Flight of the Heron read-along: Prologue
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Welcome everyone to the Flight of the Heron read-along! I'm delighted by the amount of interest there's been in this lovely book recently, and I hope this will be a great opportunity to discuss it in more depth.
Some notes:
A reminder of where to find the novel as a free ebook and a free audiobook.
My plan is to cover two chapters in most weeks, but I thought we'd start with just the Prologue, partly to provide a gentle introduction and partly because it makes it easier to split the rest of the book up in a way that makes sense.
We have a mixture of people re-reading the book and people reading it for the first time participating, so, if you've read the book before and would like to discuss earlier chapters in the context of what happens later on, please warn for or hide spoilers! I suggest using rot13, if that works for everyone.
Next week we'll read Part I chapters 1 and 2, and meet Keith Windham...
Welcome everyone to the Flight of the Heron read-along! I'm delighted by the amount of interest there's been in this lovely book recently, and I hope this will be a great opportunity to discuss it in more depth.
Some notes:
A reminder of where to find the novel as a free ebook and a free audiobook.
My plan is to cover two chapters in most weeks, but I thought we'd start with just the Prologue, partly to provide a gentle introduction and partly because it makes it easier to split the rest of the book up in a way that makes sense.
We have a mixture of people re-reading the book and people reading it for the first time participating, so, if you've read the book before and would like to discuss earlier chapters in the context of what happens later on, please warn for or hide spoilers! I suggest using rot13, if that works for everyone.
Next week we'll read Part I chapters 1 and 2, and meet Keith Windham...
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Date: Sep. 26th, 2021 06:20 am (UTC)I've searched and searched for information about the role of the heron in folklore, and the only thing I can find is that it's a denizen of three worlds - earth, air and water. So I suppose it's a fit messenger between those worlds.
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Date: Sep. 26th, 2021 09:50 am (UTC)it's a denizen of three worlds - earth, air and water.
Oh, that's interesting! I vaguely remember reading somewhere that some cultures give folkloric significance to puffins for the same reason—anyway, I do think the heron seems appropriate as Garvin's 'messenger'.
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Date: Oct. 4th, 2021 11:22 pm (UTC)