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Full 5 book hardcover and slipcase Folio Society 2012 re-issue.

Full 5 book hardcover and slipcase Folio Society 2012 re-issue.

Wow. So this is special. A true #Booksky treat. 1 from the UK (sealed), and then 4 more found for sale in Melbourne (3 sealed) last week. A complete set. #FolioSociety #Fantasy #70s #SusanCooper #DarkIsRising sequence.

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And I sent a letter to the author telling her how much her series means to me, and attached sime signature labels and a paid US mailer to return back to me. #fingerscrossed #darkisrising

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I also read #DarkIsRising starting on the 21st for the first time but foolishly devoured it in one sitting instead of spreading out over the days in the book. Loving your views on it! I also deeply enjoyed the bus scene and the bits of normal in the mystical.

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I loved the part where his brother starts asking him what's going on, and he can't tell him. It's lonely, being a mystical entity, innit? #DarkIsRising

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The only part so far of the dark is rising that stretches credulity: there's a large horse called Pollux and not one of the teenagers in the book have nicknamed it Big Bollocks. #DarkIsRising

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I'm drawn to the figure of the Walker - he has something of the Gollum/Smeagol... ambivalent helper/harmer, the slippery ally/assailant. What does agency mean when you're so damaged by the dark/the ring? #DarkIsRising

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BBC World Service - The Dark Is Rising A young boy’s time-travelling fight against ancient evil

# 13 The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social


The episodes: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

Summary and more links in the 🧵

#streamlessatchristmas #christmasradio #RadioPlay #solstice #WinterSolstice #darkisrising

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Merry Solstice to All, and to #DarkIsRising fans who observe, a Happy Birthday of Will Stanton, Last of the Old Ones.

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So @jennycolgan.bsky.social has pointed out how close in time the first book in the series is to the first episode of Doctor Who and I am now immediately formulating a Grand UK Cultural Theory of Everything (based on two data points) #DarkIsRising

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"Will. You dont exist." - well that sent shivers. #DarkIsRising

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With the homeless man, the walker, I'm reminded of The Fisher King film. #DarkIsRising

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I always wonder what happens when wizard mentors go off stage. When they Gandalf off mysteriously promising to return. Do they just go for a pint? A nice swim? Read a book? #DarkIsRising

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I like the idea of him as both arthur AND Merlin...but time will tell. #DarkIsRising

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I wouldn't fare well in this world. You have to remember every little thing people say to you in order to defeat evil. Memory is not my superpower. #DarkIsRising

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This is entirely the right day to start. Many of us will be with you, Louie! #DarkIsRising

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This is a matter of personal taste but i'm always more interested in magical realms that tickle at the edges of ours. I love liminal space, and friction between layers of reality. #DarkIsRising

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Now we've come back from the mystical realm to a bus and THIS is extremely my jam. The magic/bus contrast. @ramzee.bsky.social re our chat about the world of this book being more like real uk society...I like them going into specific Carribbean islands re the bus conductor. #DarkisRising

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The injury of the Lady feels resonant - a wounded god, a sacrificing god (whatever she's an analogue to, that is mythic god behaviour). #DarkIsRising

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I'm assuming Will is Arthur? But we shall see... in the previous book Barney was Percival in my head. The only one pure (or smol) enough to get the grail. Or perhaps the analogues aren't that tidy? #DarkIsRising

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The Other Mother trope is always a banger. Tho this one didn't have a wooden tail as far as I can tell. #DarkIsRising

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Yes, there's "writing a children's book" ie what an adult thinks a children's book is, then actually writing a book for children, the weird wee bastards! #DarkIsRising #KidLitUK

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this "six will turn it back" reminds me of the nine walkers against the nine riders. The masked man with the owl eyes...finally makes sense of that old cover I've seen everywhere. Love that he's going to be a "strength" not a villain. #DarkIsRising

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Cards on the table: I haven't worked out who the old lady is yet. I WANT it to be (non evil) Morgan Le Fey...tho could be Lady of the Lake? #DarkIsRising

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As someone who's written (an iteration of) the Norse version of Wayland (Volund) as an elvish villain, my first instinct was NOT to trust that blacksmith...but assuming he's not going to turn out to be a bad egg in this. #DarkIsRising

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So...Will is another Merlin? Or has Merlin-like powers at least. (I did a little cheer when Merlin came back, he was very fun in OSUS, uncle merlin). #DarkIsRising #DarkIsReading

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Right. I'm starting The Dark is Rising on midwinter's eve. This could be inviting some kind of curse... #DarkIsRising

The narrative gets into it MUCH faster than the previous books. Timeslip time! (I wonder...are there kidlit timeslips where people go to the future? There must be...) #KidLitUK

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 16 💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge #DarkisRising #SusanCooper

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