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Re-reading Gateways... - Maggers - 12-12-2004
fpw Wrote:In my sense it relates to the non-supernatural cases Jack takes (e.g., Sister Maggie).
Main Entry: mun·dane
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English mondeyne, from Middle French mondain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus world
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the world.
In the fanish sense it's a noun meaning someone from the real world.
OK, OK. Point taken.
But I still LOVE RJ's routine, of this world, not out of the ordinary, non-supernatural fix-its, because, in MY world, Jack is totally out of the ordinary, uncharacteristic, and not commonplace and most assuredly not routine.
Re-reading Gateways... - Ken Valentine - 12-13-2004
Maggers Wrote:OK, OK. Point taken.
But I still LOVE RJ's routine, of this world, not out of the ordinary, non-supernatural fix-its, because, in MY world, Jack is totally out of the ordinary, uncharacteristic, and not commonplace and most assuredly not routine.
Exactly. In common usage, mundane means; commonplace... everyday... ordinary.
Ken V.
Re-reading Gateways... - Maggers - 12-13-2004
Ken Valentine Wrote:Exactly. In common usage, mundane means; commonplace... everyday... ordinary.
Ken V.
Hmmm...yes. This I know. I knew it when I wrote my response to Mike. I was teasing, Mike, whom I know has a gift for language and uses his words wisely. I have learned the lesson of inserting a smiley so no one takes me seriously.
Nevertheless, I still think there is nothing mundane about Jack except, perhaps the manner in which he keeps his person.
Post Script: HEY! I just scrolled back to my original comment, and I HAD inserted a smiley. Geez....
(*exits with head hanging low*)
Re-reading Gateways... - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 12-13-2004
Maggers Wrote:Hmmm...yes. This I know. I knew it when I wrote my response to Mike. I was teasing, Mike, whom I know has a gift for language and uses his words wisely. I have learned the lesson of inserting a smiley so no one takes me seriously.
Nevertheless, I still think there is nothing mundane about Jack except, perhaps the manner in which he keeps his person.
Post Script: HEY! I just scrolled back to my original comment, and I HAD inserted a smiley. Geez....
(*exits with head hanging low*)
No, no, no, Maggers! =Always= keep your head high! Even when you're being lead out to the hangin' tree :eek: .
Re-reading Gateways... - Maggers - 12-13-2004
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:No, no, no, Maggers! =Always= keep your head high! Even when you're being lead out to the hangin' tree :eek: .
You are right, Mike! I will walk to that hangin' tree with my head held high and my hair piled high on my head (better for fittin' the noose, don't cha know?)!
I will make like the heroine in one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors, whom I neglected to list on the many "best of" lists we have here. The heroine is Frankie Silver, in "The Ballad of Frankie Silver" by Sharyn McCrumb. She was accused of dismembering her husband in 1832. Maybe she did it - maybe she didn't, but she was the first woman hanged for murder in North Carolina (at least according to Sharyn McCrumb).
Re-reading Gateways... - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 12-13-2004
Maggers Wrote:You are right, Mike! I will walk to that hangin' tree with my head held high and my hair piled high on my head (better for fittin' the noose, don't cha know?)!
I will make like the heroine in one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors, whom I neglected to list on the many "best of" lists we have here. The heroine is Frankie Silver, in "The Ballad of Frankie Silver" by Sharyn McCrumb. She was accused of dismembering her husband in 1832. Maybe she did it - maybe she didn't, but she was the first woman hanged for murder in North Carolina (at least according to Sharyn McCrumb).
I'd like to read that. Is it still in print?
Re-reading Gateways... - Maggers - 12-13-2004
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:I'd like to read that. Is it still in print?
Yup. McCrumb writes beautifully about the Appalachian area she knows so well. I really love her books. They are mystical in their way, as she references local native American lore and other assorted beliefs systems of the region. She often shifts between present time and days of yore, and she has recurring characters, too.
I do believe I bought my Sharyn McCrumb books at your very own establishment at Lincoln Center!
Re-reading Gateways... - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 12-13-2004
Maggers Wrote:Yup. McCrumb writes beautifully about the Appalachian area she knows so well. I really love her books. They are mystical in their way, as she references local native American lore and other assorted beliefs systems of the region. She often shifts between present time and days of yore, and she has recurring characters, too.
It's on my reading list.
Re-reading Gateways... - Maggers - 12-13-2004
Paul R Wrote:... I think that I sometimes read new FPW books too fast ....
When Crisscross arrives I promise to read it slowly and fully appreciate it. Then I'll read it again just to make sure!
******POSSIBLE MINOR SPOILER ALERT FOR "CRISSCROSS"*****
Paul,
I FLEW through "Crisscross" because I just HAD to. I agree with you about perhaps reading FPW's books too fast the first time. There is such a compulsion to get to the next chapter to see what's going on!
Oddly though, I also find myself having to stop, put the book down, take a breath, and RELAX! "Crisscross" is dark. A good deal of the action is brutal. And the way FPW builds tension is, at times, unbearable. I mean that literally. I can't bear the tension and I have to take a break, even if it's just for a moment or two.
So the experience of reading FPW's books can be almost ... schizophrenic at times. I want to hurry, hurry, hurry to get to the next unbelievable exploit. And, conversely, I need to slow down, slow down, slow down to avoid a heart attack.