tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post6637171461478619054..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: In Like LeGuinfusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-43991247635685390292006-12-29T12:24:00.000-05:002006-12-29T12:24:00.000-05:00If it's any comfort, a fellow library school stude...If it's any comfort, a fellow library school student back in the day was thrown out of a children's section because she was observing a storytime. This girl was 23 at most and cute as a button. Nobody would have thought her capable of anything evil to look at her, but the librarian on duty was mighty wary. Me, I go too far in the other direction. Someone could be waving a machete in front of our Harry Potter section and as long as the waving was silent and didn't disturb anyone, I'd probably let it go. Probably.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-36194421535559887102006-12-23T14:49:00.000-05:002006-12-23T14:49:00.000-05:00Reading comics on the subway also earns funny look...Reading comics on the subway also earns funny looks. <br /><br />Not so funny are the looks I get as a single adult male perusing the children's section of the library, especially if I spend any substantial time there. I understand the concern, though it saddens me to think that being my age and gender automatically puts me under suspiscion as someone more likely to have an unhealthy interest in small children than the books they read.John Rozumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626209473214085436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-86122502646222665202006-12-22T21:28:00.000-05:002006-12-22T21:28:00.000-05:00happy to help.
::cracks up::happy to help.<br /><br />::cracks up::sdnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298423833124213171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-59726319086149464612006-12-22T15:20:00.000-05:002006-12-22T15:20:00.000-05:00Then I retract my statement about how she hasn't r...Then I retract my statement about how she hasn't read a good realistic children's work of fiction in the last 10 years (oh good, I'm 3 for 3 now) and instead start beating my head against a wall.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-19007287531276108452006-12-22T13:20:00.000-05:002006-12-22T13:20:00.000-05:00this is where i get to point out that, in fact, sh...this is where i get to point out that, in fact, she blurbed ellen klages's <i>the green glass sea</i> and carol emshwiller's <i>mister boots</i>. both of which are realistic novels for 10 up.sdnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298423833124213171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-90767795325092703622006-12-22T10:26:00.000-05:002006-12-22T10:26:00.000-05:00And don't forget LeGuin's contribution to the YA p...And don't forget LeGuin's contribution to the YA problem novel, <i>Very Far Away from Anywhere Else</i>. It was about two teens deciding NOT to have sex, and positively slathered itself with virtue.Roger Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030627312439744621noreply@blogger.com