tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post1900227244004924765..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Statues of Liberty – Katherine RobertsMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-63395130734696734462011-09-09T00:52:24.290+01:002011-09-09T00:52:24.290+01:00Oh, Mary! What a perfect setting for it! I've ...Oh, Mary! What a perfect setting for it! I've never been to any of the places where my books are set, but have promised myself to take the full tour one day.<br /><br />"Dead tree" books, hmmm... are e-books already pushing real books into history? Though I'm not sure I'd trust my Kindle on a boat, with all that water around.Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-77321375794825700002011-09-08T17:06:44.877+01:002011-09-08T17:06:44.877+01:00I remember reading this as a "dead tree"...I remember reading this as a "dead tree" book while holidaying on Rhodes in 2005!<br /><br />And we took a trip to Symi (?sp) whose wealth had been based on sponge-diving - which all disappeared when artificial sponges were invented.<br /><br />Couldn't have had a better environment for reading your exciting book!Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91115886335965445422011-09-07T16:29:30.903+01:002011-09-07T16:29:30.903+01:00Telchines are vaguely human but with webbed feet a...Telchines are vaguely human but with webbed feet and toes. They are heavy and clumsy on land (think seals), yet graceful and quick in the water. They can dive to great depths and breathe underwater like fish. They eat sponges and worship Poseidon. They are shy creatures and live behind the Barrier created by Poseidon to protect them from humans, so you're unlikely to have met one, but our legends of mermaids are based upon them...<br /><br />My heroine Aura is a bit confused because she is half telchine and lives in the human world. When she was younger, she cut off her own finger webs because she wanted her hands to look "normal".<br /><br />I feel a bit like Aura, with one foot in fantasy and one foot in history - or should that be fingers?<br /><br />I realise dedicated historians can get rather annoyed when fantasy authors play around with their subject - so thank you, everyone, for the kind comments!Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8929135168122053592011-09-06T19:30:50.793+01:002011-09-06T19:30:50.793+01:00Fabulous - I'd love to know more about the ...Fabulous - I'd love to know more about the 'telchines'!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-70425518099184529562011-09-06T13:40:52.813+01:002011-09-06T13:40:52.813+01:00Can the Statue of Liberty still be said to stand f...Can the Statue of Liberty still be said to stand for liberty? Well, it's still standing... unlike the Colossus of Rhodes!Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91260535487340104632011-09-06T13:16:22.374+01:002011-09-06T13:16:22.374+01:00Fascinating post, Kath! Can The Statue of Liberty...Fascinating post, Kath! Can The Statue of Liberty still be said to stand for liberty?Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87270628272754723872011-09-06T11:08:30.568+01:002011-09-06T11:08:30.568+01:00Lovely post, Kath!Lovely post, Kath!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-47837041187182003502011-09-06T08:54:07.068+01:002011-09-06T08:54:07.068+01:00What a great piece, Katherine! I loved it. And tha...What a great piece, Katherine! I loved it. And thanks so much for the gracious mention and links! :-)Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com