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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:09:20 -0600
It's kind of a science fiction scenario, isn't it ?
We're thinking of people in Queens, and in NYC, and across the nation and beyond - of everyone who became frightened yesterday morning upon hearing news of the plane crash in Queens, NYC.
When something tragic occurs in the future, those of us in the USA will wonder from now on whether or not it's suspicious. That's what so many in the world have lived with for their entire lives. We're learning what that feels like.
We're particularly aware that the reality of most headline news is that it vanishes rapidly from the consciousness of those unaffected directly. However, we need to always remember that people will still be unaccounted for, or injured, or worse, that phone service will be disrupted for days, etc. That the newly regained confidence of so many has been shaken.
We do not intend to converse on CCBC-Net about this.
We do - however - want to acknowledge that some of our community has been directly affected on one level or another. We're all reflecting on that, while we do exchange thoughts and ideas about Enchantress from the Stars, a novel we now know - thanks to Sylvia Engdahl - to always name as science fiction.
I'll be at the NCTE conference, too, and if you see me, please stop and greet me. I won't be at the science fiction/fantasy programming, though, and I regret that. Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison
Received on Tue 13 Nov 2001 09:09:20 AM CST
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:09:20 -0600
It's kind of a science fiction scenario, isn't it ?
We're thinking of people in Queens, and in NYC, and across the nation and beyond - of everyone who became frightened yesterday morning upon hearing news of the plane crash in Queens, NYC.
When something tragic occurs in the future, those of us in the USA will wonder from now on whether or not it's suspicious. That's what so many in the world have lived with for their entire lives. We're learning what that feels like.
We're particularly aware that the reality of most headline news is that it vanishes rapidly from the consciousness of those unaffected directly. However, we need to always remember that people will still be unaccounted for, or injured, or worse, that phone service will be disrupted for days, etc. That the newly regained confidence of so many has been shaken.
We do not intend to converse on CCBC-Net about this.
We do - however - want to acknowledge that some of our community has been directly affected on one level or another. We're all reflecting on that, while we do exchange thoughts and ideas about Enchantress from the Stars, a novel we now know - thanks to Sylvia Engdahl - to always name as science fiction.
I'll be at the NCTE conference, too, and if you see me, please stop and greet me. I won't be at the science fiction/fantasy programming, though, and I regret that. Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison
Received on Tue 13 Nov 2001 09:09:20 AM CST
