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"Surprise is the greatest gift
that life can grant us."
Boris Oasternak
I even had him accompany Victor Standish in zombie infested Detroit in my historical fantasy above.
His ghost still rails at me for that by the way.
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His knowledge of American history was encyclopedic as his historical novels reflect.
Imagine my surprise when I bought an autographed copy of his THE SMITHONIAN INSTITUTION and found it was a historical FANTASY!!
Mr. Vidal goes back in time to when his love is 14 and devises a tale that saves him from dying on that Japanese volcanic island.
where a crash program to develop the atomic bomb is
being conducted in the basement.
Surrounded by figures from American history,
the boy battles to save not just himself, but humanity.
I did not mind the surprise.
Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the
joy and frustration in life.
I'm finding as I get older that I don't mind,
though. It's the surprises that tickle me the most, the things you don't see
coming.
Have you ever been surprised
by a book from one of your
favorite authors
or
an idea for one of your
own books?
The older I get, the less things seem to surprise me though.
ReplyDeleteEach day I pray for a childlike sense of wonder at life ... so far so good. :-)
DeleteI didn't know he wrote historical fantasy.
ReplyDeleteI like surprises. Adds flavor to life.
As long as they're pleasant! -)
Delete"Scratch an artist and you surprise a child" ~ James Huneker
ReplyDeleteHe must have known what we have yet to learn.
"In the end, all the light we have..." Lovely quote. Is it yours?
It's mine as far as I know. I read so much that a lot of things bumble about my brain like pinballs in a machine. :-) Bur I do believe that line is mine. Thank you so much for visiting, Donna,
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