Saturday, February 27, 2010
Big Mouth Strikes Again
File under:
face in the frost,
fandom,
tower at the end of the world
Years later, a passage from The Face in the Frost reminds a reader about wider-than-usual mouths. Take heed, sir: Kuchisake Onna pops up The Tower at the End of the World.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Women in Bellairs' Fiction
File under:
dark secret of weatherend,
fandom,
letter the witch and the ring
What's Kate reading? Bellairs, again, as this prolific reader and blogger (who has reviewed more than a few Bellairs titles) has a new commentary on the female characters in John’s novels.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Light and Shade, Alas! Alas!
File under:
fan art
Vincent Desjardins is an illustrator and a fan of children's book illustrations who noted he was recently inspired by The Dark Secret of Weatherend
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Goreyana: Weatherend & Spell
File under:
dark secret of weatherend,
gorey,
spell of the sorcerers skull
Notes from Goreyana about The Dark Secret of Weatherend and The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull:
Friday, February 12, 2010
Top 10 Gorey Titles
In preparation for what would have been Edward Gorey’s 85th birthday later this month, we’re counting down what are, in our meager opinion, the top ten strangest sounding Gorey book titles. Who else could come up with something as arcane as The Eclectic Abecedarium?
Monday, February 8, 2010
Time Capsule: February 8, 1910
February 8, 1910: 100 years ago today – February 8, 1910 – William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America. Popular legend says that Boyce first learned of the Scouting movement organized by Lord Robert Baden-Powell from an Unknown Scout that gave him directions on a foggy London street in late 1909.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Something About Gorey
Gorey is a village in the parishes of Saint Martin and Grouville on the east coast of the island of Jersey, a British Crown Dependency near the coast of Normandy, France. Irwin Terry shared some comments about the village at Goreyana:
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