You're a good publicist for your own book, Robert, I must get you to be my publicist for when my own is out on the shelves.Rob Houghton wrote:
Or Rilloby Fair, then Ring O'Bells, then Rawlins' Reach, then Rubadub!!!
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If you read "Rawlins' Reach" week by week Hayleymoomin, it will be next year before you get to RubaDub! I bet Rob wishes it was in book form, Julie!
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"Ring O' Bells" is my favorite.John Pickup wrote:Don't forget Ring 'O Bells, Hayleymoomin. It comes before Rubadub.
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Well, someone has to be, lol!Julie2owlsdene wrote:You're a good publicist for your own book, Robert,Rob Houghton wrote:Or Rilloby Fair, then Ring O'Bells, then Rawlins' Reach, then Rubadub!!!
I do wish it was in book form, of course, but that's unlikely - especially as the Barney books haven't been reprinted for over 10 years now!
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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I would be nice if all our continuations were in book form, so the rest of the country could read them, and not just a handful of Society Members, but that dream will never come true, sadly.
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I totally agree, Julie.Julie2owlsdene wrote:I would be nice if all our continuations were in book form, so the rest of the country could read them, and not just a handful of Society Members...
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I agree, Julie. I have printed off one or two but otherwise can only re-read if I sit at the computer!
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That's something I find hard to do, Daisy. I couldn't read a whole book from the computer. I prefer to relax with a book and a cuppa.
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I’ve also printed off a few, Julie and Daisy. Like you I prefer to read them on paper.
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Dunno about that — in a couple more decades it'll be 70 years since Enid's death and her copyrights will expire... Mind you, she's still such a cash cow that I wouldn't be surprised if the publishers have some way of circumventing the copyright laws and keeping an exclusive hold on her.Julie2owlsdene wrote:I would be nice if all our continuations were in book form, so the rest of the country could read them, and not just a handful of Society Members, but that dream will never come true, sadly.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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I couldn't read a book on a computer screen. That is one advantage of owning a Kindle - I email the story to my Kindle, then read it glare-free.
I wonder how many Journal subscribers access the website to read these stories. My guess is not many. It seems such a shame that all of this work goes in to write these stories only for hardly anyone to read them.
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I wonder how many Journal subscribers access the website to read these stories. My guess is not many. It seems such a shame that all of this work goes in to write these stories only for hardly anyone to read them.
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I'm sure you're right, Nigel.
That's an idea Courtenay...only another 20 years to wait!!! I'll be 66...
Then again, I'm sure the publishers will have something in place 'just in case' -- I wonder if updating the books slightly gets around the 70 years rule?
That's an idea Courtenay...only another 20 years to wait!!! I'll be 66...
Then again, I'm sure the publishers will have something in place 'just in case' -- I wonder if updating the books slightly gets around the 70 years rule?
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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Same here, I rather print it out and read it laying down.Julie2owlsdene wrote:That's something I find hard to do, Daisy. I couldn't read a whole book from the computer.
Once in a while I watch some documentary on Youtube, but even 45 minutes in front of the computer screen seems forever.
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I've just finished Mountain and thoroughly enjoyed it (even with those vast himalayan welsh mountains! ). I agree that it is quite science-fiction but then I love those sort of shows, I can see why it wouldn't appeal much to someone who didn't like that sort of thing though. If James Bond could find an evil genius in a volcano why couldn't Phillip and co find one in a mountain?Rob Houghton wrote:I agree to be honest. As a child I hated it and it was responsible for me not reading any others in the series (I'd only read Valley, Island and Mountain before I reached 30) - but when I read it again last year I suddenly realised it was better than I remembered. Its still rather weird and more like science-fiction, but its very entertaining despite that.
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Just started reading The Naughtiest Girl Again — only a few chapters in and I'm eager to find out what happens next and see where the Elizabeth vs Robert conflict is going to go, but that'll have to wait till tomorrow...
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)