A World in a Grain of Sand

I’ve been spending my time playing with LibraryThing and—a bit less so—with my wiki, NotJustForTheYoung on wikispaces. But my husband sent me an article from the New York Times that I’d like to keep and the Times’ Permalink means of saving said to use my blog so here it is: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/movies/18story.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink.

I’m still working on connecting stories via themes. One thing I’m discovering is that some books not of interest on their own become interesting when seen as sharing characteristics with other books. E.g., Rainbow Rhinoceros by Peter Sis is such a basic story that it’s tempting to say, “So what?” But, comparing it to Caps for Sale, suddenly it has heretofore unseen depths: friendship matters, the animals choose to try something new (rather than just fall asleep and have things done to them). [see the Thomas Covenant books, where the hero is so passive that his unconscious body is carried around]

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