tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post6835074770865290319..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): EnigmaticSarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-3080164950418055792005-10-05T20:35:00.000-07:002005-10-05T20:35:00.000-07:00Oh, you beat me to the review! Well, less work for...Oh, you beat me to the review! Well, less work for me, ha! I wholeheartedly agree with you, T. I just finished <i>Alphabet of Thorn</i> last week and enjoyed it much more than <i>Winter Rose</i>, which was a little more...introspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-43155593973398876432005-10-05T20:36:00.000-07:002005-10-05T20:36:00.000-07:00The thing I couldn't stop thinking about when I wa...The thing I couldn't stop thinking about when I was reading this, because of the character's name, was Edgar Allan Poe, and "Respite, respite and nepenthe from these dreams of lost Lenore" or some such line from The Raven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-90670895819748004962005-10-17T10:47:00.000-07:002005-10-17T10:47:00.000-07:00And it gets better:nepenthen-pnth NOUN: 1. A drug ...And it gets better:<br><b>nepenthe</b><br>n-pnth <br>NOUN: 1. A drug mentioned in the Odyssey as a remedy for grief. 2. Something that induces forgetfulness of sorrow or eases pain. <br>ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of Latin npenthes, from Greek npenthes (pharmakon), grief-banishing (drug), nepenthe, neuter of npenths : n-, not; see ne in Appendix I + penthos, grief; see kwent(h)- in Appendix I. <br><br>Hm. So, she's nepenthes, a drug to banish sorrow made from a pitcher plant... so her mother left the antidote against sorrow on the edge of a cliff, and left it? I know McKillip did that on purpose, but I cannot for the life of me quite figure out why.<br><br>Admittedly, this is not the first of her books after which I've <i>longed</i> for a sequel... wonder if she'll ever do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com