Famous Five 'Adult' Books!
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We had a discussion about the coloured photos here:
http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/foru ... phs#p87009" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/foru ... phs#p87009" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks for the link, Anita. I had forgotten it, even though I participated in it!!
I still say, looking at this coloured photo, that it seems curious that someone would go to the trouble of colouring every book spine exactly as they were coloured in real life. For me, this makes it unlikely that the photo was coloured, unless the colourist actually went to Green Hedges and sat in front of the book case to painstakingly colour every spine correctly...?
Not to derail this thread, but in case anyone hasn't clicked the above link, here's the full version of the photo, showing all the (supposedly colourised) spines -
I still say, looking at this coloured photo, that it seems curious that someone would go to the trouble of colouring every book spine exactly as they were coloured in real life. For me, this makes it unlikely that the photo was coloured, unless the colourist actually went to Green Hedges and sat in front of the book case to painstakingly colour every spine correctly...?
Not to derail this thread, but in case anyone hasn't clicked the above link, here's the full version of the photo, showing all the (supposedly colourised) spines -
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Just come across this - just in case someone is in London tomorrow
http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/enid-blyton" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Viv
http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/enid-blyton" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks for the link, Viv.
I hope all is well with you.
I hope all is well with you.
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I trust Tony and Anita will be going to make the Society's position known!
Thanks, Viv.
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Thank you, Viv.
I think so, Nigel.
I think so, Nigel.
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Pay £5 to listen to him???? I don't think so. And his wretched books will be for sale there too. Urgghhh.
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Well, it might be, er, interesting to hear what he has to say about "the challenges, both administrative and creative, of writing amusing and relevant new books in a series that is seventy five years old"... not that I really want to know. I hope for his sake he doesn't get pelted with too many rotten eggs and tomatoes.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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They might have more guests if it was pay £5 to throw a custard pie in his faceLucky Star wrote:Pay £5 to listen to him???? I don't think so. And his wretched books will be for sale there too. Urgghhh.
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"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.
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It would cost a lot more than £5 if you add in rail and Tube fares!
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I can't believe they are attempting to make a celebrity out of such a poor writer.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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But I thought it was wrong to use a famous writer's name, like Enid Blyton? I mean, like copyright and all of that..
I would love to go there and speak my mind to him...
I would love to go there and speak my mind to him...
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It's not wrong when the company that owns the name has given you permission.
"It's the ash! It's falling!" yelled Julian, almost startling Dick out of his wits...
"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.
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"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.
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Oh okay. Thanks. I get it now...
"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."
(все, что я понимаю, я понимаю только потому, что люблю)
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Just found out that Quercus have published another adult Famous Five title - Five Go Down Under:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Down-Unde ... 733&sr=1-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's by Sophie Hamley this time instead of Bruno Vincent but, judging by the one review that it has got so far on Amazon, the humour is no better. Amazon reviewer Ausdragon has given it one star out of five, saying:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Down-Unde ... 733&sr=1-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's by Sophie Hamley this time instead of Bruno Vincent but, judging by the one review that it has got so far on Amazon, the humour is no better. Amazon reviewer Ausdragon has given it one star out of five, saying:
There's no real storyline here; events are driven purely by a need to connect one tired cliche to another. Five go to Bondi beach so they can meet surfers who talk about throwing a snag on a barbie. Hilarious. Five take a ferry on Sydney Harbour where they see a shark. Rivetting! Five take a drive to the Bush so they can encounter poisonous snakes and spiders. Surprise! What storyline there is ends abruptly and pointlessly. This is just a bunch of words that include several references to things in Australia. Hard to believe a real person wrote this. It could have been generated by a low-grade algorithm.
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