by nomad » August 26th, 2009, 5:27 am
I really must read Lilith and At the Back of the North Wind. I just finished re-reading Photogen and Nycteris (Day boy and Night girl). It's one of my favorite short stories. It has a wonderful moral about working together, each one's strength supporting the other in their weakness. And it's more subtle than many of MacDonald's stories. I also very much enjoy his description of the night from Nycteris' point of view, and her discovery of the outdoors.
I also recently re-read The Cruel Painter, another of my favorites for quite different reasons. But it is also one of his less preachy stories. A little bit creepy, but with a great sense of humor.
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"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best -- " and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.