tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7591747645647450815..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: An old friend returnsStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-34085435530294066202009-01-17T17:16:00.000+00:002009-01-17T17:16:00.000+00:00Those last few paragraphs are one of the few thing...Those last few paragraphs are one of the few things I can not read aloud to my children.<BR/><BR/>I was appalled by the idea at first, but I'm withholding judgement until I see the final product. Surely they can do no worse than Disney did with the illustrations? On the other hand, why-oh-why does everything have to have A Sequel? On the other-other hand, I'd eagerly read new adventures of Pooh and the gang, if they were done well.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745786643511417426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79595504763987609502009-01-16T22:21:00.000+00:002009-01-16T22:21:00.000+00:00Hi, I found your blog through Becca & Bella.I ...Hi, I found your blog through Becca & Bella.<BR/><BR/>I agree with your concerns about the new book. Many times when they go back to add additional titles to a favorite, they mess it up (Indiana Jones comes to mind as a recent example). I think A.A. Milne's Hundred Acre world was brilliantly created and I hope that nothing in the new installment will taint it for future generations to enjoy.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706544792110129160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60846869441230335712009-01-16T19:43:00.000+00:002009-01-16T19:43:00.000+00:00I recalled your Winnie the Pooh blog post when I h...I recalled your Winnie the Pooh blog post when I heard that there is a programme on Radio 4 on Saturday morning at 10.30 (GMT), examining the popularity of Pooh in Russia. There he is called Vinni Pukh. It seems that like OVW says he "cuts across all notions of nationality". Personally, I have to admit that the Pooh books never caught my imagination as a child, either on the page or in the Jackanory readings by the late Willie Rushton.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your interesting blog, Simon. It's so pleasant to find good natured dialogue on the web, when so many blogs and forums descend into slanging matches.David Nolan (David73277)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16898875181095358216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-12185655755217332452009-01-15T06:12:00.000+00:002009-01-15T06:12:00.000+00:00I'm on your side about Pooh, of course. But when ...I'm on your side about Pooh, of course. But when you say: "I agree that poohsticks can and ought to be played in collections of running water throughout the land!" I take exception and suggest you mean "the world." I have played poohsticks in a mountain stream in Sequoia National Park in California at 9,000 feet and the principle was exactly the same. (By the way, it was having Pooh read to me at age three that turned me into the hardcore, lifelong Anglophile that I am. My New York Jewish mother touchingly attempted an English accent, and that did the business.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-88027995480603123282009-01-14T12:20:00.000+00:002009-01-14T12:20:00.000+00:00Dear OVW, there is nothing to forgive! As to the b...Dear OVW, there is nothing to forgive! As to the biting members of the <I>Diptera</I> being a nuisance, it does depend where in Scotland you are playing. On the W. Coast, for all its beauty, the game might indeed by rather disturbed. Near my wee cottage in C. Perthshire we are very ofrtunate to be extremely rarely bothered. Now when I went walking in Swedish Sammi-land one summer the plague was so horrible that you could not imagine any game being played that did not involve running about rapidly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-14609538694854643252009-01-12T17:25:00.000+00:002009-01-12T17:25:00.000+00:00Forgive me. I had no intention of being nationalis...Forgive me. I had no intention of being nationalistic. Pooh, like all 'cuddly toys', cuts across all notions of nationality. He does, however, prefer the temperate zone, as being kinder to one filled with fluff. In his literary manifestation, he transcends all divisions and is best understood by the child - in the child or in the adult. The original 'toy' I believe, is imprisoned in America. But then, are we not all prisoners of one kind or another? As for the 'new book' - true followers of Pooh are so busy playing Pooh-sticks anywhere and everywhere there is a suitable stream, that they are safely ensconced in the Special Place where no Pooh detractors can reach them!<BR/>I love the thought of many a Scottish burn being used this way. But do the 'midgies' spoil the game?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-80197370350351599902009-01-11T20:10:00.000+00:002009-01-11T20:10:00.000+00:00I'm horrified. You said it very well, and, like y...I'm horrified. You said it very well, and, like you, I am particularly concerned about the illustrations.Linda C Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742010169617249094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-67084964137299891312009-01-11T16:08:00.000+00:002009-01-11T16:08:00.000+00:00Ah, I was basing it on Pooh et al being specifical...Ah, I was basing it on Pooh et al being specifically Sussex-dwellers, but I agree that poohsticks can and ought to be played in collections of running water throughout the land!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-4242394708967251672009-01-11T13:16:00.000+00:002009-01-11T13:16:00.000+00:00I agree completely with your comments, but yes I a...I agree completely with your comments, but yes I am indeed rather indifferent to this news item. By the way I always felt that Pooh and his friends were British rather than specifically <I>English</I>. I knew and loved places like the Hundred Acre Wood in Scotland where I was born and grew up. Probably if I ever considered any of the characters to be English then it was Christopher Robin, but certainly I didn't feel that way about the animals, and I played Pooh-sticks happily in wee burns as much as I expect you did in English streams (I am making an unsupported assumption here!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7985908468485198902009-01-11T12:11:00.000+00:002009-01-11T12:11:00.000+00:00Having been through the horrors of red sweaters on...Having been through the horrors of red sweaters on Pooh and the latest addition of turning Christopher Robin into a girl??? on a childrens channel surely this book can go no further in destroying the original charm. One must wait and see, and live in hope but I fail to see why another book is needed. For me the original is the only way of introducing him to the next generation.Kentishmaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467073271952930230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91589675315263310362009-01-10T22:30:00.000+00:002009-01-10T22:30:00.000+00:00In defence - the writer (sorry, forgotten his name...In defence - the writer (sorry, forgotten his name at this hour of the night) has immersed himself in the full range of A.A. Milne's writing and, on the radio this morning, came over as suitably awed and humble. Also, having allowed Disney to have full range on the subject for so long, maybe we can now claim Pooh back for the English. I will wait for October before making judgement, and decide then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com