May. 17th, 2007

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The Chronicles of Prydain was my first fantasy series. I devoured the books one after the other and was quite happy to find out that a new one was coming out about the time I finished the ones that had been published. It was also one of the first box sets I got for Christmas. I would read and re-read the adventures of Taran many times over the years.

I found out this morning through the grapevine that Mr. Alexander had passed away. He was 82 years old. He had been married to his wife Janine for 62 years. She predeceased him by two weeks. I never met the man but those who worked with him always had kind things to say about him and he was apparently very nice to his young fans.

(EDIT: His thoughts on Fantasy. Well worth a read )

I am grateful that I have read many of the books that Mr. Alexander wrote.

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