tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post7073490895066471939..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: The novelist as editor: Fair Play by Tove JanssonRisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-82559070375640603092012-08-30T10:06:25.983+08:002012-08-30T10:06:25.983+08:00Thanks again! Methinks the Moominland is a complet...Thanks again! Methinks the Moominland is a complete universe.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-22693846864983147122012-08-30T04:55:34.201+08:002012-08-30T04:55:34.201+08:00Rise - you may also be interested in listening to ...Rise - you may also be interested in listening to Jansson's quite unique "Moomin" songs - strangely mesmerizing (and available on iTunes in the album "Moomin Voices"). seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-60909258579924716422012-08-29T20:01:23.947+08:002012-08-29T20:01:23.947+08:00Thanks, Scott. Comet in Moominland seems like a pe...Thanks, Scott. <i>Comet in Moominland</i> seems like a perfect gift suggestion.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-80874375611355382362012-08-29T06:15:44.024+08:002012-08-29T06:15:44.024+08:00Nicely done post, Rise. I haven't read this ye...Nicely done post, Rise. I haven't read this yet, but did read Jansson's <i>The Summer Book</i>, and your last line seems to capture the tone of Jansson's writing beautifully. <br /><br />By sheer coincidence I just sent a copy of <i>Comet in Moominland</i> to my 7-year old goddaughter, since at her age I'd been addicted to the Moomin books, and that's the one that still sticksseraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-48571042051662149312012-08-29T01:01:50.011+08:002012-08-29T01:01:50.011+08:00Thanks for the link, Gary. I didn't know they ...Thanks for the link, Gary. I didn't know they were adapted for TV.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-46313659262782847302012-08-28T20:58:36.025+08:002012-08-28T20:58:36.025+08:00Another writer I've yet to read although was a...Another writer I've yet to read although was aware of moomins, through the TV series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eZRwv-He54.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-4750403054287670622012-08-27T12:21:08.817+08:002012-08-27T12:21:08.817+08:00Yeah, she branched out into novels for adults. I h...Yeah, she branched out into novels for adults. I have yet to come across her Moomin series. <i>The True Deceiver</i> and <i>The Summer Book</i> I want to get into at some point.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-10011984680402608502012-08-26T21:18:38.329+08:002012-08-26T21:18:38.329+08:00Interesting, I never knew Jansson (d. 2001) wrote ...Interesting, I never knew Jansson (d. 2001) wrote anything other than the excellent Momminpapa books for children, including her 1946 'Comet in Moominland'(an allegory of nuclear weapons according to Wikipedia) the first in a charming series of books which encouraged my life-long love of reading several decades ago now.Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.com