all those exotic locations.
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Post by Madeleine » Fri May 16th, 2014, 1:05 pm

I'll look forward to that Misfit!
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Post by DianeL » Fri May 16th, 2014, 10:22 pm

Ah, I'm so sorry to hear this.

I can still remember where I was - the bookstore, the day, the summertime I was fourteen - when I found The Hollow Hills and The Crystal Cave. It's been some time, but these are the books I've "re-run" more than almost any others (Hitchhiker's probably does give MS a run.) It's her books I think of when I think about what I'd like my writing to do - to be that book some kid finds on a shelf someday, maybe a nice dusty actual-paper book, that they just fall into completely. What she did for me, I can only hope ever to do.
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Post by Madeleine » Sat May 17th, 2014, 10:59 am

That's lovely Diane, and you've summed up the joy of books perfectly.
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Post by DianeL » Sat May 17th, 2014, 2:38 pm

Thank you, Madeleine. I'd put a smiley in here at you but given we're discussing an obit for someone whose work we so loved I'll depend on your knowing it's yours un-typed.
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Post by fljustice » Sat May 17th, 2014, 3:12 pm

Loved her work and have reread several of her books the last few years. So happy we had her for so long.
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Post by Madeleine » Sat May 17th, 2014, 5:33 pm

[quote=""DianeL""]Thank you, Madeleine. I'd put a smiley in here at you but given we're discussing an obit for someone whose work we so loved I'll depend on your knowing it's yours un-typed.[/quote]

Thanks Diane!
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