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Post by beckettologist on Jan 15, 2008 0:36:13 GMT -5
For some crazy reason I (and possibly Irene's youngest daughter) seem to be the only ones that love this. True, it is a children's story but I still love it. He captures all the different characters and it is just plain fun.
Parts of it have me laughing out loud...
the ironing....the cooking lesson ... "listen to the hippotamus"
and to be "brutally frank" Uncle Albert and Conrad's mother are both hilarious
Conrad's Fate is by Diana Wynn Jones
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Post by topaz on Jan 24, 2008 14:13:42 GMT -5
Where can you get this one?
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Post by beckettologist on Jan 24, 2008 21:25:40 GMT -5
I ordered it from... Soundbooks (Scroll down towards the bottom of the link) They are in Australia. It was the only place I could find it. Not everyone likes it...it IS a children's book but I just find it really fun and hilarious. No dark powerful river there but I am sure the kid in him enjoyed reading it. It is a little like Harry Potter but not as dark. Anyway, I love it. Author: Wynne Jones, Diana Title: Conrad's Fate No. CDs/cassettes/mp3-CDs: 4CD Edition length: abridged Price: $27.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Tom Hollander |
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Post by topaz on Jan 25, 2008 12:53:08 GMT -5
I bet that I will love it, too! thanks  |
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Post by ukelelehip on Jan 25, 2008 13:57:40 GMT -5
Haven't heard this one either. Sounds interesting. Is there a sample of it online somewhere?
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Post by fiona on Jun 4, 2010 5:46:19 GMT -5
I would love to listen to this - I love Diana Wynne Jones. I wish he'd read some of her other books - such as the first one in this series Charmed Life! Anyway, I just came in here to say... Diana Wynne Jones as a child, lived in John Ruskin's secretary's old house (his descendent, the secretary's that is were the children that inspired Arthur Randsome's Swallows and Amazon Books) and Brantwood (Ruskin's house) just up the lane. Small connections, strange world. www.suberic.net/dwj/bio.html (DWJ's biography, scroll down a bit) |
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Post by beckettologist on Jun 4, 2010 18:45:15 GMT -5
I would love to listen to this - I love Diana Wynne Jones. I wish he'd read some of her other books - such as the first one in this series Charmed Life! Anyway, I just came in here to say... Diana Wynne Jones as a child, lived in John Ruskin's secretary's old house (his descendent, the secretary's that is were the children that inspired Arthur Randsome's Swallows and Amazon Books) and Brantwood (Ruskin's house) just up the lane. Small connections, strange world. www.suberic.net/dwj/bio.html (DWJ's biography, scroll down a bit) Thanks for posting this Fiona! It was fascinating. I can see how her life influenced her writing. Very interesting with the connections to Ruskin and Beatrix Potter. I wonder if she typed all that herself or if she dictated it to someone. For a writer it certainly had a lot of typos in it! |
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Post by fiona on Jun 5, 2010 15:47:57 GMT -5
She might have had someone else type it up, she writes by hand first herself usually and then types it up.
I read The Time of the Ghost recently and it mirrors a lot of her life growing up which was very interesting to read. Sadly, Diana doesn't seem to have much long left to live... she's stopped her treatment for lung cancer recently.
It's also interesting reading that many people who went to lectures by J.R.R Tolkien and C.S Lewis went on to be writers themselves... they must have been truly inspiring people. She's so lucky.
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Hello! Better late than never. Thanks for the shout out! 