tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post33391415548188764..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Over Sea, Under StoneJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-29816992718331975472012-07-29T18:58:30.512+01:002012-07-29T18:58:30.512+01:00When I was aged 11 and off school ill (again), my ...When I was aged 11 and off school ill (again), my mother brought home The Dark Is Rising from the library in an attempt to keep me entertained. Whether it was her own choice or the guidance of some unknown librarian I do not know, but I sent her back the following day to find Over Sea, Under Stone.<br /><br />Thereafter I was a thorough nuisance at my local bookshop as I waited impatiently for the remaining volumes to be published: "There will be five books."<br /><br />Looking at them now in these days of huge Potteresque doorstops I am surprised at how slim they are, and by how much I can remember of them after more than 30 years.<br /><br />Marvellous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-50525802128484975782012-07-26T22:46:52.470+01:002012-07-26T22:46:52.470+01:00I think The Dark Is Rising and The Grey King were ...I think The Dark Is Rising and The Grey King were my favourites.Simon Dragenoreply@blogger.com