tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post987973061756940966..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: G is for GontAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-50566079581008019392021-04-16T11:34:31.390-04:002021-04-16T11:34:31.390-04:00Someplace new to visit. Thanks for the recommendat...Someplace new to visit. Thanks for the recommendation.<br /><br />Ronel visiting for the A-Z Challenge with an A-Z of Faerie: <a href="https://www.ronelthemythmaker.com/goblins-folklore-atozchallenge/" rel="nofollow">Goblins</a>Ronel Janse van Vuurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041347187777879494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-44363852828111942482021-04-09T09:46:48.823-04:002021-04-09T09:46:48.823-04:00Jade, there have been at least 3 or 4 film adapata...Jade, there have been at least 3 or 4 film adapatations of Earthsea, and LeGuin hated them all!Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-59414500765615045552021-04-08T17:36:52.133-04:002021-04-08T17:36:52.133-04:00Anne, Hayao Miyazaki made an anime movie, "Ta...Anne, Hayao Miyazaki made an anime movie, "Tales of Earthsea," that he based on LeGuin's books (even though she doesn't think it does.)<br /><br />Sounds like a place that would be anything but boring. <br /><br />I've pretty much lived within the same 10-mile radius my whole life so there is no "going back to" as I'm already here.<br /><br />My "G" Jethro Tull song for today:<br />http://tao-talk.com/2021/04/08/a2z-2021-jethro-tull-songs-day-7-glory-row-from-war-child-1974/JadeLihttp://tao-talk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-9062522993755319692021-04-08T14:46:43.510-04:002021-04-08T14:46:43.510-04:00I'd not heard of Gont because I've not rea...I'd not heard of Gont because I've not read the books. I agree with you, Anne. Not rural, not full city! Not terribly suburb either. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592568959570035100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-76623110979281598302021-04-08T09:42:47.388-04:002021-04-08T09:42:47.388-04:00Sue, I hadn't made the connection that the Ram...Sue, I hadn't made the connection that the Ramtops have a similar attribute.<br /><br />Olga, I agree that full rural is not for me -- but I don't like fully urban, either. I love my suburbs, where the library is near enough to walk, but the walk is past trees and gardens!<br /><br />Zalka, it's definitely a classic, and you'd recognize lots of classic folktale themes in it. I actually don't love books 1 and 3 (especially when I first read them as a kid), but books 2 and 4 are among my absolute all-time favorites. (And 5 was somewhere between those extremes.)Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-16576027054566440022021-04-08T01:25:46.701-04:002021-04-08T01:25:46.701-04:00I have never read the Earthsea books, but I heard ...I have never read the Earthsea books, but I heard a lot about them. They are on my TBR list. Sounds interesting!<br /><br /><a href="http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Multicolored Diary</a>A Tarkabarka Hölgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719668142192116685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-84143418509074192502021-04-01T16:42:19.985-04:002021-04-01T16:42:19.985-04:00I don't think Gont would be my place. I'm ...I don't think Gont would be my place. I'm not much for a rural community. Give me a big city any day. Olga Godimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358026814685611301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-78827784453736413192021-04-01T10:27:33.354-04:002021-04-01T10:27:33.354-04:00It’s been a long time since I have read this novel...It’s been a long time since I have read this novel. Must go back and reread.<br /><br />An interesting thought about an ordinary place that produces wizards! In fact, Terry Pratchett’s Ramtop mountains do exactly that. The place is full of very ordinary farmers living their lives, gossiping about the neighbours and doing their daily work, yet it has a high proportion of witches and wizards. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com