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Eschatron9000's avatar

Me, missing the point of fairy tales entirely: if you can only get into and out of the castle through the maze, it must be a gigantic pain to get food into the castle, and to govern when your messengers are constantly getting lost in the maze.

sympathetic opposition's avatar

they can get in when they're invited i think i said

Lumpen Space Princeps's avatar

wow when did calvino become this ruthless

sympathetic opposition's avatar

i have been flipping thru the nonexistent knight & the cloven viscount.....

sympathetic opposition's avatar

honestly im so touched by a calvino comparison i feel a little baffled & tongue tied

Lumpen Space Princeps's avatar

Aw <3

Btw Castle of Crossed Destinies, Invisible Cities and If during a Winter Night a Traveller are pretty amazing as well, although they have this ethereal quality that risks being a bit much.

Uh and by all means try to get your hand on his Roland reading, as I remember you have a soft spot for the chanson des gestes xx

Lumpen Space Princeps's avatar

(i was thinking nonexistent knight + castle of crossed for this)

JJHW's avatar

I'm not sure about the use of ampersands in fiction unless they are used for proper names, the Dog & Duck pub etc. it just feels wrong to me. Other than that, and my ongoing squeamishness regarding the lack of capitalisation, I rather enjoyed this. Keep going.