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- Thu 26 Jun, 2008 10:50:30
- Forum: Swaps or Sales
- Topic: Help!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 23374
- Sat 21 Jun, 2008 10:07:24
- Forum: Swaps or Sales
- Topic: Help!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 23374
Help!
Hello all - congrats on the convention. Hope everyone had a good time. I just wanted to ask a question. I picked up a really nice copy of Dangerous Inheritance recently. I thought it might be a First, but I see it's published by Hutchinson, contrary to information here. Would this be a second editio...
- Thu 29 Mar, 2007 12:23:40
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: We're Back!!!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14127
- Sat 6 Jan, 2007 14:03:21
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Bob Rothwell passed on Boxing Day
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11187
- Tue 7 Nov, 2006 13:11:11
- Forum: The Devil Rides Out
- Topic: The Devil Rides Out - The Masterpiece
- Replies: 12
- Views: 93845
Thanks for a wonderful piece, Stevie. TDRO is my favourite DW novel. I'm only just beginning to discover his non-Black Magic work. TDRO is a fantastic book - it moves at an incredible pace, and is a wonderful portrait of England circa 1934. Thank you for all the pointers to other books and the refer...
- Thu 2 Nov, 2006 08:19:03
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: BBC 4 - THE HAUNTING OF TOBY JUGG
- Replies: 16
- Views: 123837
- Wed 1 Nov, 2006 08:24:23
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: BBC 4 - THE HAUNTING OF TOBY JUGG
- Replies: 16
- Views: 123837
Chin up Bob! It did mention the novel in the opening credits. I didn't even get through the whole thing - giving it up as a bad job after about 40 minutes. It showed such promise too. There were hints of what might have been (the best bits as you might guess being those that harked back to the novel...
- Thu 19 Oct, 2006 07:56:07
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Filming locations: The Devil Rides Out
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8588
Devil Rides Out - Locations
Will you be doing some conjuring in Black Park Country Park afterwards, Mr R?
- Thu 12 Oct, 2006 07:17:19
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: BBC 4 - THE HAUNTING OF TOBY JUGG
- Replies: 16
- Views: 123837
- Tue 10 Oct, 2006 20:37:08
- Forum: The Island Where Time Stands Still
- Topic: The Island Where Time Stands Still
- Replies: 7
- Views: 50408
Blimey! Sir Pellinore Gwaine-Cust's yacht sails into a storm three nights out of Tahiti. The passengers assemble in the lounge - the ladies with light furs over shoulders left bare by evening dresses, the men in DJs. A submerged coral reef is struck and everything goes pear shaped. Gregory is hurled...
- Tue 10 Oct, 2006 15:09:34
- Forum: The Island Where Time Stands Still
- Topic: The Island Where Time Stands Still
- Replies: 7
- Views: 50408
Archaic? Gadzooks! It's Dennis I tell you! The old rogue even has the gall to poke fun at various thriller writers including Dame Agatha. It really has been a corker, and I will have to read more Sallust (who obviously gave his first name to that Pendennis bounder). Also have a copy of Strange Confl...
- Mon 9 Oct, 2006 12:20:54
- Forum: The Island Where Time Stands Still
- Topic: The Island Where Time Stands Still
- Replies: 7
- Views: 50408
The Island Where Time Stands Still
Not really a critique or a review but just a comment on how much I'm enjoying this book at present. Gloomy Sundae recently handed me a copy. My only DW books are the Black Magic novels - although I did manage to fight my way through Uncharted Seas not too long ago, but wasn't moved enough to write a...
- Tue 6 Jun, 2006 07:19:31
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Decline of Dennis
- Replies: 31
- Views: 56001
Many thanks for your kind words! I haven't read enough of him to write in his style, but, owing to revisiting the Black Magic novels and watching A Letter To Posterity, I just loved his larger than life image and the Gregory Pendennis bit just poured out. Some other colleagues have told me it bears ...
- Tue 30 May, 2006 12:27:28
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Decline of Dennis
- Replies: 31
- Views: 56001
I'm currently forging my way through The Haunting Of Toby Jugg at present. The constant Socialist and Taxman bashing is a little distracting but also interesting from an historical perspective. The book was first published circa 1948 i.e. just after the so-called Letter To Posterity and seems to ref...
- Mon 3 Apr, 2006 12:25:27
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Wheatley's best book/short story/series
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16596