What a terrible name for a book about The Famous Five!

[Rob Houghton]

Saw this on eBay - only £12.69 - but what a dry sounding title!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-1-Dissect ... Sw2XFUdsol

[Courtenay]

"Dissecting the Magic"?? Now there's a mixed metaphor, not to mention a gruesome bit of imagery...

[pete9012S]

That book was written by our very own Liam - see below.
Yes,the book will not be for everyone,but I enjoyed it.

Liam also very kindly made copies available for free to members here on the forum.

New book on the Famous Five


http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/foru ... ng#p198349" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You can buy the kindle edition for just £2.03 from amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_no ... ve%20Books" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Fiona1986]

This is actually a brilliant resource. It's not a book to be read from start to finish but it's perfect for when you wonder "How many times did the Five eat bacon?" or "Did whooping cough ever come up in the 21 books?" I refer to it fairly often when I'm blogging.

[Courtenay]

Now that would be useful for a Famous Five trivia night! I wasn't meaning to insult the book (let alone the author!), incidentally, as I've never seen it — just thought it was a bit of an odd choice of title, that's all.

[pete9012S]

I downloaded it when Liam offered it to us - but now I can't find it anywhere on my pc.

[Tony Summerfield]

Saw this on eBay - only £12.69 - but what a dry sounding title!

It is actually more than £3 cheaper on Amazon (£9.07) if anyone is desperate to buy it!

[Eddie Muir]

I've had a copy on my Kindle for the past two years.

[Rob Houghton]

I'm not doubting the content of the book - but the title? Awful!


I didn't realise it was written by Liam - I guess that's another black mark against me for daring to express an opinion.

Although I'm sure I would find the content very interesting, the title leapt out at me as being amusingly inappropriate. It might as well be called 'Destroying the Magic of Enid Blyton'!

[Fiona1986]

I bought it from Amazon for my Kindle when it was only a pound or two.

[Rob Houghton]

It sounds a really interesting book (despite the title!) It's the sort of book that's great to dip into from time to time, by the sound of it.

[Courtenay]

It might as well be called 'Destroying the Magic of Enid Blyton'!

Which I'm sure Liam's book doesn't, but plenty of others have tried to.

"Dissecting" just reminds me of what we had to do with rats in high school science class... ugh.

[Rob Houghton]

"Dissecting" just reminds me of what we had to do with rats in high school science class... ugh.

That's what I mean when I say it might as well be called 'destroying' - I just find 'dissecting' to be a little too clinical and cold!

We had to dissect a fish...but we were given the choice whether we wanted to dissect a rat - most people declined and so were allowed to opt out of the lesson!

[Courtenay]

If we didn't want to dissect the rats, we were required to sit and write an essay on the topic of why we objected to dissecting animals. I just steeled myself (and my stomach) and did the cutting.

[Rob Houghton]

They also dissected little chicks at our school - we were hardcore! Everyone opted out of that lesson too - I think only about 6 kids actually said they'd do it!