tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post4992492287743149376..comments2024-03-01T14:27:35.794-08:00Comments on Albion Awakening: Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-38558480281821201462016-09-04T18:41:02.560-07:002016-09-04T18:41:02.560-07:00Like many, I suppose, I never gave Golding a secon...Like many, I suppose, I never gave Golding a second chance after being forced to read his repulsive <i>Lord of the Flies</i> as a child. (Similarly, my intense dislike of the school-assigned <i>Crime and Punishment</i> kept me for a long time from discovering <i>The Brothers Karamazov</i>. Do you suppose the educators do that on purpose?) I'll definitely give <i>Free Fall</i> a try based on your recommendation, though.Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-62472828675249624632016-09-01T11:30:27.891-07:002016-09-01T11:30:27.891-07:00I went ahead and picked up Golding's Free Fall...I went ahead and picked up Golding's <i>Free Fall</i> on the strength of this post. Am immensely enjoying it thus far. "Our mistake is to confuse our limitations with the bounds of possibility." (p. 9)radiobelovednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-62908373910513521152016-08-31T09:34:05.511-07:002016-08-31T09:34:05.511-07:00I certainly agree that the language was at its bes...I certainly agree that the language was at its best in that era, indeed starting a bit earlier -- since much of the Authorised Version and Book of Common Prayer come from Tyndale, Coverdale and Cranmer, in the 1500s.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.com