>After all, the dictionary offers plenty of scope.

by Roger Sutton
Oct 04, 2008 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>Deborah Stevenson sent me this useful chart.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Christina

>Don't tell the muggles about that rule....

Posted : Oct 06, 2008 08:55

Anonymous

>When I first read it, I thought it was a Paolini knock, too, but the alt tag (what pops up if you leave your mouse over the picture with no buttons depressed) says "I'm looking at you, Anathem." I loved Anathem (_and_ its Latinate 'fake' words, which are actually a major plot point), and I'm trying to restrain myself from a 2500-word defense. . . .

--Sarah

Posted : Oct 06, 2008 04:09

Monica Edinger

>Made me think of Diana Wynne Jones' extremely clever and apt Tough Guide to Fantasyland. Among other things she stresses the importance of apostrophes in names.

Posted : Oct 06, 2008 09:36

Roger Sutton

>I think it's more like a Christopher Paolini knock. Not every fantasy needs to compensate for the lack of an uncompelling story by piling on the local color.

Posted : Oct 05, 2008 01:55

fairrosa

>Wow. Someone else reads xkcd ... Roger, you should just read it -- it has 3 new comics per week, at least.

Try this one, one of my favorite:

http://xkcd.com/304/

xxoo

Posted : Oct 05, 2008 01:26

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