[SFRA-L] Childhood's End

[EdwardFMcKeown at aol.com]

An emotional favorite for me is Dolphin Island.
 
 
In a message dated 8/28/2011 6:39:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
thespike at satx.rr.com writes:

On  8/28/2011 5:22 PM, Rabkin, Eric wrote:

> I use CE because it is  captivating, provocative, and typical of this
> crucial writer when he  was making his mark on the field.  Also, it's
> always fun to  wonder if ACC did or didn't intend the ending to be
> "happy," whether  or not it is "happy," and what difference our sense of
> authorial  intention makes in our reading.

What an odd descriptor to consider! The  two terms usually associated 
with Clarke in this register are "dying fall"  and "elegiac" which seem 
to me exactly right, akin to Simak's Dogs  recalling, with bittersweet 
incomprehension, absent Man.

Damien  Broderick
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