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[wombat]

Maurice Sendak has died.

(I stole that thread title from John Scalzi's Twitter.)

[Carlos del Vaca]

Be sure to watch the Sendak interview with Colbert. It's fan-freaking-tastic.

[jaydub]

Lots of GenX icons passing away at the moment.  Hmm.

[Carlos del Vaca]

There is a political cartoonist/blogger I follow who always gets bent when famous people die, because the same dumb-ass editorial page cartoons are trotted out.
So in this case, will we see more Sad Wild Things, or St. Peter saying "Let the Wild Rumpus start!"

[Nabubrush]

I didn't kill him.

A former mayor of Wasilla died as well (no, not that one).

[side_show]

Be sure to watch the Sendak interview with Colbert. It's fan-freaking-tastic.

I couldn't agree more.  I told my husband that Colbert and Sendak could become a comedy duo and tour the world. 

Gosh, I've read "Where the Wild Things Are" to so many children over the years, and I have my own childhood copy on my shelf too.

[theinevitable]

when I tell my friends I was not read this book as a kid, they react as if I were saying "I don't like the Beatles" or "my parents don't believe in vegetables."

[jay-ell]

This book was also not a part of my childhood at all. I read it for the first time a few years ago, to find out what all the fuss was about.

I appreciate that Sendak had a huge impact on a lot of people, and I am sorry that he is gone, but I don't feel as personally grieved as I did when Seuss took the great Hoober Bloob Highway to the sky.

[CortJstr]

I never heard of it until the movie came out. I've also never read any Shel Silverstein, Superfudge, or A Wrinkle in Time.

[Nabubrush]

I never heard of it until the movie came out. I've also never read any Shel Silverstein, Superfudge, or A Wrinkle in Time.

I don't know what superfudge is and I can't remember if I ever read Wrinkle, but dude you are missing out if you haven't rectified that first deal.

Has anyone not read Little Prince? I just saw something that said it was the most translated work after the bible (I think that was the factoid - might have been most printed). (Just checked - most translated French book.) I read the shit out of that.

[wombat]

I don't know if anyone read Wild Things to me as a child. I know the copy I have now is one I bought myself. So you can rectify these sad omissions, you know.

[Nabubrush]

I was a Velveteen Rabbit kid, and I make no apologies.

[miles]

My parents still have my childhood copy. I remember loving it. The Wild Things were so vivid to me. And I still like to read it now and again.

The movie wasn't bad, but it came nowhere near the beauty and magic of the book. My mom insisted that I see it with her because she remembers how much I loved it. That was kind of sweet.

[CortJstr]

Has anyone not read Little Prince? I just saw something that said it was the most translated work after the bible (I think that was the factoid - might have been most printed). (Just checked - most translated French book.) I read the shit out of that.

We read that in 4th grade, I think. I own a storytelling game called Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple that takes place in a very Little-Prince-esque world.

[miles]

I was a Velveteen Rabbit kid, and I make no apologies.

Oh man, I loved that. Some pretty heavy shit too. I remember being terrified by scarlet fever though not totally understanding what it was. And also that it deeply saddened me.

I don't think I had ever made the connection until tonight, but thinking about the Velveteen Rabbit reminded me of Toy Story 3. I googled around a bit to see what others may have said about it, and ran into this post on a message board for hoarders or maybe just really messy people. Kind of interesting and sad.

I watched Toy Story 3 yesterday with my son. I felt pretty pretty strange watching it. It was disconcerting to see a story about how these toys have lives and feel loyalty, and are deeply hurt when they are thrown out. It was kind of like getting a hoarder guilt trip in animated form. Has anyone else had this reaction to this movie?

I remember reading the Velveteen Rabbit when I was younger, and I feel like it affected me deeply. Like it reinforced my tendencies to keep worn and broken toys regardless of how much I used them.

Seeing it through the recovery lens, I realize it encourages empathy with inanimate objects by anthropomorphizing them.