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Gnomic Utterances. These are traditional, and are set at the head of each section of the Guidebook. The reason for them is lost in the mists of History. They are culled by the Management from a mighty collection of wise sayings probably compiled by a SAGE—probably called Ka’a Orto’o—some centuries before the Tour begins. The Rule is that no Utterance has anything whatsoever to do with the section it precedes. Nor, of course, has it anything to do with Gnomes.
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Date: 2008-03-06 03:10 am (UTC)i'm not so sure, first of all, that there is a real boundary between children/YA and adult. if there is one, it's very artificial and mostly one-way. there are books i wouldn't recommend children read, but not the reverse, you know?
sometimes, i think, if we as writers sit down to write specifically for children, we have a sense of desiring to give them our best -- of giving them reality, and yet giving them hope and humor.
some adult mainstream literary fiction is so cynical and so sad. not that adult topics aren't overshadowed by war and death and real horror. but that's not all there is to life, you know?
in short, i think i'm basically agreeing with you, after following your links and reading the blog post and the comments.