tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post3743017421245109693..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Not Just Narnia...StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-80814179044268257492007-04-30T08:44:00.000+01:002007-04-30T08:44:00.000+01:00Judas College --- Zuleika DobsonPuddleby -- Dr Doo...Judas College --- Zuleika Dobson<BR/>Puddleby -- Dr Doolittle!harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40514901198657166782007-04-30T08:18:00.000+01:002007-04-30T08:18:00.000+01:00The only ones that no-one has yet identified are:J...The only ones that no-one has yet identified are:<BR/>Judas College, Oxford<BR/>Mariposa<BR/>Puddleby-on-the-Marsh<BR/>Qvarne (note spelling - probably a result of poor handwriting of Aunt and too much English education of Nephew)<BR/>Yell'ham Bottom.<BR/><BR/>I was surprised at the Aged Ps not recognising Hogsmead! Did the Prisoner of Zenda write any other books?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90974672753507107752007-04-29T22:56:00.000+01:002007-04-29T22:56:00.000+01:00Hi Si - the Aged PsArchenland CS LewisBrobdingnag ...Hi Si - the Aged Ps<BR/><BR/>Archenland CS Lewis<BR/>Brobdingnag - Swift<BR/>Cranford - Gaskell<BR/>Dune - Herbert<BR/>Erewhon - Butler<BR/>Frenchman's Creek - du Maurier<BR/>Gormenghast - Peake<BR/>Hogsmead - Pratchett?<BR/>Ishmaelia - ?<BR/>Judas College, Oxford - Dexter?<BR/>Kenilworth - Scott<BR/>Loamshire - Trollope?<BR/>Mariposa - ?<BR/>Neverland - Barrie<BR/>Oz - wizard of (Baum)<BR/>Puddleby-on-the-Marsh - ?<BR/>Quarne - ?<BR/>Ruritania - Prisoner of Zenda<BR/>St. Mary Mead - Christie<BR/>Troytown - Hardy?<BR/>Utopia - Moore<BR/>Villette - Charlotte Bronte<BR/>Wigan Pier - Orwell<BR/>Xanadu - Coleridge<BR/>Yell'ham Bottom - Laurie Lee?<BR/>Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha - ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37574865399001162242007-04-29T10:02:00.000+01:002007-04-29T10:02:00.000+01:00I've tried to post my list TWICE already and it ha...I've tried to post my list TWICE already and it has lost both attampts tho' my top-up comment HAS appeared. What is going on?<BR/>Ok, so one's people haven't already mentioned are <BR/><BR/>Gormenghast - Peak(e)<BR/>Ishmaelia - his where that blundering jornalist in Scoop by Waugh, gets sent<BR/>Judas Collge - Pullman?<BR/>St Mary Mead is where Miss Marple either lives or visits - by Christie<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Troytown - Quiller Couch - his name for Fowey, CornwallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83763833765853615412007-04-29T09:53:00.000+01:002007-04-29T09:53:00.000+01:00Kenilworth is Walter ScottDune is Frank HerbertKenilworth is Walter Scott<BR/>Dune is Frank Herbertharriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-54527981130543630152007-04-29T09:45:00.000+01:002007-04-29T09:45:00.000+01:00forgot Oz- BaumThe only ones I have actually READ ...forgot Oz- Baum<BR/>The only ones I have actually READ are:<BR/><BR/>Scoop<BR/>Northern Lights<BR/>Middlemarch (if that IS where Loamshire comes from)<BR/>Peter Pan<BR/>The W of OZ and its sequel<BR/>Kubla KhanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51080742817532790222007-04-29T02:29:00.000+01:002007-04-29T02:29:00.000+01:00Cranford - GaskellOz-BaumVillette - Charlotte Bron...Cranford - Gaskell<BR/>Oz-Baum<BR/>Villette - Charlotte Bronte<BR/><BR/>Some more *sound* familiar. I'd like to see the entire list.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-10207740181639622562007-04-29T00:35:00.000+01:002007-04-29T00:35:00.000+01:00Hmm...plenty I don't know, and several that are ha...Hmm...plenty I don't know, and several that are hauntingly familiar without my quite being able to put a name to them...but let's see if I can add to Colin's efforts.<BR/><BR/>Archenland - Lewis, I think. Isn't that one of Narnia's neighbouring countries?<BR/>Erewhon - Butler (part of his oh-so-witty wordplay)<BR/>Gormenghast - Peake (I think)<BR/>Utopia - Thomas More/Moore (however you spell it - probably other authors too)<BR/>Wigan Pier - Orwell<BR/>Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha - AdamsPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303312993857949172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17321022282009930242007-04-29T00:05:00.000+01:002007-04-29T00:05:00.000+01:00Brobdingnag - SwiftFrenchman's Creek - du MaurierH...Brobdingnag - Swift<BR/>Frenchman's Creek - du Maurier<BR/>Hogsmead - Rowling<BR/>Kenilworth - this is real, it's near Leamington<BR/>Neverland - Barrie<BR/>Ruritania - is this Orwell?<BR/>St. Mary Mead - Christie<BR/>Xanadu - Colerige<BR/><BR/>Feeble effort on my part. Several more that I'm sure I know really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com