I thought when the sun was a red giant, it would have swallowed earth up ... or is this explained in the book? Really must read some H. G. Wells, I'm so uneducated!

Maybe it's because of the pretty pictures. Raymond Brigg's does all these pretty pictures with horrible, horrible things. And they're all so innocent some how. At least when I read about a holocaust, the people know what's happening for the most part. It makes it less ... I can't think of the right word. I know what I want to say but I think I'm saying it wrong ... The people in When the Wind Blows are so ... sweet and accepting and thinking it'll all be fine. Books about the holocaust generally aren't like that.