Comments | bunn: Watch for the Greenwitch

bunn

Watch for the Greenwitch

Jul 07, 2013 00:42

I re-read Susan Cooper's Over Sea Under Stone, and Greenwitch, since it was summer, and the season seemed right - and then it occurred to me that I'd never visited Mevagissey (the village that Trewissick is based on). So we resolved to go and do that. It's only about 40 miles to Mevagissey, but the roads are narrow, winding and busy at this time ( Read more... )

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Comments 14

osprey_archer July 7 2013, 00:32:01 UTC

Oh, this is exciting! I just finished OSUS, and it's like seeing a bit of it brought to life to see these photos of the fishing village it's based on. Thank you so much for posting them!

And that is an awfully nice balcony in that last picture. I hope whoever lives there has tea on it often to enjoy the harbor view.

bunn July 8 2013, 13:00:46 UTC

Oops - sorry! It did not occur to me that you might not have got to Greenwitch yet. Although I don't think there are really any spoilers here.

huinare July 7 2013, 00:41:58 UTC

That looks like a lovely day. I also like your assessment of the cliff as "ideal for flinging," though I haven't read the books in question.

bunn July 8 2013, 13:01:07 UTC

Flinging is an important part of it. :-D

rustica July 7 2013, 02:17:31 UTC

How pretty! I should reread the series.

wellinghall July 7 2013, 08:06:41 UTC

Yet another series I've never read ...

rustica July 7 2013, 10:49:17 UTC

Oh, you're in for a real treat then!

bunn July 8 2013, 13:02:30 UTC

They are quite short and easy reading. Hard to say more than that about them: it's difficult to critically assess books that you have grown up loving.

tovaglia July 7 2013, 08:45:51 UTC

Very nice photos! I must re-read the books sometime! (was massive fan of them as a child).

bunn July 8 2013, 13:03:57 UTC

On the whole, I think they stand up pretty well to a re-read. I have re-read TDIR fairly recently, as I sometimes read it as a 'coming up to Christmas' book, but it's a very long time since I tried OSUS, which feels rather more fifties. Has a charm of its own though.

wanderlust48 August 11 2013, 15:02:55 UTC

Hello! Was browsing your Lj after looking at your Eagle artwork :) and just had to comment here - omg! Over Sea Under Stone & Greenwitch!! I think you're the other person I've met whose read that ( possibly because I'm Asian and live in Asia, goodness knows how I managed to get those books as a kid. ) In fact, I JUST re-read them in June!

Er- ok.. That was it. Sorry for the odd squeal!

bunn August 12 2013, 21:41:30 UTC

I'm glad you enjoyed the post! I think they are fairly popular with British readers of a certain age, but yes, I guess they don't have the widest international appeal.

There is the http://thedarkisrising.livejournal.com/ community, which is not hugely busy, but does get the odd post!

wanderlust48 August 13 2013, 09:28:43 UTC

Wow, really? Thanks for that - checking it out immediately!!