The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Alan Garner

I love how this series brings epic fantasy into a story that's pitched at kids.

#fantasy #childrensbooks

BookmarkTavern Oh my god, I remember reading that book as a kid! I wonder if I still have that copy. Thanks for sharing this! 2y

johncadams @ozma.of.oz I review lots of vintage children's fiction and so many readers come forward to say they still have their childhood copies. 2y

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Bookwomble

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Alan Garner

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This is a definite comfort read for me, redolent of childhood, magic, night fears & heroism against all odds.
Written in 1960, twins Colin & Susan are depicted as brave, resilient & scared as each other, Susan often taking the lead at a time when "boys & girls" were more often given stereotypical gender roles.
Garner's novel is often criticised as a Tolkien pastiche on a simpler level, but I don't think that's fair. They were drawing from the ??

Bookwomble ... same store of folktales & motifs, so some similarities are inevitable. Of course, Garner's story is less grand in scope, detail and tone, but that can be said of every fantasy author after Tolkien. I find Garner's a separate and distinct voice, telling a different kind of story which stands on its own merits.
I'm rereading Weirdstone and its sequel, "The Moon of Gomrath" as a prelude to the more recent "Bonelands", which completes the trilogy. 3y

vivastory Have you listened to the Backlisted episode on Garner? It's pretty special 3y

Bookwomble @vivastory No, I hadn't come across that podcast, but I've subscribed to it now, thanks 😊 3y

vivastory You're in for a treat! They've covered several authors I've seen your post about before. Enjoy 3y

Bookwomble @vivastory Yes, I had a scroll through the episodes and saw several to dip into next time I'm cooking or ironing 3y

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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Alan Garner

Although there are no product placements in the book, I'm 100% convinced that the lemonade Colin and Susan are drinking while lost in the Svart tunnels under Alderley Edge can only be R. White's Lemonade!🍋

TrishB And now I‘m singing it. 3y

Bookwomble @TrishB Ha, ha! Me, too 😄🎶 3y

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imyril

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Alan Garner

#WyrdAndWonday day 29 | 5 star fantasy reads

Childhood favourites that have stood the test of time and remained a suck fairy free zone (I couldn‘t find my copy of Alanna, but her first adventure should absolutely be here too)

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andrew61

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Alan Garner

#Underarock #Nofemmeber
Last one tonight, then i will probably forget to post for a week.
Alderley edge is a beautiful part of Cheshire and a favourite place for a family picnic (hence photo from dtrs bday) but it is a place of legend and in this wonderful book the children go under the rocks where they meet some nasty supernatural beings, and of course the legend of Arthur unde the rock is referencd.

Oryx Alderley Edge is such a gorgeous spot! And it definitely feels like a place of legend. 6y

Billypar Love the picture! Hopefully your picnics haven't been spoiled by any strange creatures 😨 6y

saresmoore Lovely photo! Is the nosey pup supernatural or just a family pet? 6y

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andrew61 @saresmoore barney is a little devil like especially when the postman approaches ☺ 6y

saresmoore Haha! Poor postman, but Barney looks to be quite the charming chap for a picnic. 6y

andrew61 @Oryx ☺ 6y

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andrew61

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Alan Garner

#MayLovesClassics #LitsyClassics #Fantasy
A few years ago our family was walking around Alderley edge and someone introduced us to alan garner - luckily id read this book to madeleine and she could say how much she loved it- his other books including elidor were such a part of my reading as a teenager especially as the setting was so local - wish id got a photo!

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Tonton

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Alan Garner

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I lost this book in a move many years ago. It‘s as good as I remembered it. Susan and Colin are temporarily staying on a farm in Wales, and find themselves caught up in mystery, myth, and magic. What a rhythm in the writing. This book led me in a straight line to The White Goddess.

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shanaqui

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Alan Garner

so-so

A reread, and I guess I still don't really get it? There's some great stuff in terms of invoking sheer claustrophobic fear, and formless uncanny dread. But it just... Ends. And a lot of the time events are so abrupt there's no time to anticipate or digest them.

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