While in the library for something else, I thought I'd check out one
of the library-bound Nortons to save it from the next weeding.
I was too late, but a book in the hard binding that libraries used to
put on paperbacks to make them last longer caught my eye. (How many
of you can remember when one could go to a library in search of books
that were no longer available elsewhere?)
I've been hearing of _The Word for World is Forest_ for decades, and
decided it was time to read it.
I was rather put off at first, thinking that she intended to write the
entire novel from the viewpoint of a bigoted yahoo who was doomed to
never learn any better -- and she was working *way* too hard at it.
But the viewpoint changed in Chapter Two, and at page 93 of 169, I'm
quite engaged.
--------------
The book has been back in the library for some time.
Another barrier to getting into the first chapter: There was extended discussion of someone "prone on his back". No hint that it was meant
to show a change in the language or to characterize the speakers.
On Sunday, 15 October 2023 at 09:05:44 UTC+1, Joy Beeson wrote:
While in the library for something else, I thought I'd check out one
of the library-bound Nortons to save it from the next weeding.
I was too late, but a book in the hard binding that libraries used to
put on paperbacks to make them last longer caught my eye. (How many
of you can remember when one could go to a library in search of books
that were no longer available elsewhere?)
I've been hearing of _The Word for World is Forest_ for decades, and decided it was time to read it.
I was rather put off at first, thinking that she intended to write the entire novel from the viewpoint of a bigoted yahoo who was doomed to
never learn any better -- and she was working *way* too hard at it.
But the viewpoint changed in Chapter Two, and at page 93 of 169, I'm
quite engaged.
--------------
The book has been back in the library for some time.
Another barrier to getting into the first chapter: There was extended discussion of someone "prone on his back". No hint that it was meantToday I have learned that "prone" strictly means
to show a change in the language or to characterize the speakers.
lying front down, and a word for lying front up
is "supine", but is that the problem? And how
did I not know it before?
Consulting Wikipedia's summary of the book,
I note that as I understand it, Earth humans
basically can't be face down and front up and
in one functioning piece, but perhaps the people
of Athshe can. But I think it's not about the head
position, anyway.
"Athshe" looks like sneezing with a lisp.
I suppose that an Earth person can be prone on
someone else's back - if they both are prone?
On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 7:04:57 AM UTC-4, Robert Carnegie wrote:
On Sunday, 15 October 2023 at 09:05:44 UTC+1, Joy Beeson wrote:
I've been hearing of _The Word for World is Forest_ for decades, and decided it was time to read it.
Another barrier to getting into the first chapter: There was extended discussion of someone "prone on his back". No hint that it was meant
to show a change in the language or to characterize the speakers.
Today I have learned that "prone" strictly means
lying front down, and a word for lying front up
is "supine", but is that the problem? And how
did I not know it before?
Consulting Wikipedia's summary of the book,
I note that as I understand it, Earth humans
basically can't be face down and front up and
in one functioning piece, but perhaps the people
of Athshe can. But I think it's not about the head
position, anyway.
I suppose that an Earth person can be prone on
someone else's back - if they both are prone?
I'm prone not to worry about niggling vocabulary
errors.
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Consulting Wikipedia's summary of the book,=20
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