tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post7448231740422550297..comments2024-03-27T18:53:47.254-04:00Comments on Staircase Wit: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper #1965ClubCLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-18662350896869985662019-04-23T09:41:35.448-04:002019-04-23T09:41:35.448-04:00I've never read any Cooper, though did meet he...I've never read any Cooper, though did meet her when she came to give a talk about the Bodleian. One of my colleagues was very, very starstruck!<br /><br />I'm really interested in this book's origins as an E Nesbit prize entry. I was thinking how much your description of the plot sounded like a Nesbit book.Simon T (StuckinaBook)http://www.stuckinabook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-22321880850673106512019-04-13T19:31:25.103-04:002019-04-13T19:31:25.103-04:00How extraordinarily interesting that Susan Cooper ...How extraordinarily interesting that Susan Cooper was married to Hume Cronyn. I'm a fan of Susan Cooper and with a terrible hubris, thought I knew everything about her. <br />I love The Dark is Rising, but I must admit I haven't read Over Sea Under Stone, which I must get to soon, obviously. I am especially fond of Susan Cooper's The Boggart, set mostly in Scotland, in a castle no less. Simply loved it. A wonderful family/fantasy/mystery tale.Judithhttps://readerinthewilderness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-8159200351772872342019-04-12T09:50:38.637-04:002019-04-12T09:50:38.637-04:00George read this whole series to us when Holly was...George read this whole series to us when Holly was young - I had not encountered it before. We all loved it. It is hard for some to deal with the stylistic differences. Hope your copy turns up. GSGreatEscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362042499522934670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-17487640850212578672019-04-09T07:54:08.546-04:002019-04-09T07:54:08.546-04:00I reread this recently with my son and had also ne...I reread this recently with my son and had also never noticed how scary it is. My son is prone to exclaiming "those idiots!" whenever characters in books do dumb things like separating when the bad guys are obviously around, and he did a lot of that here.<br /><br />I think I only read it once or twice as a child, the other four books were more my style. It could use some tightening up, it's too long and maundering in spots -- compare to how Cooper works with the same characters and setting in the brief, suspenseful Greenwitch -- but it's still a respectable effort. The whole series is definitely worthwhile for adults too.Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.com