tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post6485033401461463585..comments2024-03-28T09:33:29.705+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: The House of Arden by E Nesbit: Part 2Clothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68025151292056286982015-02-06T21:05:59.074+00:002015-02-06T21:05:59.074+00:00Oh that's a good take on it. I must admit
I g...Oh that's a good take on it. I must admit <br />I gave up on trying to work out or understand what was going on in that sense, and just enjoyed the story, but your theory sounds convincing.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-87565156960815191962015-02-05T12:23:48.831+00:002015-02-05T12:23:48.831+00:00Late to the party I know, but I read it as them ac...Late to the party I know, but I read it as them actually being the same children - that there's something odd about the Ardens and the same children are being born over again every hundred years or so (although with no memory of previous lives), that's why they're able to hop about, why there's the emphasis on 'always a boy and a girl' and the same relative ages and looks. Maybe even why they can use up time in the present when they're in the past - it's their own 'clocks' that are ticking on if they're not put back. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76927916994526782612014-12-21T22:49:05.910+00:002014-12-21T22:49:05.910+00:00That's a really good point. Nesbit was obvious...That's a really good point. Nesbit was obviously struggling with her concepts a little, she wanted to get the mechanics of it sorted out, but couldn't get it quite right. It is a very strange book, but I did enjoy it, now and back when I was young....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45310980439779095912014-12-21T21:46:11.013+00:002014-12-21T21:46:11.013+00:00Just read this (after reading the previous post). ...Just read this (after reading the previous post). Usually I like time-shift stories, and I read lots of children's books, and I love Edith Nesbit, but I have mixed feelings about this one. I liked bits of it, but I really couldn't cope with the way the children go hitch-hiking through time, taking over other people's bodies... Other people who look like just like them, but other people who are pushed out of their own bodies to make way for Elfrida and Edred. I'm sorry, but I think that's really spooky, like some kind of possession. It's horrible.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-51244332320347278482014-12-16T15:55:57.517+00:002014-12-16T15:55:57.517+00:00This is just going to annoy you isn't it! You ...This is just going to annoy you isn't it! You need to find a time travel or scifi forum and pose the question...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-21115137627340387092014-12-16T15:15:48.410+00:002014-12-16T15:15:48.410+00:00Maybe Ray Bradbury. Have a feeling now that I read...Maybe Ray Bradbury. Have a feeling now that I read it in a sci-fi collection though I don't normally read sci-fi. It's going to keep niggling . . .Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41894435552888302632014-12-16T12:54:52.465+00:002014-12-16T12:54:52.465+00:00Honoured to have you visit, Mr Block! You'll h...Honoured to have you visit, Mr Block! You'll have to keep thinking Christine - glimpsed memories of remembered plots are one thing that you can't easily look up online these days.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71620012680154121412014-12-15T16:56:12.761+00:002014-12-15T16:56:12.761+00:00Thanks! I can stop flipping through your Collected...Thanks! I can stop flipping through your Collected Short Stories. I think it was set in New York - that's why I thought of you - and it's infuriating not quite being able to remember Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57168125364679982452014-12-15T14:56:06.646+00:002014-12-15T14:56:06.646+00:00'Fraid it's not mine, Christine.'Fraid it's not mine, Christine.Lawrence Blockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704874256656553287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-19938713178560269262014-12-14T22:32:42.223+00:002014-12-14T22:32:42.223+00:00I love timeslip, so long as I don't have to be...I love timeslip, so long as I don't have to be too bothered about the mechanics of it, I just want to read about great situations resulting from it....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57236118311500776792014-12-14T21:59:39.558+00:002014-12-14T21:59:39.558+00:00Yes, I've seen Frequency, and I hugely enjoyed...Yes, I've seen Frequency, and I hugely enjoyed it. I love time-slip fiction - John Wyndham's short stories are particular good on this - and I worked a bit of time-slip into my first children's book. Subliminally influenced by E Nesbit again, very probably!!<br />Lissa Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-70251801950954728232014-12-14T20:12:42.855+00:002014-12-14T20:12:42.855+00:00You are most welcome in our gang Chrissie! That...You are most welcome in our gang Chrissie! That's an intriguing-sounding setup, you'll have to let us know if you track the story down. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3424870083079993552014-12-14T14:30:28.719+00:002014-12-14T14:30:28.719+00:00I love E. Nesbit too and would like to be in a Nes...I love E. Nesbit too and would like to be in a Nesbit gang! Haven't read this one, so I must. The Enchanted Castle might be my favourite.<br />I remember reading a short story about two old men on small pensions. One of them finds a way to go back to a time when food was cheaper and brings back oranges for the other - of course it gets more complicated than he anticipates. I have a feeling it might have been written by Lawrence Block - but I might be completely wrong.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30752452994351210152014-12-13T22:10:32.786+00:002014-12-13T22:10:32.786+00:00Never heard of it, so I'll look it up tomorrow...Never heard of it, so I'll look it up tomorrow.....my bed is calling me!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58232923183821466162014-12-13T22:08:35.594+00:002014-12-13T22:08:35.594+00:00I suspected that would be your choice! I just said...I suspected that would be your choice! I just said to Margot below that Frequency is a great (adult) film with time-travel and thriller elements - have you ever seen it? highly recommended.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9713305390751542962014-12-13T22:05:34.420+00:002014-12-13T22:05:34.420+00:00We'll agree to disagree - give me Michael J. a...We'll agree to disagree - give me Michael J. any day please!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57842835326937873582014-12-13T21:47:11.164+00:002014-12-13T21:47:11.164+00:00It makes for great philosophy, wondering about it....It makes for great philosophy, wondering about it. There's a film called Frequency that I really liked, which deals with the question of changing the past, and has a pretty good thriller plot too. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-43728975079359751292014-12-13T21:45:29.736+00:002014-12-13T21:45:29.736+00:00No, I love B+T still, it makes me laugh so much. I...No, I love B+T still, it makes me laugh so much. I'd much rather watch it than Back to the Future, say, or most of those 80s teen films. I just love those boys! Egregious & bodacious.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-32753698938622649082014-12-13T12:37:20.003+00:002014-12-13T12:37:20.003+00:00Moira - Interesting commentary on changing history...Moira - Interesting commentary on changing history in this novel. I think people do wonder what would happen if you could go back in time, and what would happen if you changed one thing. That's dealt with in popular culture of course in <i>Bill and Ted's...</i> and of course in <i>Back to the Future</i>. It's also addressed in Ray Bradbury's short story <i>A Sound of Thunder</i>. After all, you never know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-19595315170081779752014-12-13T10:53:34.445+00:002014-12-13T10:53:34.445+00:00Sorry not feeling it. B+T's Excellent Adventur...Sorry not feeling it. B+T's Excellent Adventure was a decent film in it's day. I don't think it has stood the test of time though TBHcol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.com