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ellenkushner ([personal profile] ellenkushner) wrote2009-05-11 02:42 pm
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March 14, 1930

Venetia, on the fateful day that Pluto popped into her head, was having breakfast with her mother and her grandfather, Falconer Madan, retired librarian of the Bodleian Library at Oxford. He had exciting news to tell . . . .

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[identity profile] icecreamempress.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for this link! What a great story.
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[identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish *my* grandfather had been named Falconer Madan.
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[identity profile] elswhere1.livejournal.com 2009-05-12 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Except that there really is no better grandfather name than BORIS.
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[identity profile] ambitious-wench.livejournal.com 2009-05-12 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
A delightful tale of a remarkable lady. Thank you for sharing.
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