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Post by garej on Jan 30, 2019 14:33:40 GMT 1
I don't know if everyone has read this but since not everyone has Facebook I thought I would mention it here. Basically Dream of Fair Horses and The Black Loch by Patricia Leitch are coming out as ebooks in March with hopefully print copies to follow. The person behind the publishing (it's a new publisher) hopes to bring back more pony book classics as ebooks in the future.
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Post by trixiepony on Jan 31, 2019 10:34:27 GMT 1
yes Its lovely new.
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Post by Claire on Feb 4, 2019 1:24:17 GMT 1
Thanks for that news Garej. It's good that the old classic pony books are slowly appearing as e-books so that younger generations will read them too. Hope they're not too mangled by updating tho!
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Post by garej on Feb 4, 2019 15:24:51 GMT 1
Claire judging from who the publisher is I suspect not!
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Post by Claire on Feb 11, 2019 22:37:08 GMT 1
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Post by garej on Apr 3, 2019 1:14:57 GMT 1
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Post by ginslinger on Apr 4, 2019 12:48:50 GMT 1
Yes, as I mentioned on the In Vacant Possession thread, I bought it at the same time and read it first which put me off starting WVP! I suppose if you were a huge devotee of the Bracken Series (I think I only read the first two) you might want to know what happened to the characters but without that investment in the characters I found it a bit flat and bland. I don’t think it survived being moved to a modern setting well. The domineering aunt and uncle just seemed ludicrous. I can’t see many modern youngsters taking that level of interfernce and I don’t think it is taken for granted these days that all married couples will want children. Surely uncommon now not to discuss beforehand and take necessary steps. Worse is that the drama isn’t very dramatic - either very clearly flagged and quickly resolved or there isn’t enough at stake. A more has an inconvenient foal but it is a wonder foal and a horse to ride in the meantime is easily and cheaply found. They might get a compulsory purchase order but they will get shedloads of cash..etc It is a far cry even from say CPT’s Goodbye to Hounds where the threatened farm sale means the Day family will lose their home and livelihoods and may well be separated as well as the hunt. It took for granted that you knew and liked the characters and so there wasn’t much characterisation to make you care and most of the writing was very simple though there was the occasional long sequence of subordinate clauses that didn’t always go where they were intended. It also needed a bit of proof reading. On the whole it read like one of those books to encourage adult literacy and I was disappointed and found With Vacant Possession a very pleasant contrast. |
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Post by Claire on Apr 5, 2019 19:47:38 GMT 1
Thanks for the comments Ginslinger. It did have 5 star reviews on Amazon but they aren't always reliable. I found the fact the characters were miraculously transported 50 years into the present very off-putting to reading this. Also even as a teen and far more starry eyed and romantic than the cynical old bag I am now, I found the romance between Bobby and Guy rather unappealing and unconvincing. Probably not one I'll bother with. Oh and thanks for the info about Dream of Fair Horses Garej.  |
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