From: Ruth I Gordon <druthgo>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 13:07:54 -0700

So many fine authors have been mentioned and I just want to contemplate one or two and add a smidge. 1) Cresswell is hilarious--and o.p.

2) Pinkwater is now being reissued but I do wish one of his earliest and most serious titles might see the light of print, again: "Wingman".

3) Konigsburg can be funny laugh-out loud and cinematic. Humor books tend to "read fast" to sustain action amid chaos.

4) When Pullman is not reconstructing the universe, his books are cause for big giggles. It's good to see "Spring-Heeled Jack" back in print with Mostyn's running illustrations.

5) Lloyd Alexander usually has great wit and humor in his adventure novels. His character naming is nothing less than Dickensian.

6) Hilary McKay can put out a serious book but human quirks always provide humor. "The Exiles" books (from whence cometh Big Grandma) are hilarious in their situations and definition of several daffy characters, one of whom is quite eccentric (and who shall remain unidentified).

7)Margaret Mahy can be as funny as the Marx brothers

8) And there are many others but I always welcome literary nonsense because the real world is often much too unfunny. Given my druthers sillyness is always welcome as long as it does not insult and stereotype cruelly.

9) Joan Aiken's parallel world is ridiculous and a marvelous parody of history and historical adventure fiction

10) A day without humor is a day working for Attorney General Ashcroft.

 Grandma
(who shall not remain nameless)

"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
Received on Sun 05 May 2002 03:07:54 PM CDT