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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.

The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.

If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Happy Birthday, Manly

Today in Kamundongo, Angola, in 1903, Manly Wade Wellman was born (his father was a medical officer). My first book of his was one of his Civil War YA novels (Ghost Battalion), but I quickly fell in love with the John the Balladeer stories. Exquisite writing, and about my homeland - how could I not?

Karl Edward Wagner says, "There hadn't been anything like the John stories at that time, and there hasn't been since. No one but Manly Wade Wellman could have written these stories. Here his vivid imagination merged with authentic Southern folklore and a heartfelt love of the South and its people. Just as J. R. R. Tolkien brilliantly created a modern British myth cycle, so did Manly Wade Wellman give to us an imaginary world of purely American fact, fantasy, and song."

If you don't know John and his stories, try one - I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Labels: birthdays, entertainment

3 Comments:

At 12:02 AM, May 23, 2009 Anonymous had this to say...: Very cool! I haven't read these stories yet, but Paizo Press a reprint of "John the Balladeer" under its alternate title, "Who Fears the Devil?" I'll probably wait for it to read the short stories, but I already ordered a first edition of the first "Silver John" novels. Have you read those, and if so, how are they?
At 8:46 AM, May 23, 2009 The Ridger, FCD had this to say...: They're good. I think the shorts are better, but the novels are quite good. I think you'll enjoy them.
At 8:59 PM, May 23, 2009 The Ridger, FCD had this to say...: I just noticed the link and followed it. That is an ugly cover, but I might have to buy it for the extra two stories...

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