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From: Arthur Slade <arthur.slade>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:26:52 -0500
The book that changed me was THE BOOK OF THREE by Lloyd Alexander. I went to school in a small town (pop. 280) and our school's library seemed to be made up mostly of Hardy Boys mysteries, donated encyclopedias, and westerns. Somewhere in all of that was a hardcover copy of THE BOOK OF THREE. I read it for the first time when I was in grade four and it felt as though my mind was expanding. It was the first fantasy book I'd encountered. I didn't know authors could write about other worlds. Other times. And that pig keepers could be so interesting. I can still picture where it was located on the shelf (of a library that has long since been torn down). Twenty years after I graduated, I was able to buy that very same copy when the library had a sale. According to the library card I was the first ever to take that book out. In fact I took it out a total of four times. I was also the last to take it out. No one had signed it out since I left school.
Arthur Slade
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:26:52 -0500
The book that changed me was THE BOOK OF THREE by Lloyd Alexander. I went to school in a small town (pop. 280) and our school's library seemed to be made up mostly of Hardy Boys mysteries, donated encyclopedias, and westerns. Somewhere in all of that was a hardcover copy of THE BOOK OF THREE. I read it for the first time when I was in grade four and it felt as though my mind was expanding. It was the first fantasy book I'd encountered. I didn't know authors could write about other worlds. Other times. And that pig keepers could be so interesting. I can still picture where it was located on the shelf (of a library that has long since been torn down). Twenty years after I graduated, I was able to buy that very same copy when the library had a sale. According to the library card I was the first ever to take that book out. In fact I took it out a total of four times. I was also the last to take it out. No one had signed it out since I left school.
Arthur Slade
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