Just got off the phone with Russ, and he wanted me to pass along the following bit of news: He says the event at the British Library has proven to be “more popular than was anticipated,” and the upshot is that it will be moving to a larger venue.Apparently the wave of Russmania we’ve all been working to build for so many years is finally cresting. ; )

The date will also be changing; Russ says they’ve given him his choice of February 15, 16, or 17, and he’ll let us know the final date once it’s settled.

Oh, and speaking of Russmania, he says the response to Angelica Lost and Found has felt more positive than anything he’s experienced since Riddley Walker. He sounds a little stunned (and pleased, obviously) at how uniformly good the reviews have been.

Then he told me ten minutes’ worth of very silly jokes about babies who look like monkeys, and giraffes in refrigerators.

He also mentioned that he’ll be working on his next book with Quentin Blake, which is called Rosie’s Magic Horse, sometime around the summer of 2011.

And he’s working on his next novel, something he started a while back and then put aside because he didn’t know where to go with it, but new ideas have come to him so he’s slowly getting back into it. (He told me the working title but asked me to keep it under my hat till he gets a little farther along.)

As you were …

Dave

Thanks Dave, awesome stuff :-)I now understand from Jake Wilson, via Russ himself, that the British
Library talk has been confirmed for 6:30pm on Tuesday 15th February, in the
Conference Hall.

All bes

Richard

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Dave Awl <day_____@_____.com>wrote:

>
>
> Just got off the phone with Russ, and he wanted me to pass along the
> following bit of news: He says the event at the British Library has proven
> to be “more popular than was anticipated,” and the upshot is that it will be
> moving to a larger venue.
>
> Apparently the wave of Russmania we’ve all been working to build for so
> many years is finally cresting. ; )
>
> The date will also be changing; Russ says they’ve given him his choice of
> February 15, 16, or 17, and he’ll let us know the final date once it’s
> settled.
>
> Oh, and speaking of Russmania, he says the response to Angelica Lost and
> Found has felt more positive than anything he’s experienced since Riddley
> Walker. He sounds a little stunned (and pleased, obviously) at how uniformly
> good the reviews have been.
>
> Then he told me ten minutes’ worth of very silly jokes about babies who
> look like monkeys, and giraffes in refrigerators.
>
> He also mentioned that he’ll be working on his next book with Quentin
> Blake, which is called Rosie’s Magic Horse, sometime around the summer of
> 2011.
>
> And he’s working on his next novel, something he started a while back and
> then put aside because he didn’t know where to go with it, but new ideas
> have come to him so he’s slowly getting back into it. (He told me the
> working title but asked me to keep it under my hat till he gets a little
> farther along.)
>
> As you were …
>
> Dave
>
>

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Just to say that the British Library page for booking tickets for the event
( http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event116259.html ) hasn’t been updated yet
with the new date but it’s assumed tickets bought will still be valid for
the new date/venue.RC

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:

> Thanks Dave, awesome stuff 🙂
>
> I now understand from Jake Wilson, via Russ himself, that the British
> Library talk has been confirmed for 6:30pm on Tuesday 15th February, in the
> Conference Hall.
>
> All bes
>
> Richard
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Dave Awl <day_____@_____.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Just got off the phone with Russ, and he wanted me to pass along the
>> following bit of news: He says the event at the British Library has proven
>> to be “more popular than was anticipated,” and the upshot is that it will be
>> moving to a larger venue.
>>
>> Apparently the wave of Russmania we’ve all been working to build for so
>> many years is finally cresting. ; )
>>
>> The date will also be changing; Russ says they’ve given him his choice of
>> February 15, 16, or 17, and he’ll let us know the final date once it’s
>> settled.
>>
>> Oh, and speaking of Russmania, he says the response to Angelica Lost and
>> Found has felt more positive than anything he’s experienced since Riddley
>> Walker. He sounds a little stunned (and pleased, obviously) at how uniformly
>> good the reviews have been.
>>
>> Then he told me ten minutes’ worth of very silly jokes about babies who
>> look like monkeys, and giraffes in refrigerators.
>>
>> He also mentioned that he’ll be working on his next book with Quentin
>> Blake, which is called Rosie’s Magic Horse, sometime around the summer of
>> 2011.
>>
>> And he’s working on his next novel, something he started a while back and
>> then put aside because he didn’t know where to go with it, but new ideas
>> have come to him so he’s slowly getting back into it. (He told me the
>> working title but asked me to keep it under my hat till he gets a little
>> farther along.)
>>
>> As you were …
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
>
>
> —
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Bloomberg review: “It all adds up to a curiously convincing and intricate
tale of the power of art.”http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-25/lecherous-sea-monster-lustful-hippogriff-spring-to-life-in-hoban-fantasy.html

RC

 

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:

> A very positive review in today’s Guardian from Patrick Ness (author of the
> Riddleyesque Chaos Walking trilogy):
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/20/russell-hoban-angelica-lost-review
>
> “Delightfully, inspirationally, just a few months from his 86th birthday,
> Hoban is still at it. What’s more (and better), *Angelica Lost and Found *is
> a corker, a wildly entertaining, intellectually adventurous and marvellously
> odd attempt to answer a question we all must have asked ourselves at some
> point: what would happen if a hippogriff in a painting fell in love with a
> mythological heroine and went to find her in present-day San Francisco?”
>
> No spoilers, really (I’m still half way through the book myself and one
> basic revelation in the review didn’t come as a surprise).
>
> All bes
>
> Richard
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>
>> Review in today’s Daily Mail: “…in the hands of anyone other than
>> Russell Hoban [the plot] would make for tiresome, pointless and
>> self-regarding tosh. However, once he�s got past the tangle of explanations
>> for the book�s mind-bending �dream of reality�, this bizarre story turns out
>> to be, amazingly, not only intriguing but actively entertaining.”
>>
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1328038/Russell-Hoban-Angelica-Lost-And-Found.html#ixzz155Wn8szY
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Review in today’s Independent – “It’s a short, delicious book: consume it
>>> quickly.”
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/angelica-lost-and-found-by-russell-hoban-2125161.html
>>>
>>> (Haven’t read it myself yet, still reading the book – quick consumption
>>> in my case always leads to indigestion)
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well spotted Chris!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Chris <chr_____@_____.nz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not another review, as such, but ‘Angelica Lost and Found’ does get a
>>>>> mention at the end of Russ’s piece:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-a-lifetime-russell-hoban-2119239.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Book Of A Lifetime: Russell Hoban – ‘Weir Of Hermiston’, By Robert
>>>>> Louis Stevenson.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Sadly, Russ’s piece was apparently posted without being subedited; the
>>>>> economics of 21st Century newspaper publishing…)
>>>>>
>>>>> CB
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> — In the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>,
>>>>> Richard Cooper &lt_____@_____.> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > This is the first review of Angelica Lost and Found I’ve seen:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/books/845345-angelica-lost-and-found-lacks-commonsensical-reason
>>>>> >
>>>>> > It’s a positive review, if brief. Metro isn’t a very serious paper
>>>>> but
>>>>> > being a freesheet it does reach thousands of people which can only be
>>>>> > a good thing. I especially like the list of “related tags” the
>>>>> article
>>>>> > is filed under: “reason – commonsensical – angelica – hippogriff –
>>>>> > wonderland” – which are surreal in themselves but clicking some of
>>>>> > them brings up a weird assortment of culture.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If anyone sees any more reviews of the book anywhere online please
>>>>> > post them under this thread. Beware though that some reviews may
>>>>> > contain more information about the book than some people who have yet
>>>>> > to read it may want to know. (The Metro review doesn’t come under
>>>>> this
>>>>> > category btw.)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Best
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Richard
>>>>> >
>>>>> > —
>>>>> > thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>> > youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> —
>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> —
>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> —
>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>
>
>
>
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Financial Times review: “Hoban believes there are at least two forms of
reality, so anyone in search of a linear narrative probably shouldn�t look
to him to provide it. … he is a louche writer of 1940s pulp fiction
trapped in the laptop of a hyper-intelligent, metaphysically challenged
modern Jew.”http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d6e47b10-ede9-11df-8616-00144feab49a.html#axzz15uH6U4Ea

RC

 

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:

> Bloomberg review: “It all adds up to a curiously convincing and intricate
> tale of the power of art.”
>
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-25/lecherous-sea-monster-lustful-hippogriff-spring-to-life-in-hoban-fantasy.html
>
> RC
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>
>> A very positive review in today’s Guardian from Patrick Ness (author of
>> the Riddleyesque Chaos Walking trilogy):
>>
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/20/russell-hoban-angelica-lost-review
>>
>> “Delightfully, inspirationally, just a few months from his 86th birthday,
>> Hoban is still at it. What’s more (and better), *Angelica Lost and Found
>> *is a corker, a wildly entertaining, intellectually adventurous and
>> marvellously odd attempt to answer a question we all must have asked
>> ourselves at some point: what would happen if a hippogriff in a painting
>> fell in love with a mythological heroine and went to find her in present-day
>> San Francisco?”
>>
>> No spoilers, really (I’m still half way through the book myself and one
>> basic revelation in the review didn’t come as a surprise).
>>
>> All bes
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Review in today’s Daily Mail: “…in the hands of anyone other than
>>> Russell Hoban [the plot] would make for tiresome, pointless and
>>> self-regarding tosh. However, once he�s got past the tangle of explanations
>>> for the book�s mind-bending �dream of reality�, this bizarre story turns out
>>> to be, amazingly, not only intriguing but actively entertaining.”
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1328038/Russell-Hoban-Angelica-Lost-And-Found.html#ixzz155Wn8szY
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Review in today’s Independent – “It’s a short, delicious book: consume
>>>> it quickly.”
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/angelica-lost-and-found-by-russell-hoban-2125161.html
>>>>
>>>> (Haven’t read it myself yet, still reading the book – quick consumption
>>>> in my case always leads to indigestion)
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well spotted Chris!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Chris <chr_____@_____.nz> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not another review, as such, but ‘Angelica Lost and Found’ does get a
>>>>>> mention at the end of Russ’s piece:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-a-lifetime-russell-hoban-2119239.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Book Of A Lifetime: Russell Hoban – ‘Weir Of Hermiston’, By Robert
>>>>>> Louis Stevenson.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (Sadly, Russ’s piece was apparently posted without being subedited;
>>>>>> the economics of 21st Century newspaper publishing…)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CB
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> — In the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>,
>>>>>> Richard Cooper &lt_____@_____.> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > This is the first review of Angelica Lost and Found I’ve seen:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/books/845345-angelica-lost-and-found-lacks-commonsensical-reason
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > It’s a positive review, if brief. Metro isn’t a very serious paper
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> > being a freesheet it does reach thousands of people which can only
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> > a good thing. I especially like the list of “related tags” the
>>>>>> article
>>>>>> > is filed under: “reason – commonsensical – angelica – hippogriff –
>>>>>> > wonderland” – which are surreal in themselves but clicking some of
>>>>>> > them brings up a weird assortment of culture.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > If anyone sees any more reviews of the book anywhere online please
>>>>>> > post them under this thread. Beware though that some reviews may
>>>>>> > contain more information about the book than some people who have
>>>>>> yet
>>>>>> > to read it may want to know. (The Metro review doesn’t come under
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> > category btw.)
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Best
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Richard
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > —
>>>>>> > thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>>> > youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>> >
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> —
>>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> —
>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> —
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>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> —
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>>
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Don’t think this has been posted here as yet – a nice short interview
starting with “what book changed your life?” and going on to Russ’s daily
routine:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9d758ade-f363-11df-b34f-00144feab49a.html#axzz160c64GOt

RC

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Russ’s piece for the Guardian Book Club on Riddley Walker is now online:http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/26/russell-hoban-riddley-walker

This will appear in tomorrow’s print edition.

I just spoke to Russ about it briefly and asked him if it was a new piece he
had written or if it was developed from his interview at the Guardian the
other night (of which more soon) because there are several phrases in it
that Russ used exactly at the interview. He said though that it was a piece
he had written for the Book Club.

Enjoy

RC

 

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM, mike dickman <cro_____@_____.com> wrote:

> yes – you’re dead right, Yvonne… at least a month.
> thanks for pointing it out properly.
>
>
>
> >
> > If you look at the descriptions of the moon, it says it was “Ful of the
> > Moon” (p. 4) on Riddley’s naming day in ch.1, but “Dark of the Moon” (p.
> > 191) in ch. 17, when Riddley has that important revelation in the crypt
> of
> > Cambry. So that’s half a moon cycle. After that, Riddley meets Orfing in
> > Cambry and they wait for a “14nt”, I read this as a fortnight (p. 196),
> in
> > which time he writes down the story, until they continue their journey to
> > perform their first show. That’s why I think the story takes place within
> > about a month.
> >
>
>
>
> —
> Look on this life as the illusion of appearance�emptiness, rely on the
> unborn nature of mindand pray that you will be of benefit to others.All
> practice is summed up in this.*~Spontaneously sung by Dechen Rangdr�l
> (Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtsho Rinpoche)* *
>
> *Not one atom opposes us.
> *~Ch’an Master Hongzhi Zhenjue*
>
>
> No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destination in mind
> *~Old saying
> *
> The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through
> everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
> ~David Steindl-Rast* A Listening Heart*
>
>
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Thank you, Richard. I enjoyed this interview.________________________________
From: Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>
To: The Kraken <the_____@_____.com>
Sent: Fri, November 26, 2010 5:40:10 AM
Subject: [the-kraken] Russell Hoban – Small Talk, Financial Times

Don’t think this has been posted here as yet – a nice short interview
starting with “what book changed your life?” and going on to Russ’s daily
routine:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9d758ade-f363-11df-b34f-00144feab49a.html#axzz160c64GOt

RC

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I especially liked the last Q&A:What does it mean to be a writer?
It’s the highest form of living I can think of.

So many writers beat themselves up. It is wonderful to see a great writer take
pride in what he does.

________________________________
From: Lindsay Edmunds <wor_____@_____.com>
To: the_____@_____.com
Sent: Fri, November 26, 2010 10:45:06 AM
Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russell Hoban – Small Talk, Financial Times

Thank you, Richard. I enjoyed this interview.

________________________________
From: Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>
To: The Kraken <the_____@_____.com>
Sent: Fri, November 26, 2010 5:40:10 AM
Subject: [the-kraken] Russell Hoban – Small Talk, Financial Times

Don’t think this has been posted here as yet – a nice short interview
starting with “what book changed your life?” and going on to Russ’s daily
routine:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9d758ade-f363-11df-b34f-00144feab49a.html#axzz160c64GOt

RC

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all the questions are pretty good, actually… i was quite impressed.
not bad at all for a brief portrait–
Look on this life as the illusion of appearance�emptiness, rely on the
unborn nature of mindand pray that you will be of benefit to others.All
practice is summed up in this.*~Spontaneously sung by Dechen Rangdr�l
(Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtsho Rinpoche)* *

*Not one atom opposes us.
*~Ch’an Master Hongzhi Zhenjue*

No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destination in mind
*~Old saying
*
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everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
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The SA4QE site has just been updated with a full report, quotes and photos
on Monday’s excellent interview:http://sa4qe.blogspot.com/2010/11/russell-hoban-at-guardian-book-club-22.html

Enjoy 🙂

Richard

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The BL site has been updated with a new page for the event on the new date
of 15 February:http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event118502.html

<http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event118502.html>RC

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:

> The British Library’s site has now been updated – they still have the
> creative spelling of “Feburary” on there but full details of the Will Self
> conversation and a ticket purchase button can now be found at
> http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event116259.html
>
> From the blurb the event does seem to be mostly about Riddley Walker, as of
> course Self wrote the preface to the 2002 edition of RW – so anyone not
> familiar with Self’s “Book of Dave” can rest easy.
>
> Given that the date of this event is in the same week as Russ’s 86th
> birthday and SA4QE it might also be a good opportunity to make a day of it,
> if any Krakenites feel like meeting up in the afternoon beforehand?
>
> All bes (agane)
>
> Richard
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>
>> It appears the link you now have to go to is
>> http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=BRITISHLIB&organ_val=25385and then click February in the menu
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, should have added that you have to click “February” in the sidebar
>>> to see the Russ event.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well spotted Tim! There’s still nothing listed on that “Feburary” (sic)
>>>> page on the BL’s site but if you follow the box office link to
>>>> http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase you’ll find the event
>>>> near the top of the page and can click “buy tickets” adjacent.
>>>>
>>>> Hope to see some of you there 🙂
>>>>
>>>> All bes
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Tim Haillay <T.H_____@_____.uk>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27/10/2010 16:07, Richard Cooper wrote:
>>>>> > Krakenoids!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > It seems Russ is subscribing to the Leonard Cohen approach to
>>>>> > late-life touring. The latest news, which I have from Russ himself,
>>>>> is
>>>>> > that he and Will Self will be appearing in a “two-hander” at the
>>>>> > British Library, London, with Russ talking about Riddley Walker and
>>>>> > Will Self talking about The Book of Dave. I am assured this is
>>>>> > happening on 2nd February next year, although the BL’s events page
>>>>> > doesn’t mention it yet:
>>>>> > http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/date/feburary11/feburary.html
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I will let you know if I hear anything more, otherwise please keep an
>>>>> > eye on that page (if only to see if their web content manager manages
>>>>> > to spell “February” correctly… but then maybe it’s deliberate, I
>>>>> > mean language is a living fing, innit).
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Looks like SA4QE 2011 and Russ’s 86th birthday celebrations will be
>>>>> pretty wild!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > All bes
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Richard
>>>>> >
>>>>> The just-received hard-copy of BL events has the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> Russell Hoban and Will Self in Conversation
>>>>>
>>>>> Wednesday 2 February 18:45-20:00
>>>>>
>>>>> Thirty years ago Russell Hoban depicted a post-apocalyptic Britain in
>>>>> the remarkable novel Riddley Walker, composed entirely in an archaic
>>>>> future-pidgin English. Will Self’s The Book of Dave uses a similar
>>>>> demotic called Mokni. A discussion, with readings, looking especially
>>>>> at
>>>>> the speculative and modified language of these books, as well as
>>>>> Russell
>>>>> Hoban’s wider writing career.
>>>>>
>>>>> All tickets �3 / Conference Centre
>>>>>
>>>>> Book Event Tickets: http://boxoffice.bl.uk
>>>>> +44 (0)1937 546 546
>>>>>
>>>>> Or in person at the Information Desk
>>>>> Box Office open
>>>>> 09:00-17:00, Monday – Friday
>>>>>
>>>>> T X
>>>>>
>>>>> —
>>>>>
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>>>>> Cataloguing Supervisor tel: 01273 873500
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>>>>> Brighton
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Hi allThose of you interested in attending the February gig might be
reassured by this email which has been sent to buyers of tickets for
the original 2nd February date:

Event at the British Library – Russell Hoban and Will Self in
Conversation – Wednesday 2 February

Due to overwhelming demand for tickets it was decided that this event
should be moved to a larger venue. Unfortunately this has necessitated
moving the event to another date, Tuesday 15 February, as the
auditorium was not available on 2 February.

If you do wish to attend on Tuesday 15 February your ticket for 2
February will still be valid for the new date. Please bring your
ticket or confirmation email along with you.

If you no longer wish to attend this event due to the change of date
and paid with a credit or charge card please contact the Box Office on
01937 546 546. Please have the card you used to book your tickets with
on hand when you call so that a credit can be made direct to your
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Again I apologise for any inconvenience this change may cause you and
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On 26/11/2010 12:44, Richard Cooper wrote:

The podcast of the John Mullan interview with Russ at the Guardian is
available here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2010/nov/29/russell-hoban-guardian-book-club

Tim
> Russ’s piece for the Guardian Book Club on Riddley Walker is now online:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/26/russell-hoban-riddley-walker
>
> This will appear in tomorrow’s print edition.
>
> I just spoke to Russ about it briefly and asked him if it was a new piece he
> had written or if it was developed from his interview at the Guardian the
> other night (of which more soon) because there are several phrases in it
> that Russ used exactly at the interview. He said though that it was a piece
> he had written for the Book Club.
>
> Enjoy
>
> RC
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM, mike dickman<cro_____@_____.com> wrote:
>
>> yes – you’re dead right, Yvonne… at least a month.
>> thanks for pointing it out properly.
>>
>>
>>
>>> If you look at the descriptions of the moon, it says it was “Ful of the
>>> Moon” (p. 4) on Riddley’s naming day in ch.1, but “Dark of the Moon” (p.
>>> 191) in ch. 17, when Riddley has that important revelation in the crypt
>> of
>>> Cambry. So that’s half a moon cycle. After that, Riddley meets Orfing in
>>> Cambry and they wait for a “14nt”, I read this as a fortnight (p. 196),
>> in
>>> which time he writes down the story, until they continue their journey to
>>> perform their first show. That’s why I think the story takes place within
>>> about a month.
>>>
>>
>>
>> —
>> Look on this life as the illusion of appearance–emptiness, rely on the
>> unborn nature of mindand pray that you will be of benefit to others.All
>> practice is summed up in this.*~Spontaneously sung by Dechen Rangdröl
>> (Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtsho Rinpoche)* *
>>
>> *Not one atom opposes us.
>> *~Ch’an Master Hongzhi Zhenjue*
>>
>>
>> No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destination in mind
>> *~Old saying
>> *
>> The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through
>> everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
>> ~David Steindl-Rast* A Listening Heart*
>>
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Thanks a lot for the link, Tim! xGreetings to awl,

Yvonne

Am 01.12.2010 um 09:47 schrieb Tim Haillay:

> On 26/11/2010 12:44, Richard Cooper wrote:
>
> The podcast of the John Mullan interview with Russ at the Guardian is
> available here:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2010/nov/29/russell-hoban-guardian-book-club
>
> Tim
>> Russ’s piece for the Guardian Book Club on Riddley Walker is now online:
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/26/russell-hoban-riddley-walker
>>
>> This will appear in tomorrow’s print edition.
>>
>> I just spoke to Russ about it briefly and asked him if it was a new piece he
>> had written or if it was developed from his interview at the Guardian the
>> other night (of which more soon) because there are several phrases in it
>> that Russ used exactly at the interview. He said though that it was a piece
>> he had written for the Book Club.
>>
>> Enjoy
>>
>> RC
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM, mike dickman<cro_____@_____.com> wrote:
>>
>>> yes – you’re dead right, Yvonne… at least a month.
>>> thanks for pointing it out properly.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you look at the descriptions of the moon, it says it was “Ful of the
>>>> Moon” (p. 4) on Riddley’s naming day in ch.1, but “Dark of the Moon” (p.
>>>> 191) in ch. 17, when Riddley has that important revelation in the crypt
>>> of
>>>> Cambry. So that’s half a moon cycle. After that, Riddley meets Orfing in
>>>> Cambry and they wait for a “14nt”, I read this as a fortnight (p. 196),
>>> in
>>>> which time he writes down the story, until they continue their journey to
>>>> perform their first show. That’s why I think the story takes place within
>>>> about a month.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> —
>>> Look on this life as the illusion of appearance–emptiness, rely on the
>>> unborn nature of mindand pray that you will be of benefit to others.All
>>> practice is summed up in this.*~Spontaneously sung by Dechen Rangdröl
>>> (Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtsho Rinpoche)* *
>>>
>>> *Not one atom opposes us.
>>> *~Ch’an Master Hongzhi Zhenjue*
>>>
>>>
>>> No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destination in mind
>>> *~Old saying
>>> *
>>> The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through
>>> everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
>>> ~David Steindl-Rast* A Listening Heart*
>>>
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I’m no expert (indeed not even a novice) on this topic, Anthony, but your criticisms seem valid to me. One of the more pleasant aspects of Wikipedia in my opinion is that it’ll always be a work in progress. I agree that many of its entries include vague, unsupported assertions and I’m probably stating the obvious here, but…You could edit the entry or make your suggestions under the ‘Discussion’ section?

CB

— In the_____@_____.com, “apsley88” &lt_____@_____.> wrote:
>
> Ah, but Wikipedia isn’t an ‘it’, it isn’t a thing, but a collective, any of whom may be mavericks (a bit like The Kraken?):
>
> Google, of course, presents as an ‘it’, although many work on it, but one imagines that they are tasked to one end, whereas those who contribute material to Wikipedia or who edit what is already there have their more particular axe to grind, as (which I maintain) that the works of Beckettt and Kafka (amongst others) have more humour in them than either writer is given credit for.
>
> If that ain’t your stance on B. & Q. (for K. is referred to as Q. in the enrty (?) that I quote below), then there will be ripostes to my thesis, and, although the text is supposed to develop organically, you either have faith in the Marxist struggle towards the truth, or you say that perhaps the more persistent voice will dominate, or something in-between.
>
> Add in the spoiling activities of those who wilfully edit the pages to insert the spurious, and you have, in my eyes, not a good source of reliable information about anything, but the scenraio (?) described in this self-referential entry:
>
>
> The story describes a mythical Babylon in which all activities are dictated by an all-encompassing lottery, a metaphor for the role of chance in one’s life [*]. Initially, the lottery was run as a futuristic lottery would be with tickets purchased and the winner receiving an unspecified reward. Later, punishments and larger monetary rewards were introduced. Further, participation became mandatory for all but the elite. Finally, it simultaneously became so all-encompassing and so secret some whispered “the Company has never existed, and never will.” [**]
>
> A further interpretation is that the Lottery and the Company that runs it are actually an allegory of a deity or Zeus [***]. Like the workings of a deity in the eyes of men, the Company that runs the Lottery acts, apparently, at random and through means not known by its subjects, leaving men with two options: to accept it to be all-knowing and all-powerful but mysterious, or to deny its existence. Both theories have supporters in this allegory [****].
>
> In many other books [*****], Borges dealt with metaphysical questions about the meaning of life and the possible existence of higher authorities, and also presented this same paradoxical [******] vision of a world that may be run by a good and wise deity [*******] but seems to lack any discernible meaning. This view may also be considered present [********] in The Library of Babel, another Borges story.
>
> Borges makes a brief reference to Franz Kafka as Qaphqa, the legendary Latrine [*********] where spies of the Company [**********] leave information [***********].
>
>
> My obervations:
>
> [*] A bald and, to me, rather banal assertion.
>
> [**] Suddenly, ‘the Company’ is alluded to (but we’re not talking about Camelot).
>
> [***] Is this meant to balance the banality of [*]? As to ‘a deity or Zeus’, the phrase suggests that Zeus isn’t a deity, and why Zeus anyway?
>
> [****] So it’s not ‘a metaphor’ any longer? Or are the words ‘allegory’ and ‘metaphor’ being twisted together as unwilling synonyms?
>
> [*****] This is hopelessly unspecific! These ‘books’ are (largely) collections of other stories (and poems), sometimes essays, but whoever wrote this is being so vague that there is no basis on which to credit him or her with knowing anything else about the writings of this author.
>
> [******] Let’s throw in another Borgesian word for good measure!
>
> [*******] The phrase ‘a world that may be run by a good and wise deity’ strikes me as equally vague. Does the contributor have some personal view that is being stated as if in comment on this story?
>
> [********] A feeble assertion, again with no weight behind it – what is being said might be true, but this is no convincing way of arguing for or demonstrating it.
>
> [*********] There is nothing ‘legendary’ about the latrine in the English translations that I have read – it is described as ‘sacred’, but nothing suggests (except that Borges has made it up?), that it doesn’t exist in the piece’s own terms.
>
> [**********] The ‘spies’ are self-appointed, so they are more in the nature of ‘informants’, who creep in to carry out this role, not a gathering of agents, as suggested.
>
> [***********] I think that this overstates what I remember the position to be – I believe that the text is less clear in asserting, as fact, that this happens, or, rather, suggests that the latrine itself, whether or not people believe that what they leave there will make its way to the Company, may not really be such a way of reliably or at all communicating with it.
>
>
> Sorry for labouring the point, but I really wouldn’t want anyone to take this Wikipedia entry as a starting-point for learning about this sublime story, whether or not it has been read first! I find it so keen to impart detail insignificantly or meaninglessly with regard to its major and unsubstantiated claims about what ‘The Lottery in Babylon’ says that it is not worth consulting, and is evidence that the means of accretion by which these entries develop (tend to) lead to a poor result.
>

Definitely enjoyable. “I think that’s called talent.” Just wonderful. I
hope they film the conversation with Will Self.Thanks for the link.

Deb

—–Original Message—–
From: Yvonne Studer
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 2:26 PM
To: the_____@_____.com
Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Re: Riddley Walker in the Guardian Book Club

Thanks a lot for the link, Tim! x

Greetings to awl,

Yvonne

Am 01.12.2010 um 09:47 schrieb Tim Haillay:

> On 26/11/2010 12:44, Richard Cooper wrote:
>
> The podcast of the John Mullan interview with Russ at the Guardian is
> available here:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2010/nov/29/russell-hoban-guardian-book-club
>
> Tim
>> Russ’s piece for the Guardian Book Club on Riddley Walker is now online:
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/26/russell-hoban-riddley-walker
>>
>> This will appear in tomorrow’s print edition.
>>
>> I just spoke to Russ about it briefly and asked him if it was a new piece
>> he
>> had written or if it was developed from his interview at the Guardian the
>> other night (of which more soon) because there are several phrases in it
>> that Russ used exactly at the interview. He said though that it was a
>> piece
>> he had written for the Book Club.
>>
>> Enjoy
>>
>> RC
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM, mike dickman<cro_____@_____.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> yes – you’re dead right, Yvonne… at least a month.
>>> thanks for pointing it out properly.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you look at the descriptions of the moon, it says it was “Ful of the
>>>> Moon” (p. 4) on Riddley’s naming day in ch.1, but “Dark of the Moon”
>>>> (p.
>>>> 191) in ch. 17, when Riddley has that important revelation in the crypt
>>> of
>>>> Cambry. So that’s half a moon cycle. After that, Riddley meets Orfing
>>>> in
>>>> Cambry and they wait for a “14nt”, I read this as a fortnight (p. 196),
>>> in
>>>> which time he writes down the story, until they continue their journey
>>>> to
>>>> perform their first show. That’s why I think the story takes place
>>>> within
>>>> about a month.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> —
>>> Look on this life as the illusion of appearance–emptiness, rely on the
>>> unborn nature of mindand pray that you will be of benefit to others.All
>>> practice is summed up in this.*~Spontaneously sung by Dechen Rangdröl
>>> (Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtsho Rinpoche)* *
>>>
>>> *Not one atom opposes us.
>>> *~Ch’an Master Hongzhi Zhenjue*
>>>
>>>
>>> No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destination in mind
>>> *~Old saying
>>> *
>>> The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through
>>> everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
>>> ~David Steindl-Rast* A Listening Heart*
>>>
>>>
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“Hoban�s fantasy is a joyous affair” – Positive review in today’s Telegraph:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8176774/Angelica-Lost-and-Found-by-Russell-Hoban-review.html

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8176774/Angelica-Lost-and-Found-by-Russell-Hoban-review.html>
RC

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:

> Financial Times review: “Hoban believes there are at least two forms of
> reality, so anyone in search of a linear narrative probably shouldn�t look
> to him to provide it. … he is a louche writer of 1940s pulp fiction
> trapped in the laptop of a hyper-intelligent, metaphysically challenged
> modern Jew.”
>
>
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d6e47b10-ede9-11df-8616-00144feab49a.html#axzz15uH6U4Ea
>
> RC
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>
>> Bloomberg review: “It all adds up to a curiously convincing and intricate
>> tale of the power of art.”
>>
>>
>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-25/lecherous-sea-monster-lustful-hippogriff-spring-to-life-in-hoban-fantasy.html
>>
>> RC
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>
>>> A very positive review in today’s Guardian from Patrick Ness (author of
>>> the Riddleyesque Chaos Walking trilogy):
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/20/russell-hoban-angelica-lost-review
>>>
>>> “Delightfully, inspirationally, just a few months from his 86th birthday,
>>> Hoban is still at it. What’s more (and better), *Angelica Lost and Found
>>> *is a corker, a wildly entertaining, intellectually adventurous and
>>> marvellously odd attempt to answer a question we all must have asked
>>> ourselves at some point: what would happen if a hippogriff in a painting
>>> fell in love with a mythological heroine and went to find her in present-day
>>> San Francisco?”
>>>
>>> No spoilers, really (I’m still half way through the book myself and one
>>> basic revelation in the review didn’t come as a surprise).
>>>
>>> All bes
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Review in today’s Daily Mail: “…in the hands of anyone other than
>>>> Russell Hoban [the plot] would make for tiresome, pointless and
>>>> self-regarding tosh. However, once he�s got past the tangle of explanations
>>>> for the book�s mind-bending �dream of reality�, this bizarre story turns out
>>>> to be, amazingly, not only intriguing but actively entertaining.”
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1328038/Russell-Hoban-Angelica-Lost-And-Found.html#ixzz155Wn8szY
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Review in today’s Independent – “It’s a short, delicious book: consume
>>>>> it quickly.”
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/angelica-lost-and-found-by-russell-hoban-2125161.html
>>>>>
>>>>> (Haven’t read it myself yet, still reading the book – quick consumption
>>>>> in my case always leads to indigestion)
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well spotted Chris!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Chris <chr_____@_____.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not another review, as such, but ‘Angelica Lost and Found’ does get a
>>>>>>> mention at the end of Russ’s piece:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-a-lifetime-russell-hoban-2119239.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Book Of A Lifetime: Russell Hoban – ‘Weir Of Hermiston’, By Robert
>>>>>>> Louis Stevenson.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Sadly, Russ’s piece was apparently posted without being subedited;
>>>>>>> the economics of 21st Century newspaper publishing…)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> — In the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>,
>>>>>>> Richard Cooper &lt_____@_____.> wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > This is the first review of Angelica Lost and Found I’ve seen:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/books/845345-angelica-lost-and-found-lacks-commonsensical-reason
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > It’s a positive review, if brief. Metro isn’t a very serious paper
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> > being a freesheet it does reach thousands of people which can only
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> > a good thing. I especially like the list of “related tags” the
>>>>>>> article
>>>>>>> > is filed under: “reason – commonsensical – angelica – hippogriff –
>>>>>>> > wonderland” – which are surreal in themselves but clicking some of
>>>>>>> > them brings up a weird assortment of culture.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > If anyone sees any more reviews of the book anywhere online please
>>>>>>> > post them under this thread. Beware though that some reviews may
>>>>>>> > contain more information about the book than some people who have
>>>>>>> yet
>>>>>>> > to read it may want to know. (The Metro review doesn’t come under
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> > category btw.)
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Best
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Richard
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > —
>>>>>>> > thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>>>> > youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
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Thank you for this link. It is wonderful to see ANGELICA getting the reviews it
deserves. And after I described the plot, a friend ordered it immediately!________________________________
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To: the_____@_____.com
Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 11:30:52 AM
Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Re: Angelica Lost and Found – reviews (may contain
spoilers)

“Hoban’s fantasy is a joyous affair” – Positive review in today’s Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8176774/Angelica-Lost-and-Found-by-Russell-Hoban-review.html

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8176774/Angelica-Lost-and-Found-by-Russell-Hoban-review.html>

RC

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:

> Financial Times review: “Hoban believes there are at least two forms of
> reality, so anyone in search of a linear narrative probably shouldn’t look
> to him to provide it. … he is a louche writer of 1940s pulp fiction
> trapped in the laptop of a hyper-intelligent, metaphysically challenged
> modern Jew.”
>
>
>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d6e47b10-ede9-11df-8616-00144feab49a.html#axzz15uH6U4Ea
>a
>
> RC
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>
>> Bloomberg review: “It all adds up to a curiously convincing and intricate
>> tale of the power of art.”
>>
>>
>>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-25/lecherous-sea-monster-lustful-hippogriff-spring-to-life-in-hoban-fantasy.html
>>l
>>
>> RC
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>
>>> A very positive review in today’s Guardian from Patrick Ness (author of
>>> the Riddleyesque Chaos Walking trilogy):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/20/russell-hoban-angelica-lost-review
>>>
>>> “Delightfully, inspirationally, just a few months from his 86th birthday,
>>> Hoban is still at it. What’s more (and better), *Angelica Lost and Found
>>> *is a corker, a wildly entertaining, intellectually adventurous and
>>> marvellously odd attempt to answer a question we all must have asked
>>> ourselves at some point: what would happen if a hippogriff in a painting
>>> fell in love with a mythological heroine and went to find her in present-day
>>> San Francisco?”
>>>
>>> No spoilers, really (I’m still half way through the book myself and one
>>> basic revelation in the review didn’t come as a surprise).
>>>
>>> All bes
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Review in today’s Daily Mail: “…in the hands of anyone other than
>>>> Russell Hoban [the plot] would make for tiresome, pointless and
>>>> self-regarding tosh. However, once he’s got past the tangle of explanations
>>>> for the book’s mind-bending ‘dream of reality’, this bizarre story turns
out
>>>> to be, amazingly, not only intriguing but actively entertaining.”
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1328038/Russell-Hoban-Angelica-Lost-And-Found.html#ixzz155Wn8szY
>>>>Y
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Richard Cooper
<tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Review in today’s Independent – “It’s a short, delicious book: consume
>>>>> it quickly.”
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/angelica-lost-and-found-by-russell-hoban-2125161.html
>>>>>l
>>>>>
>>>>> (Haven’t read it myself yet, still reading the book – quick consumption
>>>>> in my case always leads to indigestion)
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well spotted Chris!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Chris <chr_____@_____.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not another review, as such, but ‘Angelica Lost and Found’ does get a
>>>>>>> mention at the end of Russ’s piece:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-a-lifetime-russell-hoban-2119239.html
>>>>>>>l
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Book Of A Lifetime: Russell Hoban – ‘Weir Of Hermiston’, By Robert
>>>>>>> Louis Stevenson.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Sadly, Russ’s piece was apparently posted without being subedited;
>>>>>>> the economics of 21st Century newspaper publishing…)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> — In the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>,
>>>>>>> Richard Cooper &lt_____@_____.> wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > This is the first review of Angelica Lost and Found I’ve seen:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/books/845345-angelica-lost-and-found-lacks-commonsensical-reason
>>>>>>>n
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > It’s a positive review, if brief. Metro isn’t a very serious paper
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> > being a freesheet it does reach thousands of people which can only
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> > a good thing. I especially like the list of “related tags” the
>>>>>>> article
>>>>>>> > is filed under: “reason – commonsensical – angelica – hippogriff –
>>>>>>> > wonderland” – which are surreal in themselves but clicking some of
>>>>>>> > them brings up a weird assortment of culture.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > If anyone sees any more reviews of the book anywhere online please
>>>>>>> > post them under this thread. Beware though that some reviews may
>>>>>>> > contain more information about the book than some people who have
>>>>>>> yet
>>>>>>> > to read it may want to know. (The Metro review doesn’t come under
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> > category btw.)
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Best
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Richard
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > —
>>>>>>> > thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>>>> > youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> —
>>>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> —
>>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> —
>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> —
>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> —
>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>
>
>
>
> —
> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~ youtube.com/thoughtcat~
> sa4qe.blogspot.com
>

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On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 08:46:56 -0800 (PST), Lindsay Edmunds
<wor_____@_____.com> wrote:

> Thank you for this link. It is wonderful to see ANGELICA getting the
> reviews it
> deserves. And after I described the plot, a friend ordered it

immediately!

Yes, all this positivity seems to have taken our man by surprise…
although of course he expected it!

A nascent Volatore appeared in ‘The Last of the Wallendas’ thus:

The Hippogriff

Long centuries have I soared above the Earth;
the mind of Ariosto gave me birth.
Sired by a griffon (he imagined) on a mare,
I course the currents of the upper air
(in his time unpolluted, crystalline, and pure
but now a mixture that I scarce endure to breathe). My mighty pinions have
grown tired;
I fly, no more by winged words inspired,
from habit only. What else can I do?
The times are out of joint, and heroes few.
No more do maidens chained to rocks
want rescue – now in tiny frocks
they seek out monsters more to be abhorred
than poor old Orca; all he hoped to do was eat
a juicy virgin for a little treat:
Angelica it was, Miss World of her time –
a real stunner, horrid was the crime
of sacrificing one so young in all her beauty,
but heroes then were sworn to do their duty;
and so Ruggiero sped to the attack
in heavy armour, mounted on my back.
I bore him swiftly to the fray;
he did the job and then we came away,
Angelica now riding in the pillion seat,
Ruggiero looking forward to his treat.
My youth is gone and shrivelled is my fame;
I’ll end my days in some computer game
with characters whose lips move when they read
their circuits, myrmidons who need
no seats nor mountains, neither skies of blue.
How are the mighty fallen! My last hope is you.

© Russell Hoban 1997

>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>
> To: the_____@_____.com
> Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 11:30:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Re: Angelica Lost and Found – reviews (may
> contain
> spoilers)
>
> “Hoban’s fantasy is a joyous affair” – Positive review in today’s
> Telegraph:
>
>

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8176774/Angelica-Lost-and-Found-by-Russell-Hoban-review.html

>
>
>

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8176774/Angelica-Lost-and-Found-by-Russell-Hoban-review.html>

>
> RC
>
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Richard Cooper
> <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>
>> Financial Times review: “Hoban believes there are at least two forms of
>> reality, so anyone in search of a linear narrative probably shouldn’t
>> look
>> to him to provide it. … he is a louche writer of 1940s pulp fiction
>> trapped in the laptop of a hyper-intelligent, metaphysically challenged
>> modern Jew.”
>>
>>
>>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d6e47b10-ede9-11df-8616-00144feab49a.html#axzz15uH6U4Ea
>>a
>>
>> RC
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Richard Cooper
>> <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Bloomberg review: “It all adds up to a curiously convincing and
>>> intricate
>>> tale of the power of art.”
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-25/lecherous-sea-monster-lustful-hippogriff-spring-to-life-in-hoban-fantasy.html
>>>l
>>>
>>> RC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Richard Cooper
>>> <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> A very positive review in today’s Guardian from Patrick Ness (author

of

>>>> the Riddleyesque Chaos Walking trilogy):
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/20/russell-hoban-angelica-lost-review
>>>>
>>>> “Delightfully, inspirationally, just a few months from his 86th
>>>> birthday,
>>>> Hoban is still at it. What’s more (and better), *Angelica Lost and
>>>> Found
>>>> *is a corker, a wildly entertaining, intellectually adventurous and
>>>> marvellously odd attempt to answer a question we all must have asked
>>>> ourselves at some point: what would happen if a hippogriff in a
>>>> painting
>>>> fell in love with a mythological heroine and went to find her in
>>>> present-day
>>>> San Francisco?”
>>>>
>>>> No spoilers, really (I’m still half way through the book myself and

one

>>>> basic revelation in the review didn’t come as a surprise).
>>>>
>>>> All bes
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Richard Cooper
>>>> <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Review in today’s Daily Mail: “…in the hands of anyone other than
>>>>> Russell Hoban [the plot] would make for tiresome, pointless and
>>>>> self-regarding tosh. However, once he’s got past the tangle of
>>>>> explanations
>>>>> for the book’s mind-bending ‘dream of reality’, this bizarre story
>>>>> turns
> out
>>>>> to be, amazingly, not only intriguing but actively entertaining.”
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1328038/Russell-Hoban-Angelica-Lost-And-Found.html#ixzz155Wn8szY
>>>>>Y
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Richard Cooper
> <tho_____@_____.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Review in today’s Independent – “It’s a short, delicious book:
>>>>>> consume
>>>>>> it quickly.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/angelica-lost-and-found-by-russell-hoban-2125161.html
>>>>>>l
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (Haven’t read it myself yet, still reading the book – quick
>>>>>> consumption
>>>>>> in my case always leads to indigestion)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Richard Cooper
>>>>>> <tho_____@_____.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well spotted Chris!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Chris <chr_____@_____.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not another review, as such, but ‘Angelica Lost and Found’ does
>>>>>>>> get a
>>>>>>>> mention at the end of Russ’s piece:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-a-lifetime-russell-hoban-2119239.html
>>>>>>>>l
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Book Of A Lifetime: Russell Hoban – ‘Weir Of Hermiston’, By

Robert

>>>>>>>> Louis Stevenson.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (Sadly, Russ’s piece was apparently posted without being

subedited;

>>>>>>>> the economics of 21st Century newspaper publishing…)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> CB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> — In the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>,
>>>>>>>> Richard Cooper &lt_____@_____.> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > This is the first review of Angelica Lost and Found I’ve seen:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/books/845345-angelica-lost-and-found-lacks-commonsensical-reason
>>>>>>>>n
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > It’s a positive review, if brief. Metro isn’t a very serious
>>>>>>>> > paper
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>> > being a freesheet it does reach thousands of people which can
>>>>>>>> > only
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> > a good thing. I especially like the list of “related tags” the
>>>>>>>> article
>>>>>>>> > is filed under: “reason – commonsensical – angelica –

hippogriff

>>>>>>>> > –
>>>>>>>> > wonderland” – which are surreal in themselves but clicking some
>>>>>>>> > of
>>>>>>>> > them brings up a weird assortment of culture.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > If anyone sees any more reviews of the book anywhere online
>>>>>>>> > please
>>>>>>>> > post them under this thread. Beware though that some reviews

may

>>>>>>>> > contain more information about the book than some people who

have

>>>>>>>> yet
>>>>>>>> > to read it may want to know. (The Metro review doesn’t come

under

>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> > category btw.)
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Best
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Richard
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > —
>>>>>>>> > thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>>>>> > youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> —
>>>>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> —
>>>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> —
>>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> —
>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> —
>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> —
>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
>> youtube.com/thoughtcat~
>> sa4qe.blogspot.com
>>

Well spotted Tim! Nice one :)R

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Tim Haillay <T.H_____@_____.uk> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 08:46:56 -0800 (PST), Lindsay Edmunds
> <wor_____@_____.com <wordshapes_le%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > Thank you for this link. It is wonderful to see ANGELICA getting the
> > reviews it
> > deserves. And after I described the plot, a friend ordered it
> immediately!
>
> Yes, all this positivity seems to have taken our man by surprise…
> although of course he expected it!
>
> A nascent Volatore appeared in ‘The Last of the Wallendas’ thus:
>
> The Hippogriff
>
> Long centuries have I soared above the Earth;
> the mind of Ariosto gave me birth.
> Sired by a griffon (he imagined) on a mare,
> I course the currents of the upper air
> (in his time unpolluted, crystalline, and pure
> but now a mixture that I scarce endure to breathe). My mighty pinions have
> grown tired;
> I fly, no more by winged words inspired,
> from habit only. What else can I do?
> The times are out of joint, and heroes few.
> No more do maidens chained to rocks
> want rescue – now in tiny frocks
> they seek out monsters more to be abhorred
> than poor old Orca; all he hoped to do was eat
> a juicy virgin for a little treat:
> Angelica it was, Miss World of her time –
> a real stunner, horrid was the crime
> of sacrificing one so young in all her beauty,
> but heroes then were sworn to do their duty;
> and so Ruggiero sped to the attack
> in heavy armour, mounted on my back.
> I bore him swiftly to the fray;
> he did the job and then we came away,
> Angelica now riding in the pillion seat,
> Ruggiero looking forward to his treat.
> My youth is gone and shrivelled is my fame;
> I’ll end my days in some computer game
> with characters whose lips move when they read
> their circuits, myrmidons who need
> no seats nor mountains, neither skies of blue.
> How are the mighty fallen! My last hope is you.
>
> � Russell Hoban 1997
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>>
> > To: the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 11:30:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Re: Angelica Lost and Found – reviews (may
> > contain
> > spoilers)
> >
> > “Hoban�s fantasy is a joyous affair” – Positive review in today’s
> > Telegraph:
> >
> >
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8176774/Angelica-Lost-and-Found-by-Russell-Hoban-review.html
> >
> >
> >
> <
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8176774/Angelica-Lost-and-Found-by-Russell-Hoban-review.html
> >
> >
> > RC
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Richard Cooper
> > <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>>wrote:
> >
> >> Financial Times review: “Hoban believes there are at least two forms of
> >> reality, so anyone in search of a linear narrative probably shouldn�t
> >> look
> >> to him to provide it. … he is a louche writer of 1940s pulp fiction
> >> trapped in the laptop of a hyper-intelligent, metaphysically challenged
> >> modern Jew.”
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d6e47b10-ede9-11df-8616-00144feab49a.html#axzz15uH6U4Ea
> >>a
> >>
> >> RC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Richard Cooper
> >> <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>>wrote:
> >>
> >>> Bloomberg review: “It all adds up to a curiously convincing and
> >>> intricate
> >>> tale of the power of art.”
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-25/lecherous-sea-monster-lustful-hippogriff-spring-to-life-in-hoban-fantasy.html
> >>>l
> >>>
> >>> RC
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Richard Cooper
> >>> <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> A very positive review in today’s Guardian from Patrick Ness (author
> of
> >>>> the Riddleyesque Chaos Walking trilogy):
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/20/russell-hoban-angelica-lost-review
> >>>>
> >>>> “Delightfully, inspirationally, just a few months from his 86th
> >>>> birthday,
> >>>> Hoban is still at it. What’s more (and better), *Angelica Lost and
> >>>> Found
> >>>> *is a corker, a wildly entertaining, intellectually adventurous and
> >>>> marvellously odd attempt to answer a question we all must have asked
> >>>> ourselves at some point: what would happen if a hippogriff in a
> >>>> painting
> >>>> fell in love with a mythological heroine and went to find her in
> >>>> present-day
> >>>> San Francisco?”
> >>>>
> >>>> No spoilers, really (I’m still half way through the book myself and
> one
> >>>> basic revelation in the review didn’t come as a surprise).
> >>>>
> >>>> All bes
> >>>>
> >>>> Richard
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Richard Cooper
> >>>> <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Review in today’s Daily Mail: “…in the hands of anyone other than
> >>>>> Russell Hoban [the plot] would make for tiresome, pointless and
> >>>>> self-regarding tosh. However, once he�s got past the tangle of
> >>>>> explanations
> >>>>> for the book�s mind-bending �dream of reality�, this bizarre story
> >>>>> turns
> > out
> >>>>> to be, amazingly, not only intriguing but actively entertaining.”
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1328038/Russell-Hoban-Angelica-Lost-And-Found.html#ixzz155Wn8szY
> >>>>>Y
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Richard
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Richard Cooper
> > <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>>wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Review in today’s Independent – “It’s a short, delicious book:
> >>>>>> consume
> >>>>>> it quickly.”
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/angelica-lost-and-found-by-russell-hoban-2125161.html
> >>>>>>l
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> (Haven’t read it myself yet, still reading the book – quick
> >>>>>> consumption
> >>>>>> in my case always leads to indigestion)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Best
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Richard
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Richard Cooper
> >>>>>> <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>
> >>>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Well spotted Chris!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Chris <chr_____@_____.nz<chrisb%40xtra.co.nz>>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Not another review, as such, but ‘Angelica Lost and Found’ does
> >>>>>>>> get a
> >>>>>>>> mention at the end of Russ’s piece:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-a-lifetime-russell-hoban-2119239.html
> >>>>>>>>l
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Book Of A Lifetime: Russell Hoban – ‘Weir Of Hermiston’, By
> Robert
> >>>>>>>> Louis Stevenson.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> (Sadly, Russ’s piece was apparently posted without being
> subedited;
> >>>>>>>> the economics of 21st Century newspaper publishing…)
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> CB
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> — In the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com><the-kraken%
> 40yahoogroups.com>,
> >>>>>>>> Richard Cooper &lt_____@_____.> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>> > This is the first review of Angelica Lost and Found I’ve seen:
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>>
> http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/books/845345-angelica-lost-and-found-lacks-commonsensical-reason
> >>>>>>>>n
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>> > It’s a positive review, if brief. Metro isn’t a very serious
> >>>>>>>> > paper
> >>>>>>>> but
> >>>>>>>> > being a freesheet it does reach thousands of people which can
> >>>>>>>> > only
> >>>>>>>> be
> >>>>>>>> > a good thing. I especially like the list of “related tags” the
> >>>>>>>> article
> >>>>>>>> > is filed under: “reason – commonsensical – angelica –
> hippogriff
> >>>>>>>> > –
> >>>>>>>> > wonderland” – which are surreal in themselves but clicking some
> >>>>>>>> > of
> >>>>>>>> > them brings up a weird assortment of culture.
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>> > If anyone sees any more reviews of the book anywhere online
> >>>>>>>> > please
> >>>>>>>> > post them under this thread. Beware though that some reviews
> may
> >>>>>>>> > contain more information about the book than some people who
> have
> >>>>>>>> yet
> >>>>>>>> > to read it may want to know. (The Metro review doesn’t come
> under
> >>>>>>>> this
> >>>>>>>> > category btw.)
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>> > Best
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>> > Richard
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>> > —
> >>>>>>>> > thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
> >>>>>>>> > youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> —
> >>>>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
> >>>>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> —
> >>>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
> >>>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> —
> >>>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
> >>>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> —
> >>>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
> >>>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> —
> >>> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
> >>> youtube.com/thoughtcat ~ sa4qe.blogspot.com
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> —
> >> thoughtcat.wordpress.com ~ twitter.com/thoughtcat ~
> >> youtube.com/thoughtcat~ <http://youtube.com/thoughtcat%7E>
> >> sa4qe.blogspot.com
> >>
>
>

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The last article in this series, a summary by John Mullan of responses
to Riddley Walker by readers from both the Guardian talkboards and the
London interview, is published today on the website and in the print
edition:http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/04/riddley-walker-russell-hoban-book-club

Not much new here to most Krakenoids, parbly, but enjoyable nonetheless.

RC

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Hola Krakenistas,Just for the sake of mentioning it here, the News page at The Head of Orpheus has been updated with some of the recent Hobanical activity.

There’s nothing there that will come as a surprise to regular readers of this Yahoo Group, but it might come in handy to have the various links archived in one place.

Proofreading, typo-spotting, etc. welcome as always:

http://ocelotfactory.com/hoban/news.html

Dave

Nice one Dave!Cheers

Richard

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Dave Awl <day_____@_____.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hola Krakenistas,
>
> Just for the sake of mentioning it here, the News page at The Head of
> Orpheus has been updated with some of the recent Hobanical activity.
>
> There’s nothing there that will come as a surprise to regular readers of
> this Yahoo Group, but it might come in handy to have the various links
> archived in one place.
>
> Proofreading, typo-spotting, etc. welcome as always:
>
> http://ocelotfactory.com/hoban/news.html
>
> Dave
>
>
>

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Full View
Russ and Rowling…
From: Lindsay Edmunds <lin_____@_____.com> …Add to Contacts
To: the_____@_____.com
________________________________Russ gets a passing mention in, of all places, a fan site devoted to JK Rowling:

Arthur Levine is the publisher of Arthur A. Levine Books and a vice president
of Scholastic Inc. Prior to establishing his imprint at Scholastic, he rose
from Editorial Assistant to Editor-in-Chief at G. P. Putnam’s Sons, where he
worked with Tomie de Paola, Tony Johnston, and Rafe Martin, and edited
Caldecott Award-winning books by Peggy Rathmann and Emily Arnold McCully. As
Editor-in-Chief at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, he published The
Golden Compass, the first book in Philip Pullman’s acclaimed His Dark Materials
trilogy, as well as novels by Jerry Spinelli and Russell Hoban. His imprint
publishes a list of literary hardcover books for young readers, and his authors
include, along with J.K. Rowling, Lisa Yee, Carolyn Coman, Ana Juan, Susan
Shreve, Jonah Winter, and Shaun Tan. He is also proud to be publishing many
bright new authors such as Francisco Stork, Elizabeth Bunce, Martha
Brockenbrough, and Erin Bow.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2010/12/15/arthur-levine-to-keynote-litday-2011

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Lindsay and all,Thanks for the note re Russ’ children’s book publisher. Russ is in excellent company, and so are the other writers!

This is a good chance to wish you all Happy Holidays and an Outstanding New Year–

best, alida
Alida Allison, Professor
Undergraduate Adviser
Dept. of English and Comparative
Literature
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-6020
PH: (619) 594-5443
FAX: (619) 594-4998

INFO AND MORE:
sdsuchildlit.blogspot.com

Children’s Literature Program and
National Center for the Study of
Children’s Literature, SDSU:
childlit.sdsu.edu

What Alida said goes for me, too. Enjoy richly. Merry Christmas!Lindsay

________________________________
From: “all_____@_____.edu” <all_____@_____.edu>
To: the_____@_____.com
Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 11:21:28 AM
Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling

Lindsay and all,

Thanks for the note re Russ’ children’s book publisher. Russ is in excellent
company, and so are the other writers!

This is a good chance to wish you all Happy Holidays and an Outstanding New
Year–

best, alida
Alida Allison, Professor
Undergraduate Adviser
Dept. of English and Comparative
Literature
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-6020
PH: (619) 594-5443
FAX: (619) 594-4998

INFO AND MORE:
sdsuchildlit.blogspot.com

Children’s Literature Program and
National Center for the Study of
Children’s Literature, SDSU:
childlit.sdsu.edu

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It feels a bit premature to be sending Christmas wishes, although I know
some Krakenoids are logging off now until after they come back to work. So
to any of those people, I join Alida and Lindsay in wishing you a fabulous
Christmas!Keep an eye on the SA4QE site though over Christmas as there may be a
special surprise… it will be well highlighted though.

Richard

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Lindsay Edmunds <wor_____@_____.com>wrote:

>
>
> What Alida said goes for me, too. Enjoy richly. Merry Christmas!
>
> Lindsay
>
> ________________________________
> From: “all_____@_____.edu <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu>” <
> all_____@_____.edu <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu>>
>
> To: the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 11:21:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling
>
>
> Lindsay and all,
>
> Thanks for the note re Russ’ children’s book publisher. Russ is in
> excellent
> company, and so are the other writers!
>
> This is a good chance to wish you all Happy Holidays and an Outstanding New
>
> Year–
>
> best, alida
> Alida Allison, Professor
> Undergraduate Adviser
> Dept. of English and Comparative
> Literature
> San Diego State University
> San Diego, CA 92182-6020
> PH: (619) 594-5443
> FAX: (619) 594-4998
>
> INFO AND MORE:
> sdsuchildlit.blogspot.com
>
> Children’s Literature Program and
> National Center for the Study of
> Children’s Literature, SDSU:
> childlit.sdsu.edu
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

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I’ll be around at Christmas — just wanted to get a head start on the spirit of
the season.I feel lucky to know all you folks.

Lindsay

________________________________
From: Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>
To: the_____@_____.com
Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 1:27:03 PM
Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling

It feels a bit premature to be sending Christmas wishes, although I know
some Krakenoids are logging off now until after they come back to work. So
to any of those people, I join Alida and Lindsay in wishing you a fabulous
Christmas!

Keep an eye on the SA4QE site though over Christmas as there may be a
special surprise… it will be well highlighted though.

Richard

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Lindsay Edmunds <wor_____@_____.com>wrote:

>
>
> What Alida said goes for me, too. Enjoy richly. Merry Christmas!
>
> Lindsay
>
> ________________________________
> From: “all_____@_____.edu <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu>” <
> all_____@_____.edu <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu>>
>
> To: the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 11:21:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling
>
>
> Lindsay and all,
>
> Thanks for the note re Russ’ children’s book publisher. Russ is in
> excellent
> company, and so are the other writers!
>
> This is a good chance to wish you all Happy Holidays and an Outstanding New
>
> Year–
>
> best, alida
> Alida Allison, Professor
> Undergraduate Adviser
> Dept. of English and Comparative
> Literature
> San Diego State University
> San Diego, CA 92182-6020
> PH: (619) 594-5443
> FAX: (619) 594-4998
>
> INFO AND MORE:
> sdsuchildlit.blogspot.com
>
> Children’s Literature Program and
> National Center for the Study of
> Children’s Literature, SDSU:
> childlit.sdsu.edu
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

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Cool 🙂 Me too!

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Lindsay Edmunds <wor_____@_____.com>wrote:

>
>
> I’ll be around at Christmas — just wanted to get a head start on the
> spirit of
> the season.
>
> I feel lucky to know all you folks.
>
> Lindsay
>
> ________________________________
> From: Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>>
>
> To: the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 1:27:03 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling
>
> It feels a bit premature to be sending Christmas wishes, although I know
> some Krakenoids are logging off now until after they come back to work. So
> to any of those people, I join Alida and Lindsay in wishing you a fabulous
> Christmas!
>
> Keep an eye on the SA4QE site though over Christmas as there may be a
> special surprise… it will be well highlighted though.
>
> Richard
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Lindsay Edmunds <wor_____@_____.com<wordshapes_le%40yahoo.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > What Alida said goes for me, too. Enjoy richly. Merry Christmas!
> >
> > Lindsay
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: “all_____@_____.edu <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu> <allison%
> 40mail.sdsu.edu>” <
> > all_____@_____.edu <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu> <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu
> >>
> >
> > To: the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com><the-kraken%
> 40yahoogroups.com>
>
> > Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 11:21:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling
> >
> >
> > Lindsay and all,
> >
> > Thanks for the note re Russ’ children’s book publisher. Russ is in
> > excellent
> > company, and so are the other writers!
> >
> > This is a good chance to wish you all Happy Holidays and an Outstanding
> New
> >
> > Year–
> >
> > best, alida
> > Alida Allison, Professor
> > Undergraduate Adviser
> > Dept. of English and Comparative
> > Literature
> > San Diego State University
> > San Diego, CA 92182-6020
> > PH: (619) 594-5443
> > FAX: (619) 594-4998
> >
> > INFO AND MORE:
> > sdsuchildlit.blogspot.com
> >
> > Children’s Literature Program and
> > National Center for the Study of
> > Children’s Literature, SDSU:
> > childlit.sdsu.edu
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
> —
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Though I’m also likely to be around for it all, I’d also like to wish all
Krakenistas a blessed Sun’s Turn, Christmas and New Year. May we all have a
wondrous forever!.-_-.

—
Look on this life as the illusion of appearance�emptiness, rely on the
unborn nature of mindand pray that you will be of benefit to others.All
practice is summed up in this.*~Spontaneously sung by Dechen Rangdr�l
(Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtsho Rinpoche)* *

*Not one atom opposes us.
*~Ch’an Master Hongzhi Zhenjue*

No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destination in mind
*~Old saying
*
The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through
everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
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Painting of a tractor:http://cgi.ebay.com/1958-Russell-Hoban-tractor-art-Fortune-print-2-/140490690444

There are probably quite a few of these things around really, but I
don’t generally go looking for them, so it’s interesting when they
crop up.

RC

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Not just a painting of a tractor, I’d hasten to say, but one that makes one proud to be a tractor (or, probably, the owner – or potential owner – of such a tractor).True Russian constructivist stjuff, did they but know its subversive message, I’d say – it’s all in the genes. Wonder what’s in Russ’ five-year plan…

Wonder what’s in Russ’ five-year plan…*heheh! – it’ll be *naughty*, whatever else it might be…

.-_-.

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mindbecause
anything apart from itis irrelevant and entirely without meaning.
*~HH Khets�n Sangpo Rinpoche*

Look on this life as the illusion of appearance�emptiness, rely on the
unborn nature of mindand pray that you will be of benefit to others.This
sums up all practice.*~Spontaneously sung by Dechen Rangdr�l (Khenpo
Tsultrim Gyamtsho Rinpoche)* *
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Just wrapping a Christmas present, I read this in it …——————————————-

To the fat man in the red soot –

All of us Mols down here hav bin good. We need a telaskop so we can look at
the stars. Maybe you dont giv things to aminals. Well then I will swop my
ston marbel and glass colleckshun for it. If that is not enuf my father and
I could work out the differens in tunels or plane digging if you need enny
tunnels or plane digging dun.

Your friend,
Delver Mol

[Russell Hoban, ‘The Mole Family’s Christmas’ (1969)]

——————————————-

Merry wishes,
Roland

Thanks Roland – I am a bit slow on the uptake and misread the context, and
thought you had found this message discarded on the London Tube.RC2

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Roland Clare <
rol_____@_____.uk> wrote:

>
>
> Just wrapping a Christmas present, I read this in it …
>
> ——————————————-
>
> To the fat man in the red soot –
>
> All of us Mols down here hav bin good. We need a telaskop so we can look at
> the stars. Maybe you dont giv things to aminals. Well then I will swop my
> ston marbel and glass colleckshun for it. If that is not enuf my father and
> I could work out the differens in tunels or plane digging if you need enny
> tunnels or plane digging dun.
>
> Your friend,
> Delver Mol
>
> [Russell Hoban, ‘The Mole Family’s Christmas’ (1969)]
>
> ——————————————-
>
> Merry wishes,
> Roland
>
>
>
>

 

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I think that you’re right, Mike – considerably naughtier than Angelica’s Grotto (which is, in itself, a pretty naughty ephemism)!

Happy Solstice everyone from me too – shorsday tomorrow.
Stay warm and toasty!
Deena x

— In the_____@_____.com, mike dickman &lt_____@_____.> wrote:
>
> Though I’m also likely to be around for it all, I’d also like to wish all
> Krakenistas a blessed Sun’s Turn, Christmas and New Year. May we all have a
> wondrous forever!
>
> .-_-.
>
>
>
> —
> Look on this life as the illusion of appearance–emptiness, rely on the
> unborn nature of mindand pray that you will be of benefit to others.All
> practice is summed up in this.*~Spontaneously sung by Dechen Rangdröl
> (Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtsho Rinpoche)* *
>
> *Not one atom opposes us.
> *~Ch’an Master Hongzhi Zhenjue*
>
>
> No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destination in mind
> *~Old saying
> *
> The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through
> everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
> ~David Steindl-Rast* A Listening Heart*
>
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Happy Christmas, Krakenworld.Alastair

— On Fri, 17/12/10, Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com> wrote:

From: Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com>
Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling
To: the_____@_____.com
Date: Friday, 17 December, 2010, 19:34

Cool 🙂 Me too!

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Lindsay Edmunds <wor_____@_____.com>wrote:

>
>
> I’ll be around at Christmas — just wanted to get a head start on the
> spirit of
> the season.
>
> I feel lucky to know all you folks.
>
> Lindsay
>
> ________________________________
> From: Richard Cooper <tho_____@_____.com <thoughtcat%40gmail.com>>
>
> To: the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 1:27:03 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling
>
> It feels a bit premature to be sending Christmas wishes, although I know
> some Krakenoids are logging off now until after they come back to work. So
> to any of those people, I join Alida and Lindsay in wishing you a fabulous
> Christmas!
>
> Keep an eye on the SA4QE site though over Christmas as there may be a
> special surprise… it will be well highlighted though.
>
> Richard
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Lindsay Edmunds <wor_____@_____.com<wordshapes_le%40yahoo.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > What Alida said goes for me, too. Enjoy richly. Merry Christmas!
> >
> > Lindsay
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: “all_____@_____.edu <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu> <allison%
> 40mail.sdsu.edu>” <
> > all_____@_____.edu <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu> <allison%40mail.sdsu.edu
> >>
> >
> > To: the_____@_____.com <the-kraken%40yahoogroups.com><the-kraken%
> 40yahoogroups.com>
>
> > Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 11:21:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: [the-kraken] Russ and JK Rowling
> >
> >
> > Lindsay and all,
> >
> > Thanks for the note re Russ’ children’s book publisher. Russ is in
> > excellent
> > company, and so are the other writers!
> >
> > This is a good chance to wish you all Happy Holidays and an Outstanding
> New
> >
> > Year–
> >
> > best, alida
> > Alida Allison, Professor
> > Undergraduate Adviser
> > Dept. of English and Comparative
> > Literature
> > San Diego State University
> > San Diego, CA 92182-6020
> > PH: (619) 594-5443
> > FAX: (619) 594-4998
> >
> > INFO AND MORE:
> > sdsuchildlit.blogspot.com
> >
> > Children’s Literature Program and
> > National Center for the Study of
> > Children’s Literature, SDSU:
> > childlit.sdsu.edu
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
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Here’s wishing you all very merry! Awl best for the year ahead.
Love,
Slick

Thanks Diana! Rightbackatcha, as they say.Richard

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>
>
> Here’s wishing you all very merry! Awl best for the year ahead.
> Love,
> Slick
>
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Here’s a seasonal treat for you all, a little clip of one of the
audience questions on Riddley Walker:http://sa4qe.blogspot.com/2010/12/video-clip-of-russell-hoban-guardian.html

Hope you enjoy it – have a great Christmas everyone!

All bes

Richard

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Great video, thanks Richard!Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year to everyone!

Best wishes, Yvonne

Am 24.12.2010 um 18:18 schrieb Richard Cooper:

> Here’s a seasonal treat for you all, a little clip of one of the
> audience questions on Riddley Walker:
>
> http://sa4qe.blogspot.com/2010/12/video-clip-of-russell-hoban-guardian.html
>
> Hope you enjoy it – have a great Christmas everyone!
>
> All bes
>
> Richard
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>Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year to everyone!

 

I second that e-motion!

Roland

Thanks Yvonne, glad you enjoyed it!Best wishes to all!

Richard

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Some of you may remember advising me that there were books other than the so-called Earthsea Quartet. I am now reading one of them, The Other Wind, and enjoying the further encounter with the stories of these lands.However, is it just me, or do others think that (the ambiguity of how) this sentence reads would have justified the judicious intervention of a copy editor?:

Tenar saw Seserakh – veiled of course from hat to foot,
but unmistakeable by her height and bearing – descend from
her carriage and sail, stately as a ship herself, towards the gangplank.

[I have had to cut the lines short to preserve the relevance sequence of words intact. I should have preferred ‘[…] and, stately as a ship herself, sail towards […]’]

Perhaps – like modern literary Tibetan – “half the words are inferred”?.-_-.

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Look on this life as the illusion of appearance�emptiness, rely on the
unborn nature of mindand aspire to being of benefit to others.This sums up
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>However, is it just me, or do others think that (the ambiguity of how) this sentence reads would have justified the judicious intervention of a copy editor?:
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>Tenar saw Seserakh – veiled of course from hat to foot,
>but unmistakeable by her height and bearing – descend from
>her carriage and sail, stately as a ship herself, towards the gangplank.

 

Is your point that it’s unclear wheter it is Tenar och Seserakh that is veiled etc?
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It’s fine by me. “stately as a ship herself” refs “sail” and reinforces the
image of the subject while it’s at it. Ships are women, after all, and
(beloved) ambiquity *can* be craft.

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 12:10 PM, apsley88 <aps_____@_____.uk> wrote:

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> Some of you may remember advising me that there were books other than the
> so-called Earthsea Quartet. I am now reading one of them, The Other Wind,
> and enjoying the further encounter with the stories of these lands.
>
> However, is it just me, or do others think that (the ambiguity of how) this
> sentence reads would have justified the judicious intervention of a copy
> editor?:
>
> Tenar saw Seserakh – veiled of course from hat to foot,
> but unmistakeable by her height and bearing – descend from
> her carriage and sail, stately as a ship herself, towards the gangplank.
>
> [I have had to cut the lines short to preserve the relevance sequence of
> words intact. I should have preferred ‘[…] and, stately as a ship herself,
> sail towards […]’]
>
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