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"A story is made up of words and characters. Are the words well chosen and do the characters live? All the rest is literary gossip."

My six decade love affair with the English language compels me to offer a list of authors whose work meets my critical standards. The single criterion operant is the quality of the prose as composed by the writers. I have made no discrimination whatsoever as to subject matter, theme, or plot.

Therefore be warned!

A great many of the works here listed may involve themes or subjects repugnant to some readers. I can only advise that if a particular story cannot be stomached, go on to the next; you will find at least a few to be to your taste.

Friday, March 28, 2008

TMNT in...

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
17th ed. revised by John Ayto
1st ed. pub. 1870
17th ed. pub. 2005
p.326, left col.
under entry beg. with
letters: C..O..W..-
defined as: ..."an exclamation
of pleasure or triumph."
****************
And...guess what?!!!
1000+ pp later...
(op.cit.)
p.1363, left col.
under entry: TEENAGE...
..."conceived in 1983 by
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
as a parody of the Japanese
samurai-style heroes then
prominent in comic strips."
^^^^^^^^^^^^
ain't that cool??

posted by greshunkai @ 3:52 PM

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