tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post114778066321837632..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Warning: loud horn tootingCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1147972577058812262006-05-18T13:16:00.000-04:002006-05-18T13:16:00.000-04:00My personal recommendation is simply to shoplift t...<I>My personal recommendation is simply to shoplift the book</I><BR/><BR/>I decided gave that habit up a while back. Get thee behind me!<BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>Vis-a-vis erudition: I think we can all neglect a continental work here and there, particularly in the Grail continuations! <A HREF="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-0460875779-1" REL="nofollow">Here's</A> what you want. Page numbers: 6 (ll. 6749-84); 46-47 (ll. 9756-9800):<BR/><BR/>Here's the longer bit:<BR/><BR/>"Caradoc began to keep watch, so well that he surprised his father the enchanter with his mother one night in the tower. I tell you that he caused him plenty of shame and dishonour. In order to avenge himself, the King* forced him to lie carnally with a hound, then with a sow, and then to avenge himself further, he made him cover a mare. When he lay with the bitch, the enchanter engendered a large greyhound which was called Guinaloc and was Caradoc's brother, and with the sow, a huge boar which they called Tortain, and with the mare a great war horse, the powerful spirited Loriagort. I tell you they were Caradoc's brothers and his father's sons."<BR/><BR/>* That would be Caradoc's step-father, also named Caradoc.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1147970119431757782006-05-18T12:35:00.000-04:002006-05-18T12:35:00.000-04:00Interesting factoid:Yesterday my book was outselli...Interesting factoid:<BR/><BR/>Yesterday my book was outselling <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766025187/ref=pd_ts_b_294004/102-9076694-6740147?s=books&v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow">Hamsters, Gerbils, Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Ferrets, Mice, and Rats: How to Choose and Care for a Small Mammal </A>by Laura S. Jeffrey, #294,004 in book sales at Amazon.<BR/><BR/>Today it has fallen to #307,570 -- significantly behind even <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1575023954/ref=pd_ts_b_2940479/102-9076694-6740147?s=books&v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow">The Treasures of Darkness</A>, a book that costs $1.75 and is listed as "Not Available."Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1147957503110290472006-05-18T09:05:00.000-04:002006-05-18T09:05:00.000-04:00Are you going to make me admit on a page that trum...Are you going to make me admit on a page that trumpets the erudition of my new book that I haven't read something? That stings. But I will look into Caradoc right away because it sounds fantastic.<BR/><BR/>As to the price ... well, the policy of Palgrave is to wait two years for paperback. If I'd gone with a university press I'd have simultaneous paperback, but my book would still be 18 months or so from publication. My personal recommendation is simply to shoplift the book or to order it using a fraudulent credit card number.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1147904145568807042006-05-17T18:15:00.000-04:002006-05-17T18:15:00.000-04:00Oh, and I should say: I was going to buy this. But...Oh, and I should say: I <I>was</I> going to buy this. But I blanched at the price tag. Sheesh. And chances are it'll be out at my U for the next few years.<BR/><BR/>So I contented myself w/ Steve Kruger's new book (not expensive in paperback w/ the Kzoo discount) and w/ waiting for your new one to appear, embossed and shiny, in my supermarket checkout line.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1147874404876380822006-05-17T10:00:00.000-04:002006-05-17T10:00:00.000-04:00Hey! Have you read Caradoc? It appears in the Ever...Hey! Have you read Caradoc? It appears in the Everyman volume '3 Arthurian Romances,' and is taken from some grail continuation. I just bring it up because it includes a wicked wizard who tricks the husband of its hero's mother into sleeping with a succession of animals while the wizard knocks up said hero's mother. Later, the magically cuckholded fellow gets hold of the wizard and engages in a bit of contrapasso by forcing the wizard to have sex with various animals. In this case, the unfortunate animals used for this punishment give birth (to, depending on the animal, a hawk, a boar, and a greyhound, i.e., cynegetic animals)Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.com