Tito Athano
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Lynda A. Calder:
Hi Lynda, Do you intend any didactic or formative purpose in your Enigma trilogy, or is it just an adventure yarn with the setting a bit more brain-teasing than usual?
Lynda A. Calder
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(view spoiler)[Dear Tito,
Thank you for your interesting question. I have to say that I did not intend a didactic or formative purpose apart from valuing the written works of the past (in the Treasure Cave) as a heritage that should not be lost and can inform our actions in the future. Hence the reason for Cassandra needing to write the Enigma Diaries and discovering the Hidden History. In fact, the Forgotten Future is also undocumented and will be up to Cassandra to document, as well, so future generations can be more informed about their history.
I did only intend an adventure yarn with a brain-teasing setting; essentially the book I wanted to read when I was 9-14 years old. Not so much of a message but perhaps something that I could take from it, if I so wished.
As was once said by a writer in the 1800's (I believe it was children's writer, and Bishop, George MacDonald, would need to look this one up to be precise) that man may intend some meanings, but God can intend all meanings. Thus sometimes readers take out of a written work meanings that the writer may not have intended or purposed, and this is perfectly fine. Actually, this is a topic I am contemplating for further study and research: what a reader brings to a written work, in terms of meaning making and how the various types of readers (those with different bents of thought - English prodigy versus Maths prodigy) can interpret works differently, with neither being essentially wrong (except the Maths nerds being marked wrong in school because their brains operate differently from their teachers).
THANKS Tito! ;) (hide spoiler)]
Thank you for your interesting question. I have to say that I did not intend a didactic or formative purpose apart from valuing the written works of the past (in the Treasure Cave) as a heritage that should not be lost and can inform our actions in the future. Hence the reason for Cassandra needing to write the Enigma Diaries and discovering the Hidden History. In fact, the Forgotten Future is also undocumented and will be up to Cassandra to document, as well, so future generations can be more informed about their history.
I did only intend an adventure yarn with a brain-teasing setting; essentially the book I wanted to read when I was 9-14 years old. Not so much of a message but perhaps something that I could take from it, if I so wished.
As was once said by a writer in the 1800's (I believe it was children's writer, and Bishop, George MacDonald, would need to look this one up to be precise) that man may intend some meanings, but God can intend all meanings. Thus sometimes readers take out of a written work meanings that the writer may not have intended or purposed, and this is perfectly fine. Actually, this is a topic I am contemplating for further study and research: what a reader brings to a written work, in terms of meaning making and how the various types of readers (those with different bents of thought - English prodigy versus Maths prodigy) can interpret works differently, with neither being essentially wrong (except the Maths nerds being marked wrong in school because their brains operate differently from their teachers).
THANKS Tito! ;) (hide spoiler)]
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