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The Village of Puttygut => The Grey Horse Tavern => Topic started by: Coír Draoi Ceítien on October 01, 2025, 04:42:02 PM

Title: "The Room to Roam" and Reissues of George MacDonald's Works
Post by: Coír Draoi Ceítien on October 01, 2025, 04:42:02 PM
In the early-to-midpoint range of this site, the subject of George MacDonald was brought up, both as one of the introductory subjects of the dormant MASTERS OF FANTASY series and as part of a topic discussing whether he was a Universalist theologically. To my knowledge, not much more has been said about him here, particularly because looking for his collected works can be tricky; his fantasy works are usually accounted for, but his considerable body of realistic Scottish novels seems to be neglected.

Well, while I would usually be at a loss and file MacDonald under the "out-of-print" category with the intent of looking him up if I ever broke into the printing business, I don't need to on this occasion because someone else has already taken care of it. David Jack, a Scotsman with a dream of sharing MacDonald's more difficult Scots-language works with a wider audience, has undertaken the task of translating those works in dual Scots-English editions as well as reissuing the rest of his catalog; to that end, he and his wife have set up a website, "The Room to Roam" (https://theroomtoroam.com/), to serve as the central hub of operations, in addition to traditional shopping sites like Amazon. I heartily recommend this site to those who would wish to explore MacDonald further or even read the Scots works in a more accessible fashion, and it saves you the trouble of digging through numerous Amazon pages if you're not using the right words or don't know where to look by sight.