tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post2805355912735169567..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: And the Scott O'Dell winner is...Sarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-15484986577210474042012-01-27T14:25:33.347-06:002012-01-27T14:25:33.347-06:00I remember the fall of the Wall too, very well--an...I remember the fall of the Wall too, very well--and I don't know why, but it felt ... shattering. One of the great last events of the Cold War, and I get a huge sense of history when I look at it.<br /><br />But I have an active imagination. :DLucynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-88377455077439427372012-01-27T12:47:28.934-06:002012-01-27T12:47:28.934-06:00It's interesting, isn't it?
I'd put V...It's interesting, isn't it?<br /><br />I'd put Vietnam and the Cold War in as "historical" enough for me to count as HF. If you mean the construction of the Berlin Wall, sure. The fall of it - 1989 is a year I remember very well. It's a major historical event, and I could maybe see a YA novel about it called HF, because kids wouldn't have been around then, but personally it seems too recent for me. My own mindset doesn't feel significantly different than it was then. That's why it's all arbitrary to some degree :)Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-65228792281512853272012-01-27T00:34:47.915-06:002012-01-27T00:34:47.915-06:00You know, I honestly can't bring myself to swa...You know, I honestly can't bring myself to swallow the 50 years definition. There's no way that the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, etc., are not historical, or don't belong in hist-fic. They were mind-changing events that will never occur in the same way again.<br /><br />Which make the arbitrary definition, to my thinking, somewhat--uh--outdated. :)Lucynoreply@blogger.com