Chronicles of Faerie in eBook form!

The Chronicles of Faerie (revised and expanded editions) are now available as ebooks for Kindle readers at Amazon.com, for the Nook ereader at bn.com, and for iOS devices (iPad, iPhone) on Apple's iBookstore. I haven't one of these myself - yet -but I'm rather pleased that I foresaw their existence in a passage in The Light-Bearer's Daughter, first published 2001. Dana meets the Chronicler, the Teller of Tales, who is leading a donkey laden down with panniers filled with books: There were paper scrolls and Egyptian papyri, tablets of wax and clay, manuscripts of vellum, hand-sewn texts bound in calfskin, some even inscribed on thin sheets of gold. There were modern books printed with glossy covers as well as talking books, computer disks and videotapes. A metallic box that glowed and hummed contained strange unrecognisable devices: laser, electronic and holographic books which Dana surmised belonged to the future. Have I changed my tune about ebooks? Of course I have. It just takes us old fogeys a bit longer to adapt to change.

I Want To Know

Here's an excerpt from People of the Great Journey, my new adult work of spiritual and speculative fiction. (Publisher and publication date to be announced shortly!) This is "Olwen's Song" from Chapter 32:
I want to know that there is a God or some Source of Love that cares for the world.
I want to know that there is a reason why everything exists; that life is not a random array of matter.
I want to know that the suffering and sorrow woven into the very fabric of life is not meaningless, but serves some good and noble purpose.
I want to know that evil, like suffering, also serves the Good.
I want to know that humanity is here for a reason.
I want to know that my life, regardless of whether it is a success or a failure, is of value in and of itself.
I want to know that I am not here by accident.
I want to know that I am loved by life.

Summer Break

Don't feel like blogging these days. Will get back to it when the long dark haul of winter begins! Hope you are all having a lovely summer.

Articles Online

Two of my articles written for collections published by Benbella Books (Texas) - one on C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and t'other on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials are now available here: www.smartpopbooks.com/739. I think you can read one for free for a time, otherwise they are a buck a peep.

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

I'm racing out the door to go on retreat but here's my Canada Day post on another blog: www.snowdropdreams.blogspot.com. Have a lovely sunny-cottage-barbecue-parade-party-whatever-it-is-you-do-to-celebrate-your-country day!

The Tree of Life - Trailer

Here is a film I really want to see. I'm particularly happy to see the theme as it echoes what I'm doing with People of the Great Journey.

Blogger Problems

Apologies for long delays between blogs betimes, but more often than not I am locked out by blogger for no discernible reason. My password is not accepted and all the notices are in Japanese or Chinese so I have no idea what they say! No amount of changing my password works and then suddenly - presto! - I'm in again with my old password. Wyrd. Needless to say the help section is useless. So that's my rant for the day.