tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post112782662113610262..comments2023-08-10T16:06:35.452+01:00Comments on Scholar's Blog: Elidor - Alan GarnerMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1131290914011732942005-11-06T15:28:00.000+00:002005-11-06T15:28:00.000+00:00Charlie, I haven't read it - where will I find thi...Charlie, I haven't read it - where will I find this article, please ? I've not read any of DWJ's criticism, as yet - having been swept away by Alan Garner in the meantime, which means I suddenly abandoned DWJ in his favour (oh faithless one !)<BR/><BR/>Talking of Garner, I'm saving reading your article on <I>Red Shift</I> until I've actually read the latter (I'm still waiting to get hold of a copy, unfortunately)...Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1131288852998810742005-11-06T14:54:00.000+00:002005-11-06T14:54:00.000+00:00Hi Michele Interested to see you're writing on the...Hi Michele <BR/><BR/>Interested to see you're writing on the Vale of the White Horse. As you're also on a DWJ kick, I wonder whether you've read her essay on Tolkien, which actually begins by discussing his use the Thames Valley? <BR/><BR/>"Here there are stuffy willow-choked flats, Wychwood, rivers like the Windrush and the Evenlode, the Rollright Stones, the longbarrow called Wayland’s Smithy, ploughland and orchards round Didcot, the Seven Barrows, Thames water meadows, and the austere landscape of the chalk downs. And he used them all: there is even a real place called Buckland" <BR/><BR/>She also sees an echo of the Ridgeway in the road followed by Frodo & Co from the Shire to Rivendell.<BR/><BR/>CharlieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1127851059329085362005-09-27T20:57:00.000+01:002005-09-27T20:57:00.000+01:00Hi Jason !First things first - which entry/entries...Hi Jason !<BR/><BR/>First things first - which entry/entries have you done for the Routledge Encyclopaedia ?<BR/><BR/>I don't think Garner's unknown here - not if the number of copies of his books that are currently out on loan in Oxfordshire are anything to go by ! That's why I was only able to grab <I>Elidor</I> on Saturday... Today I borrowed a couple more Diana Wynne Jones in lieu of any more Garner (it's turned into a DWJ month !)<BR/><BR/>And yes, I've read lots of Le Guin - she's one of the authors who'll be featured in my pending book on fantasy heroines. I've read all the Earthsea books, and I've also read some of her essays (I've got <I>The Language of the Night</I> on my shelves and a couple of other books whose titles I can't immediately recall owing to tiredness...)<BR/><BR/>Feel free to email me (scolere at gmail dot com) to discuss these authors further (or the Tolkien Encyclopaedia project).Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1127849960154273662005-09-27T20:39:00.000+01:002005-09-27T20:39:00.000+01:00Hi Michele. I happened upon your blog through idle...Hi Michele. I happened upon your blog through idle Googling on the upcoming Tolkien Encyclopedia -- I'm also a contributor to that ambitious work, and I have been curious to discover some of my fellow contributors.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, more to the point -- I've been a big Alan Garner fan since I was a kid -- he's practically unknown today, isn't he? At least, here in the States.<BR/><BR/><I>The Owl Service</I>, as you discovered yourself, is excellent. I would agree that <I>Elidor</I> isn't as good. But you must, must, must read <I>The Weirdstone of Brisingamen</I> — I think it's clearly his best work! Also, <I>Red Shift</I> is excellent. And <I>The Moon of Gomrath</I> is a solid sequel to <I>Weirdstone</I>. <BR/><BR/>And have you ever read any Ursula K. Le Guin?<BR/><BR/>Cheers, Jason<BR/>(j dot fisher at earthlink dot net)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com