Nuh-uh!

[kickaha]

Lloyd Alexander died.

Where's that cauldron when you need it...

Alexander's Prydain chronicles were a favorite of mine when I was a kid.

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[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

.... They were the only fantasy I liked as a kid.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

*nod* Nicely dark, foreboding, and downright grimy, without being overbearing or pretentious.

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

You can see how it influenced my writing. I got the first part right! :)

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Well, you're not into Ellison-levels yet, so... :D

[keridwen.livejournal.com]

Yep. Alexander's stuff and Cooper's "The Dark is Rising" series were pretty much my two favorites for a long, long time. :)

[keridwen.livejournal.com]

Oh no!

I love his books, too.

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure the Cauldron-Born Lloyd Alexander would write many books that I'd want _my_ kid to read. At least, not till he's a teenager.

Besides, they'd be competition for icebluenothing...

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

This provides another piece of evidence for my Cosmic Balance theory.

A few months ago, Gerald Ford died, the poster boy for white and geeky, and just a couple of days later, the Godfather of Soul passed on. This week, it was Falwell, a man more opposed to people thinking for themselves than which I cannot imagine, and now Lloyd Alexander, whose writings not only praised free thinking, but engendered such in his readers.