Yay! #BookSky
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!
10000 year old headdress found at Star Carr in Yorkshire. The headdress is made from a deer skull and has holes drilled through to allow it to be worn.
Cervine synchronicity this wknd with the #BBC #TheDarkisRising, @LisaKnappmusic.bsky.social & @GerryDiver.bsky.social singing #StarCarr at the @edfss.bsky.social #IndoorFestivalofFolk and an encounter w/ 10k y.o. stag headresses at the #BritishMuseum lisaknappgerrydiver.bandcamp.com/album/hinter...
January 6th. Will Stanton brings the white mare to the hunter, and the Wild Hunt chases the Dark out of the world.
#thedarkisrising
January 5th. Will Stanton seizes power from the Dark to break the cold and find the Sign of Fire.
#thedarkisrising
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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.
The five books in The Folio Society's edition of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Series, in their slipcases.
The spines of the five books in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence.
The front cover of the Folio Society edition of Greenwitch by Susan Cooper.
Also from @foliosociety.bsky.social, this quietly stunning edition of Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising sequence.
I haven't read this series, but handling these books made me want to add these books to my #TBR
#booksky #fantasy #bookcovers #design #foliosociety #thedarkisrising
December 26th. Will Stanton and Merriman see the hunting of the wren.
#thedarkisrising
Screenshot from The Dark Is Rising on Kindle: "and he glanced up again, smiling suddenly, an almost childish smile of relief and delight. "That did the work, didn't it? The cross. Not of the church, but a Christian cross, nonetheless." "Very old, them crosses are, Rector," said Old George unexpectedly, firm and clear. "Made a long time before Christianity. Long before Christ." The rectory beamed at him. "But not before God," he said simply. The Old Ones looked at him. There was no answer that would not have offended him, so no one tried to give one. Except, after a moment, Will."
I love how firm Susan Cooper is that the Light isn't Christianity/the Christian idea of god. #TheDarkIsReading #TheDarkIsRising
Christmas Day. Will Stanton uses the Sign of Iron, the Sign of Bronze and the Sign of Wood to defeat an attack of the Dark.
#thedarkisrising
Christmas Eve. Will Stanton gains the gift of gramarye.
#thedarkisrising
December 23rd. Will Stanton meets the Walker on the Old Way.
#thedarkisrising
You can listen again to The Dark is Rising, #BBCWorldService’s special, mid-winter #audio #drama - a gripping journey through a ❄️ frozen landscape... and an unending, epic battle against the forces of the Dark.
🎧 Start your audio journey here bbc.in/41xHO5q
#TheDarkIsRising
So fitting also here to observe the tribute to the mythic genius of Susan Cooper, in this her 90th year. A reminder too of the feat of adaptation accomplished by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social & Simon McBurney & colleagues in bringing #TheDarkIsRising to the airwaves
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Midwinter Day. Will Stanton finds the great doors and meets Merriman Lyon.
#thedarkisrising
"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
A copy of “The Dark is Rising” by Susan Cooper. A cartoon image of a boy with a mysterious rider behind him and a full moon.
“This night will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.” #TheDarkIsRising.
The Christmas tradition of reading The Dark Is Rising! There is also a lovely version of this on BBC Sounds from a few years
#thedarkisrising
#Reading
#childrensbooks
It's the Solstice on Sunday, if you want to start this at the appropriate time.
#TheDarkIsRising
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.
#booksky #susancooper
My book club - average age about 55 - is reading The Dark Is Rising for our December book. So proud!
#thedarkisrising
#TheDarkIsRising #TDIR by Susan Cooper - a story about the eternal struggle between the dark and the light - then she can join in the annual Christmas holiday #readathon
It's that time of year again, I need to dig out my copies of #Hogfather and #TheDarkIsRising for their annual read. My partner rarely re-reads books which I find very strange.
#Bookstodon
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
We walk through dangerous times, shadows thick with the stupid and the cruel.
The world decays around us, whispers of fire waiting to rise from the ashes.
No light breaks this darkness—only the restless fury of those who refuse to fade away.
This is the silence before the storm.
#TheDarkIsRising
Like so many people, the book #TheDarkIsRising by Susan Cooper is a favourite of mine. I was recently in Dublin and saw rooks for the first time. Those who know, know.
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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There's lots to say re #DrWho #TheRealityWar but bit near end when Ncuti gets back in TARDIS leaving Poppy & Mum, music-wise, very much a #MercuryRev #TheDarkIsRising homage.
Great tune.
Not dissimilar to how #ClintMansell's #RequiemForADream theme kept re-appearing everywhere, drama-wise, for years
