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Here's a medieval take on "pumped up kicks" semi relevant to this month's book.
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quote:"Nay," quoth the Tinker—for, by roaming the country, he had learned what dogs were— I keep chuckling at this line, it feels some passing understatement Twain would use.
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Aug 13, 2020 03:18
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Same, even though I haven't seen it for years and years. I'm really enjoying that these are discrete tales that together comprise a larger work without being tightly joined by a single narrative, both because they're easier to read in smaller sittings and because it leaves room in the imagination. I'm especially thinking of this as compared to Ivanehoe, a favorite of mine that also includes "Robin of Locksley", but is very much one continuous story.
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Aug 14, 2020 02:51
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The more I read this book, the more I realize its a predecessor to the foundational fantasy fiction of my childhood, Tolkien and Jacques, and for that reason has an extremely powerful resonance with me (also the Disney movie which I now want to re-watch). The earlier talk linking both The Hobbit and Redwall to Pyle's Robin Hood make and more sense the further I read; they're fun and wholesome in a way that, for example, Abercrombie isn't. I mean, really, I can say without hyperbole that I'm in love.
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Aug 17, 2020 02:57
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I'm hoarse from reading Robin Hood and Will Scarlet to my girlfriend last night and deciding, on a whim, to give Robin Hood a high, shrill voice.
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Aug 18, 2020 12:58
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Next book should be either postwar or a something from beyond the western canon so that Mel can actually participate, heh. Love the effort posts, they're a welcome supplement once I've read a section myself. I know you said you were reading every related article you could get your hands on, any thoughts on maybe curating a list as part of the follow up?
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