tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311005867555347797.post8445405725089917096..comments2023-10-11T09:48:43.725-05:00Comments on The Bamboo Bookcase: Christmas in The Dark is Risingelizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825540813779206354noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311005867555347797.post-51961578420921648922013-05-04T20:04:42.919-05:002013-05-04T20:04:42.919-05:00I have loved that series for many years. My wife w...I have loved that series for many years. My wife was a librarian, and we were both sf/fantasy fans from childhood, so naturally we had all of them.<br /><br />Julia Ecklar made a song of the prophetic verses, which won the <a href="http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/dark-is-rising.html" rel="nofollow">1997 Pegasus Award</a> for "Best Sorcery Song". It's been recorded several times, most recently on Julia's newest and finest album, <a href="http://www.prometheus-music.com/horsetamer.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Horsetamer</i></a>, also available through <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/horsetamer/id637830914" rel="nofollow">iTunes</a> ($0.99).<br /><br />While writing this, I'm listening to the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem's album <i>Ain't It Grand Boys</i>. A little while ago I heard "Children's Medley: Shellicky Bookey; Ilee Alee O; Recitation; Wallflowers; Mary the Money; Frosty Weather; There Was a Man of Double Deed; the Wren Song". Their spoken introduction to the Wren Song was about how, as boys they would go out on Christmas day and kill a wren, and on the next day they would go from house to house singing this song and asking for money "to bury the wren"... though that's not what they spent it on.<br /><br />I heard that and my jaw dropped as I thought of <i>The Dark is Rising</i> and the boys carrying the wren. That started me looking for information about that; and that search brought me here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311005867555347797.post-83203262592118103622012-12-14T18:04:54.700-06:002012-12-14T18:04:54.700-06:00I wanted to read the Book of Gramarye too! And I w...I wanted to read the Book of Gramarye too! And I wanted Merriman to be my great-uncle.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17825540813779206354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311005867555347797.post-63801630819122272492012-12-12T22:21:41.924-06:002012-12-12T22:21:41.924-06:00Oh, it gets stuck in my head as well! There is so...Oh, it gets stuck in my head as well! There is so much to love in this book - starting with Merriman and the Lady. And oh how I wanted to read The Book of Gramarye.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.com