Comments on: Shane, the computer wizard

By: New Technology

New Technology — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:54:22 +0000

I am rowan atkinson. I am agree with you. I most like your work.
Well, isn’t this like Alice in Wonderland? “One pill makes you larger and the other makes you small.”
I encountered MacDonald through his fairy tales, published as a two-book collection in the ’70s.
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By: Arabella Figg

Arabella Figg — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:33:06 +0000

Things are working fine for me now, Bob, thanks!

By: Robert Trexler

Robert Trexler — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:56:03 +0000

Well, isn’t this like Alice in Wonderland? “One pill makes you larger and the other makes you small.”

Shane emailed me one idea to make the picture 25% smaller, but it messed up the text for some reason – I probably did something wrong. But there is an option to put a “thumbnail” size picture in place, so I will use that until another day when I have time to do more experimenting.

Does this solve everyone’s display problems? (you can click the thumbnail to enlarge the picture)

By: Robert Trexler

Robert Trexler — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:20:43 +0000

Sorry, Arabella, about the pictures creating problems. I will fix it as soon as I can figure out a solution.

By: Arabella Figg

Arabella Figg — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:56:56 +0000

It appears since the photos addtion, I’m having trouble with the blog now, re the Internet server. Perhaps you could straigten this bug out. Thanks!

Kitties, but not I, love bugs…

By: Arabella Figg

Arabella Figg — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:55:38 +0000

I encountered MacDonald through his fairy tales, published as a two-book collection in the ’70s. I thought they were lovely. I may have read more by him but can’t remember. Although I haven’t read much of him, a friend of mine is a MacDonald enthusiast and I’ll copy this thread for her. Thanks!

If George didn’t like cats, the kitties aren’t interested…

By: chrystyan

chrystyan — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:34:05 +0000

I’ve read MacDonald’s Lilith and Phantastes, and think they are unique with lots of Potter parallels. I also recommend Heins’ “Christian Mythmakers,” mentioned above–a great book on several mythopoeic writers. I also enjoy Charles Williams, and especially “The Place of the Lion.”

By: John

John — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:11:14 +0000

Hi Karl – (Bob logged in as John). One of these days I will be announcing Zossima Press publication of another MacDonald related book – - “George MacDonald: Literary Heritage and Heirs.” It contains 14 essays on MacDonald’s writings. The best collection since 1992 (and, personally, I think this is the best collection of essays ever). They were presented at Baylor University at the centennial conference in 2005. Stay tuned for more information.

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:43:11 +0000

I was familiar with MacDonald years before I had heard of JKR. I haven’t read all of his works, but enough to appreciate him greatly. Knowing that C.S. Lewis referred to him as “my master”, claimed that there wasn’t a single book that he (Lewis) wrote in which he didn’t either knowingly or unknowingly quote or paraphrase MacDonald, and said that reading MacDonald’s book “Phantastes” as a teenager “baptized my imagination” led me to investigate MacDonald.

Rolland Hein’s book “Christian Mythmakers” contains an excellent section on MacDonald. Hein, one of the leading experts on MacDonald’s life and writing, has several other published works related to MacDonald as well.