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To: Neocon who wrote (13536)	5/29/2002 1:53:01 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) of 21057

I also loved Sherlock, and I fell in love with the language of Scott, Malory, and the like. I was fascinated by the language of Homer, and of Beowolf. For me, it was always the magic of the language that spoke of a far time and place. I sold Christmas cards and garden seeds for money. Good books I ordered from Dover Publications. Sheer adventure I ordered from Ballantyne and other mass market paperbacks. Our school was very tiny with only a small bookcase; but we did have the Book of Knowledge in 26 volumes which I dare say suited my purposes almost as well as the Britannica may have...<g> On the lighter side, I went through a mystery period of Stout, Sayers, J. D. Carr and the like; a sci-fi period of Del Rey, Heinlein, Asimov, etc. I almost forgot: loved the Anne books, and the Alcott books. Those were the days when one could transport oneself into an imaginary world and make it become real; where one could insert oneself into the fabric of an alien tapestry and make it wholly present and delightful. Perhaps those days will come again...

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