Just saw this on some library sites.
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Time to reread the Chronicles of Prydain, I think.
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Thread: Lloyd Alexander dead at 83.
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05-17-2007, 08:08 PM #1Moderator
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Lloyd Alexander dead at 83.
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05-17-2007, 08:14 PM #2Thief and Archer
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Agreed. Good man - 60-year love affair.
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05-17-2007, 09:54 PM #3Forgive Friedrich's Debt
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What sad news. I hope he's gone to the Summer Country.
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05-18-2007, 05:33 AM #4Mood Indigo
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As will I. Prydain was my first fantasy series ever, even before LOTR.
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05-18-2007, 06:00 AM #5gone now
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That's sad. I remember reading the whole series and loving it when I was in 6th Grade. Thanks for the great adventures, Lloyd Alexander.
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05-18-2007, 09:00 AM #6Nerd messiah.
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Prydain is what got me into reading. Hearing this sucks.
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05-19-2007, 12:45 PM #7Junior Member
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The Prydain books are still the best Young Adult fantasy books written in the last century, in my opinion.
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05-19-2007, 04:59 PM #8Red Knight
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Owch. I liked his books :( The Prydain Chronicles and I date back to Elementary.
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05-20-2007, 06:30 AM #9Veteran Member
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I discovered the Prydain books in 6th grade and read them over and over. I don't think I ever read anything else of his.
That Disney thing came out about two years later and was my second experience with Hollywood massacring source material. Very disappointing.
Since I'd always lumped him mentally with Tolkein and Lewis, I didn't expect him to still be alive. The part about being married for 60+ years and dying two weeks after his wife did is very touching.
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05-20-2007, 08:24 AM #10The Midnight Man.
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Damn, he was one of the great ones.
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