
Sunday, December 30, 2001
Book Alert: 鏡のなかの幽霊
File under:
bibliofile - japan,
ghost in the mirror

Monday, October 15, 2001
Evidence of Autumn
File under:
places - michigan

Thursday, September 6, 2001
Book Alert: The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost
File under:
names - strickland brad,
whistle the grave and the ghost

The next book (The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost) will be out, my editor tells me, in the summer of 2003 because Dial's rejiggering its publication dates so that Halloween books come out in summer. Although John Bellairs' characters have run up against evil sorcerers, animated mummies, and ghosts before, they've never had to deal with a classic monster, like, oh, say, a vampire...until now.
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Book Alert: La Pendule d'Halloween
File under:
bibliofile - france,
house with a clock in its walls

Monday, August 27, 2001
Remembrances: Norbert Geier
File under:
20 century - 1960s,
places - minnesota

I knew John during the two years that he taught at the College of Saint Teresa in Winona and, if I remember correctly, I was Chairman of the English Department during his second year.
I don't recall that John talked about his family or much about his life in Marshall, Michigan. I do remember that he talked about the nuns in the parochial school, especially how they made the children practice life-saving maneuvers should the Russians deiced to bomb Marshall. The children had to practice hiding under their desks.
Friday, August 24, 2001
Testimony: A Legacy For The Future
File under:
compleatbellairs,
fans - testimony

(Originally published at the compleatbellairs.com)
It is in the remarkable ways that we tend to perceive things in life. We sometimes, as normal human beings take things for granted. I could start out this testimony stating how great the Bellairs books are and how great of a writer Mr. Brad Strickland is in continuing the work but I believe that all of us already know that is true.
Thursday, August 16, 2001
Testimony: Gothic Boys And Literary Greats
File under:
compleatbellairs,
fans - testimony

(Originally published at the compleatbellairs.com)
When I was a boy, I was much like Johnny Dixon and Lewis Barnavelt: a pudgy blond boy with a yen for the old-fashioned and the mysterious. While other kids indulged in athletics, I became a voracious reader and video viewer. I loved old black-and-white movies as well as futuristic science fiction. I reveled in the spookiness of old radio show recordings, such as The Shadow, War of the Worlds, and Suspense! I knew what it was to be an outcast among my peers.
Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Meet the Dead Boy Detectives
File under:
fans - inspiration

Who Will Play the Cook?
File under:
fans - inspiration

Earlier this year we discovered that Bellairs fan and author Ursula Bielski was putting together a cookbook inspired by the works of John Bellairs. Yum! At the time the book was still being written and she was in the process of finding a publisher. She said at the time that she will see the project through to the end and if it comes down to it, she might even publish it herself.
Friday, August 10, 2001
Being Anthony Monday

Sunday, August 5, 2001
Book Alert: The Tower at the End of the World
File under:
names - strickland brad,
tower at the end of the world

Monday, July 16, 2001
All Eyes on Gorey's Prize
File under:
eyes of the killer robot,
names - gorey edward

Only $7500.00.
Sunday, June 17, 2001
Book Alert: 魔法の指輪
File under:
bibliofile - japan,
letter the witch and the ring

Thursday, May 3, 2001
Book Alert: 闇にひそむ影
File under:
bibliofile - japan,
figure in the shadows

Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Book Alert: The Tower at the End of the World
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names - strickland brad,
tower at the end of the world

Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Book Alert: Return of the Shuffly
File under:
names - fitschen marilyn,
pedant and the shuffly

And unlike the recent reprint of The Face in the Frost, Pedant will indeed feature the original artwork of Marilyn Fitschen - which only makes sense.
Sunday, April 8, 2001
Would That It Were Mine...
File under:
fans - testimony
Publishers Weekly had a feature recently (Feb. 12) asking children's editors which books they wish they had published. Paula Wiseman, the editorial director of Silver Whistle Books, had some kind words on the books of John Bellairs:
Tuesday, April 3, 2001
Movie News
File under:
film - news,
house with a clock in its walls

"Muse is also entering the children's entertainment market. It is co-producing The Never Ending Story, a live-action, special effects TV series based on the internationally acclaimed feature film franchise. It is also co-producing The House with a Clock in its Walls, a TV movie based on Ron Bellairs' classic novel."We received an e-mail reply from Betty Palik, a spokesperson for Muse Entertainment Enterprises, regarding this passage. She tells us that the project is still in the early development stages - scripting, financing, and that sort of thing - so they are apparently quite a ways off from the actual shooting stage.
Unfortunately, they give credit on their site to "Ron" Bellairs. They said they would correct that.
Sunday, March 25, 2001
Interview: Jonathan Abucejo
File under:
compleatbellairs,
fans - interview

Friday, March 23, 2001
Book Alert: Specter and Wrath in Paperback

Read on, fans!
Thursday, March 1, 2001
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
Book Alert: 壁のなかの時計
File under:
bibliofile - japan,
house with a clock in its walls

Monday, January 29, 2001
There, Then, That Izard!
Donna recently shared this bit of trivia with us after stumbling upon a particular – and most peculiar – name:
I had assumed that Bellairs had invented the name Izard for his villains Isaac and Serena in The House with a Clock in its Walls, but today I ran across the name Izzard in The Guinness Book of Names by Leslie Dunkling (6th edition). It's in the chapter on the history of surnames, under the section "Henry Guppy's 'Peculiar' Names" [118-21].
Here's Dunkling's explanation:
Tuesday, January 23, 2001
All About Evil: Who Wants to be An Evil Heir?
File under:
fans - all about evil
Author:
broteus mitchell
Saturday, January 20, 2001
In The Many Eyes Of Fans
File under:
compleatbellairs,
fans - inspiration

Tuesday, January 9, 2001
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