I know the word from James Agee's "Knoxville Summer of 1915, which
was published as a preface of sorts to his posthumous novel A Death
in the Family. The phrase is "estival bodies." Samuel Barber composed
a wonderful setting, one of the true glories of American music. Look
for the Eleanor Steber recording, available on CD.
Mark
At 10:44 AM 12/15/2008, you wrote:
>Ah, well. There is Elizabeth Hand's Aestival Tide. Beyond that, I am
>at the moment, blank....
>
>She writes good new weird....
>
>Doug
>On 14-Dec-08, at 5:06 AM, Martin Dolan wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure where I came across the word first. It seems to have an
>>SF resonance. Doug or someone - can you remember an SF story that
>>had estivation as a prominent component?
>
>Douglas Barbour
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>http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
>
>Latest books:
>Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
>http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
>Wednesdays'
>http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
>
>Why have you driven through my heart?
>Make that what.
>
> Artie Gold
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