Internet grumbling and Edith Nesbit

Our internet cable, twitchy for the past few days, decided to die entirely late this morning. As it turns out, this is less the fault of Brighthouse and more the fault of a "compromised" cable line. No, the cable has not been selling secrets to spies. However, at some point in the past, someone decided to do something interesting with the cable line, which in turn exposed it to the vicious attacks of squirrels and the rain.

And some of you are still trying to claim that squirrels are just playful, innocent little consumers of nuts. Ha.

Anyway, while the cable was out, the latest Tor.com post went up, this one about Edith Nesbit's first book for children, The Story of the Treasure Seekers.

I had hoped I'd be able to write about Nesbit's early adult novels, but they seem to be incredibly unavailable, in ebook or used book or library format, so the next few posts will be focused on her children's literature. Which isn't a bad thing, only that the adult novels are more obscure (which happens if you can't get to them) and part of the fun of this series has been the at least occasional look at more obscure books.