[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Anne (and a small tribute to LMM)

[Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner]

Ebony --

I so loved this message!  Thanks for writing it.

> The best book she ever wrote for a grownup audience IMO is *The Blue
> Castle*.

Yes, yes, a thousand times YES!  I discovered this book just last year and
was totally bowled over by it.  To me, it beats all the other LMM books,
including Anne, hands down.  I'm glad to know it isn't just me!

(But is it just me who finds the Emily series totally enraging because Dean
Priest is *so* much more interesting and compelling a character than Teddy?
In a way I owe LMM, though, because after reading the Emily books I decided
I was so sick of stories where the handicapped guy is the most interesting
male character in the book but still doesn't get the girl [A SWIFTLY TILTING
PLANET is another one] that I wrote an original novel of my own with a
paraplegic hero to make up for it.)

> I can honestly say that there is no other single writer that has had
> a greater influence on my own writing than Maud.

*boggles*

I honestly can't say that I saw any LMM influence in TiP, but... I'll take
your word for it.  :)
--
Rebecca J. Bohner
rebeccaj at pobox.com
http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj