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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My original UK #70s Chatto & Windus set of #TheDarkIsRising sequence is now complete with this final (book2) titled copy. A little more than £2.50 lol. And another #SusanCooper surprise coming soon too!
Book cover. Greenwitch by Susan Cooper (Dark is Rising #3 / 1974) Cover is a sea scene with a two masted ship sailing
Book cover. Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper (Dark is Rising #5 / 1977) Cover shows the hilt of a silver sword with a tree behind
Book cover. The Grey King by Susan Cooper (Dark is Rising #4 / 1975) Cover shows a group of knights in white on horseback escorted by a flock of swans
Book cover. The Boggart Fights Back by Susan Cooper (Boggart #3 / 2018) Light blue cover with two children pointing at the sky where a bulldozer is flying. Also a castle on an island and Loch Ness Monster peaking up
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#SusanCooper 4 of 5 books still awaiting my attention on my bookshelves #BlueSkyBooks Pt 2 of 2
Book cover. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (Dark is Rising #1 / 1965) Cover shows a golden goblet lying in vegetation (4.5 stars)
Book cover. The Boggart by Susan Cooper (Boggart #1 / 1993) Cover shows 3 children and a black cat working at a computer with a dark castle on the screen, all looking over their shoulders in surprise (4.0 stars)
Book cover. Dawn of Fear by Susan Cooper (Standalone / War / 1970) Shows a young boy leaning on a fence while overhead are German fighters lit by beams of light (4.5 stars)
Book cover. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (Dark is Rising #2 / 1973) Cover shows a man with horns riding a horse across a snowy field (3.5 stars)
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Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
19. #SusanCooper (1935 ). YA Fantasy, Creator of Dark is Rising, Boggart, etc. (15+ books). Completed 4
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
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I started listening to the adapted audio play on Midwinter Eve because that is when #TheDarkIsRising. Obviously.
Recommended for anyone of any age who enjoys whimsy and stories.
Original 📜 by #SusanCooper. Adapted by #RobertMacFarlane. Wonderful 🎶 by #JohnnyFlynn.
"For this was Christmas, which had always been a time of magic, to him and to all the world."
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"There was something about Christmas Eve, they both felt, that demanded company;
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one needed somebody to whisper to, during the warm beautiful dream-taut moments between hanging the empty stocking at the end of the bed, and dropping into the cosy oblivion that would flower into the marvel of Christmas morning."
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Just got interested in Susan Cooper (b.1935), YA fantasy author from 1960s forward. Found this fascinating archived interview of her by R.H. Thompson, 1989, about her inspirations web.archive.org/web/20060425... #OverSeaUnderStone #DarkRising #SusanCooper #Arthurianlegend #grail #merlin #cornwall
"The Walker is abroad,” he said again. “And this night will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining."
Heuldro'r Gaeaf Hapus I chi gyd!
Happy Winter Solstice to you all!
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#heuldrorgaeaf #wintersolstice #susancooper #thedarkisrising #longestnight
Dried orange slices, a candlelit winter house made of tin, and a copy of "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper.
Who else is excited to start the annual read of #thedarkisrising this weekend? I love @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 's intro to this 50th anniversary edition.
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The cover of “The Dark is Rising” by Susan Cooper, featuring pencil drawings of a man in a hat, a man on a rearing horse and a cowled figure with no face visible, all on a background of snow with a full moon in the sky.
The cover of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, with a drawing of Scrooge by his fireplace being visited by Marley’s ghost.
The cover of “Hogfather” by Terry Pratchett, featuring an image of a bearded man in a Santa hat, and the man has tusks protruding from his lower jaw.
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Christmas reads! These are my annual reads during December. What are yours? I’m looking for new ones!
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Fantasiaklassikko. Susan Cooperin "Pimeä nousee" -sarjan (1965-77) päätösosa. Suomennos (erinomaisia) vasta 1979-81. Kaksi ensimmäistä osaa loistavia ("Yllä meren, alla kiven" ja "Pimeä nousee"). Vain tämä päätösosa on jäänyt kirjahyllyyn. #SusanCooper #TheDarkisRising #SilverontheTree
Book cover. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (The Dark is Rising #1 / 1965) shows a chalice in a field of grass.
Photo of Susan Cooiper taken in 2013. Born Burnham, Buckinghamshire 1935. English author of children's fantasy books, including the Dark is Rising series and the Boggart trilogy.
💙📚40 Fantasy Novels
No particular order (40 authors, 40 books)
Day 23 / 40
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#OverSeaUnderStone by #SusanCooper is a 1965 childrens mystery that would be categorized as middle grade today. The book has some charm within the children's sense of wonder but has dated stereotypical dialogue and structure.
⚠️Fair warning a hard left from a villian in black face towards the end 📚💙
Wyrd Britain reviews 'The Twelve' by Liz Hyder.
A magical romp in the spirit of Susan Cooper's 'The Dark is Rising'.
#lizhyder #thetwelve #susancooper #thedarkisrising
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#MelissaMcCarthy became a #Spy 10 years ago when the action comedy opened on June 5th, 2015 #JasonStatham #JudeLaw #RoseByrne #MirandaHart #BobbyCannavale #AllisonJanney #PeterSerafinowicz #MorenaBaccarin #PaulFeig #SusanCooper
Happy 90th birthday #SusanCooper! One of my favourites since I stumbled across The Dark is Rising box-set in a bookshop [in San Fransisco?] around my 9th birthday. To celebrate we're watching 'Dark Encounter' after @likewinterblue.bsky.social saw this - wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2018/02/dark...
Day 27 - Book you read every year
Maybe not every year, but most years, around the time of the winter solstice, I find myself gravitating toward rereading The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper.
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If there's anyone with children who wants something other than Harry Potter to read with their children, I highly recommend #TheDarkisRising series by #SusanCooper.
It's the series that introduced me to fantasy. It also has a boy who one day finds out he is far more than he ever thought.
Cover of the book ”Yllä meren, alla kiven” by Susan Cooper. Cover illustration features moon over English countryside, five central characters with emphasis on elderly chap called Merriman in the middle with outstretched hands. This is Finnish translation of the English language original called “Over sea, Under stone” published in 1965. WSOY, 1979.
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!
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Man on a horse
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!
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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. 9/20:
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Doing a lot of comfort reading lately. Struck yesterday by this passage from #SilverOnTheTree, part of #TheDarkIsRising sequence by #SusanCooper. Sorry for the lack of photo quality 😆
Susan Cooper inspired the younger me with ‘The Dark is Rising’ talks about turning her classic poem the ‘Shortest Day’ into a book www.wqln.org/2024-12-21/a... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #SusanCooper #WritingAndBooks #WritersNetwork #TheShortestDay #TheDarkIsRising
Fire on the mountain shall find the harp of gold
Played to wake the Sleepers, oldest of the old.
Power from the Green witch, lost beneath the sea;
All shall find the light at last, silver on the tree.
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