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skuaI've been openly critical of Susan Cooper's structuring of The Dark Is Rising series of books.Sequential battles to win amulets to complete a belt of power doesn't work for me.However the rest of those books are still quite good enough to more than make up that shortcoming.And here is the author speaking at Oxford University in 2017. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasyLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FantasyLiterature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a>

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thesweetcheatA nice bit of Welsh scenery to cleanse your Monday timeline; views from Craig-yr-Aderyn (Birds Rock) along the Dysynni valley. "Through the door of the birds Where the breeze breaks..."<a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheGreyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheGreyKing</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Gwynedd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gwynedd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cymru</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a>

thesweetcheatWork finished, Satie's Gymnopedies playing, and a crucial evening in Will Stanton's awakening in The Dark Is Rising to read.And... relax<a href="https://toot.community/tags/NowReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NowReading</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Satie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Satie</a>

cybergothsBlog: Flavours of ChristmasWhat media evokes the flavours of the season for you? Call outs to Susan Cooper's <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TheDarkisRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkisRising</a>, John Masefield’s <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TheBoxofDelights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheBoxofDelights</a> and Mark Helprin's <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/WintersTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WintersTale</a><a href="https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2024/12/flavours-of-christmas.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2024/12/flavours-of-christmas.html</a>

Edward Andrews-HodgsonI really enjoyed <a href="https://social.coop/tags/TheDarkIsReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsReading</a> on twitter a few years ago. Is anyone else starting <a href="https://social.coop/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> ? I'll be reading the first chapter and listening to the BBC Radio version with my 9 year old - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvp7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvp7</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://mendeddrum.org/@DJDarren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DJDarren</a> The Dark Is Rising sequence: appalling movie, passable radio series, but *almost everyone* picks the wrong story to begin at. Over Sea Under Stone sets up Merriman Lyon enough that xe does not need so much exposition. Radio did it.The Grey King should be easy to adapt, but no-one has ever got that far. They don't need a whole fictional land with giants and a magic lion; just Wales in bad weather.<a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cstross</a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/@pdcawley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pdcawley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a>

thesweetcheat"Through the door of the birds where the breeze breaks..."Following in the footsteps of Will Stanton and Bran Davies, high up above the Dysynni valley on Craig yr Aderyn (Birds' Rock), looking towards Cader Idris and the mountain fastnesses of Y Brenin Llwyd. A place that I have known since I was at primary school, but have never been to before except in my imagination. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheGreyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheGreyKing</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CaderIdris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CaderIdris</a>

Bevan Thomas"The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world. That wide grey sweep was the lawn, with the straggling trees of the orchard still dark beyond.... All the broad sky was grey, full of more snow that refused to fall. There was no colour anywhere." - Susan Cooper, "The Dark Is Rising"<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookWormSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookWormSat</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookChatWeekly</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GothicSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GothicSpring</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#31DaysofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a>

Court Cantrell prefers not toI am SO very ready for someone to give THE DARK IS RISING Sequence by Susan Cooper the "Jackson's LotR" treatment. It is a travesty that we haven't been given a high quality TDIR movie series.The 2007 debacle in no way qualifies. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SixShallTurnItBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SixShallTurnItBack</a>

thesweetcheatChristmas Eve in my annual re-read of <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a>. A very important date in the book, it gets three chapters and marks a pivotal midpoint; Will gains the gift of Gramarye and the third sign, but Merrriman places too much strain on Hawkin's love for him. Soundtracking this tonight with Vince Guaraldi's 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' which is suitably seasonal if lacking dramatic tension!<a href="https://toot.community/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a>

Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper"And so the Shortest Day came and the year died And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world Came people singing, dancing, To drive the dark away. They lighted candles in the winter trees; They hung their homes with evergreen; They burned beseeching fires all night long To keep the year alive. And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake They shouted, revelling. Through all the frosty ages you can hear them Echoing behind us - listen! All the long echoes, sing the same delight, This Shortest Day, As promise wakens in the sleeping land: They carol, feast, give thanks, And dearly love their friends, And hope for peace. And now so do we, here, now, This year and every year."Heard again at The Midwinter Revels, in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CambridgeMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CambridgeMA</a>. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wintersolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wintersolstice</a> And reminds me, it's also time to dig out the dog-eared copy of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> and read to the kids.(And happy birthday, Mark!)

ClairStarting my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TheDarkIsRising</a> reread. The Walker is abroad.

Elysia MachtThe Dark Is Rising

Vivienne DunstanLooking forward to seeing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NatalieHaynes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NatalieHaynes</a> chatting about The Dark Is Rising and Other Stories at the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> on Friday. I’ll be tuning in online to watch - and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#online</a> tickets are still available to buy. You can watch online for up to 48 hours after. <a href="https://www.bl.uk/events/the-dark-is-rising-and-other-stories-susan-cooper-and-natalie-haynes-in-conversation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bl.uk/events/the-dark-is-rising-and-other-stories-susan-cooper-and-natalie-haynes-in-conversation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Myth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Myths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Myths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Storytelling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Streaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literature</a>

Bevan Thomas"On the day of the dead, when the year too dies, Must the youngest open the oldest hills Through the door of the birds, where the breeze breaks. There fire shall fly from the raven boy, And the silver eyes that see the wind. And the light shall have the harp of gold...." - Susan Cooper, "The Grey King" 🎨 Michael Heslop <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairyTaleTuesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a>

skua<a href="https://mastodon.social/@reviewwales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@reviewwales</a> 2/2 I do wonder if she glimpsed the adult-baby future, exemplified by Trump and Boris fans, and tried to divert her older readers from such a fate.A probably utterly dreadful movie may have trampled the characters and themes of the books into the mud.That photo in the OP might make a reread even better. But I might just skip the level-boss fight paragraphs.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bookstadon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MythicalBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MythicalBritain</a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.murrayewing.co.uk/mewsings/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Dark-Is-Rising-1.jpg?ssl=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://i0.wp.com/www.murrayewing.co.uk/mewsings/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Dark-Is-Rising-1.jpg?ssl=1</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ozdreaming" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ozdreaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/@tomlevenson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tomlevenson</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cstross</a> Dated, yes; certainly inasmuch as it's missing all of the trappings of even _my_ childhood. On the other hand, the social attitudes of the characters are not nearly as problematic in retrospect.Did you try them on something like _The Stainless Steel Rat_?<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HarryHarrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HarryHarrison</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a>

thesweetcheatFollowing in the footsteps of Susan Cooper today in the hills above Aberdyfi. First a revisit to the Eglwys Gwyddelod ('Church of the Irish') Bronze Age cairn circle - my previous visit was in dreary rain a decade ago, today a complete contrast with wonderful views. Then to Llyn Barfog (where Arthur cast out the afanc and The Lady appeared) and Carn March Arthur (the hoofprint left by Arthur's horse). <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SusanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanCooper</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TheDarkIsRising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDarkIsRising</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SilverOnTheTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilverOnTheTree</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Arthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arthur</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FingerpostFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FingerpostFriday</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WalesCoastPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WalesCoastPath</a>

Julio MarchiniWow. I reread of dark is rising and it did not stand the test of time. I loved this book as a ten year old but not so much as a forty year old. All I see now is a well written prose with a hollow, sometimes surrealistic plot. <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/thedarkisrising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thedarkisrising</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a>

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