Borders

[jack]

Between poohsoc and douglas's party, I phoned lots of people and seized the opportunity to browse borders with nothing particular in mind. (Why is it called Borders? Is it a reference to Edge Witchery[1] or what?)

* There was another point, but I can't remember it.

* Goodkind's Sword of Truth series is rrrreaching into double figures. Does Robert Jordan have a rival?

* I read some of Princess Bride. I managed not to buy it then, but I think it's definitely worth getting.

* Dianna Wynne Jones and Narnia have made the move to the adult fantasy section. Narnia even comes with new arty black and white adult covers, which as always I rather like. The lion photo is as good as you could ever hope of conveying "so beautiful you want to hug it, even if you're disembowled for it."

* Has anyone read The Hickory Staff? It was on display and caught my eye.

* A group of sixth-form/first-year girls paraded through, one being dragged by her friends away from every book in the place.

[1] Gakked from TP or someone: the magic of edge effects and pushing boundaries.

Comments

[mair_in_grenderich]

is that the princess bride linked here?

[mair_in_grenderich]

(er, right down at the bottom)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

The book the film was based on iirc, but apparently by both by the author.

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

Dianna Wynne Jones and Narnia have made the move to the adult fantasy section

I suppose they might be aiming to feed into the adult nostalgia for these things.

Also maybe marketing them as adult books makes them look more sophisicated to adoscents and increases sale there too.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

What's that you say? Both have films coming out? Yes, I think that's it :)

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

Ah, shall now crawl back in my cupboard and ignore what's going on in the outside world again then...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to imply you were wrong, merely to...summarize it :) I only know because other people keep mentioning it: I've still seen no evidence :)

[yrieithydd.livejournal.com]

Press report about the new Narnia film

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Eek. I possibly have some problems with the evangalism of Narnia, but (a) I thought it both more enjoyable and effective in its propaganda than Pullman and (b) Love seeemed important to me.

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

To be honest, much as I enjoyed the narnia books.

Pullman has a point, they are full of prejudice...

The Calormen worshiping Tash (the devil) for example. Perhaps that's why the BBC didn't televise "The Horse & His Boy" or "The Last Battle"?

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Yes. That was odd. Though OTOH, it was clear that someone who served Tash honestly, loyally and lovingly was as much a good heaven-bound guy as a Pevensie.

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

Only if you read all the way to the end of the series though...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

But wasn't the last battle the one really that portrayed Tash as so evil? In The Horse and his Boy the society was a bit decadent, but I didn't get the impression it was evil. Then again, it's been ages since I read them.

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

To summarise my wrongness?
People keep mentioning I'm wrong?

And yet you can't see any evidence of me being wrong?

Maybe I really should hide in a cupboard...

[mair_in_grenderich]

Maybe I really should hide in a cupboard...

You can't hide. We will find you. And poke you with celery sticks until you admit that you are not wrong. Or are wrong. Whichever.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Always the worst sort of torturer, when no answer is the correct one...

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

In which case I'll just admit to never being wrong now, just to get that out the way...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

That's how I *start*. It's a lot of work though.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

"I suppose they might be aiming to feed into the adult nostalgia for these things," would be a good reason for making the films though. So you might not be be up on pop culture, but you weren't *wrong* :)

Clint Eastwood!

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Nothing like a nice bit of hickory.

[sonicdrift.livejournal.com]

I have Princess Bride in book form which you can borrow, usual rules about bending spines apply:)

Last time I checked borders *still* had adult DWJ in the kids section even though they had the new adult covered kids books in the adult section. Gah.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I probably want to own it if I want to read it. *Do* I want to read it?

Mmm... I think we've had this conversation before. It's odd. But somehow, they're a childish view of adult things, rather than really adult -- which I don't know, probably translates into "teenage" or perhaps "piers anthony"