Re: Eardley, Darling.....
by Daividh (guest)
12/29/2000, 4:36 PM
Hey Adrianna,
Since you've been beat up on this already for a whole day before I got back (I was smorgasboarding on Mt. Knoxville, gang), it may have already sunk in. If not...
There's a book I've read more than once, "The Folk of the Air", by one of our language's best writers, Peter S. Beagle. It ultimately centers on a contemporary character named Sia, a middle-aged, unprepossessing lady with some apparent unusual powers.
To condense about 400 pages, it turns out she is a Goddess, and one eventually learns that one doesn't call a Goddess a "suck-ass". She figuratively and spiritually takes the antagonist apart like a chicken wing, not without lots of collateral damage occurring.
Now, the Goddess Nanaea is younger, more energetic, perhaps quicker to anger (not all bad), and Queen of the Night to boot. Proper deference would be not only prudent on your part, but gracious.
If this book is not above your recommended grade level, it may be worthwhile to take a look before casting any more aspersions.