Slytherin Posted August 26, 2013 Posted August 26, 2013 Oh. I always thought the book came out first - as the saying goes "you learn something new every day" Yeah, you are correct. Sooooooo..... Little Sheep have been lying to us
Zombie Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Sooooooo..... Little Sheep have been lying to us To add to its other crimes 1
Thorn Wilde Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 ...Those were some long minutes. *clears throat* Okay, here goes: "In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three."
Thorn Wilde Posted August 29, 2013 Posted August 29, 2013 This book was turned into an animated film a few years ago.
Palantir Posted August 29, 2013 Posted August 29, 2013 I haven't got a clue as to the title but the quote has an atmosphere which makes me want to read the book.
Thorn Wilde Posted August 29, 2013 Posted August 29, 2013 The author in question sadly passed away from lung cancer in 2011. She published multiple fantasy novels, both for children and adults, between 1970 and 2010. The novel in question was first published in 1986, and was a runner-up for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award the same year. In 2006, it won the Phoenix Award from the Children's Literature Association. It was adapted to film in 2004 and received an Academy Award nomination.
Palantir Posted August 29, 2013 Posted August 29, 2013 Madeleine L'Engle? - except I don't know of any of her stories being made into film.
Palantir Posted August 29, 2013 Posted August 29, 2013 Sarah Douglas died around about then - but I don't know that she wrote children's stories. Anne mcCaffery - ditto.
Thorn Wilde Posted August 29, 2013 Posted August 29, 2013 Nope, all wrong, I'm afraid. This author is best known for writing for children, I believe. She holds an honorary D.Litt from the University of Bristol, but attended St. Anne's College in Oxford herself, where she attended lectures by both J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. She has written a work of nonfiction about clichés in fantasy fiction. The movie based on the book was created by a Japanese animation studio.
Palantir Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 Susan Cooper? - said rather hesitantly because of the animation bit.
Thorn Wilde Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 Susan Cooper? - said rather hesitantly because of the animation bit. Afraid not. Is there really no one out there who knows this amazing author? People are seriously missing out.
Thorn Wilde Posted September 2, 2013 Posted September 2, 2013 Howls Moving Castle Wooo! Yes! Well done! Do you know the author as well? (final hint: She's mentioned in my profile)
WhitePhoenix Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) "Smoke from the engine drifted over the heads of the chattering crowd , while cats of every colour wound here and there between their legs.'' Edited September 4, 2013 by WhitePhoenix
Red_A Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 King's Cross, Platform 9 3/4. My book is The Philospher Stone by J K Rowling(Winner of the 1997 Smarties Gold Award) but it is under another name in the states
Red_A Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 I remember him looking around the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards:
Red_A Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 Wild stabby guess - Moby Dick? No this "action" took place in Deepest South West England, and the story was first published in a children's mag.
Red_A Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 Peter Pan No, the author was english not scotish. but both centre round an island after the initial action.
Zombie Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 The only other children's story I can think of with salty sea-dogs and an island is Treasure Island but RLS was Scottish so I'm stumped
Red_A Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 I must not believe what I read on the internet... I must not believe what I read on the internet... I must not believe what I read on the internet... I must not believe what I read on the internet...... My apologise I got it wrong Yes it was Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure island and the phase introduces: "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" On the first page. Your turn 1
Zombie Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 Aye, we all make mistakes but there's a whole clan of outraged jocks awaiting to punish ye, Red, for this grave sin should ye ever venture north of the border - och aye, ye'll be force fed haggis to the horrrible horrrrrible tune of maaassed bagpipes!! Without a good set of binoculars, most of the spectators could not see me, and from my vantage point I could barely see them, but I could see the evidence of them in the flickering campfires that dotted the beaches in the darkness. Everyone knew that something big was about to happen.
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