Comments on: Diana Wynne Jones http://liliwilkinson.com.au/blog/2011/03/28/diana-wynne-jones Reader and writer of young adult literature Tue, 01 May 2012 03:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Grace http://liliwilkinson.com.au/blog/2011/03/28/diana-wynne-jones/comment-page-1#comment-711 Grace Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:25:54 +0000 http://liliwilkinson.com.au/?p=1116#comment-711 I found out that she passed by a friend at a party, I almost started crying. She was an amazing author and one of the reasons I started reading as a child. Fantasy just wont be the same without here. I found out that she passed by a friend at a party, I almost started crying.
She was an amazing author and one of the reasons I started reading as a child. Fantasy just wont be the same without here.

]]> By: Dustyn http://liliwilkinson.com.au/blog/2011/03/28/diana-wynne-jones/comment-page-1#comment-707 Dustyn Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:06:42 +0000 http://liliwilkinson.com.au/?p=1116#comment-707 I just can't believe she's gone. So much amazingness stored in that mind. In my thoughts - always. Beautiful post. I just can’t believe she’s gone. So much amazingness stored in that mind. In my thoughts – always. Beautiful post.

]]> By: Mary http://liliwilkinson.com.au/blog/2011/03/28/diana-wynne-jones/comment-page-1#comment-692 Mary Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:58:30 +0000 http://liliwilkinson.com.au/?p=1116#comment-692 Me TOO. Expressed perfectly - read them all and then they still kept coming. So sorry no more. So happy I have them all to re-read, over & over. And separately... very tickled by the Heyer I can spot on the shelf above. Why is it that Diana Wynne Jones readers often seem to like Georgette Heyer? I don't read any other fantasy writer nor any other regency writer (unless you count Austen), so what is this strange, common denominator? Me TOO. Expressed perfectly – read them all and then they still kept coming. So sorry no more. So happy I have them all to re-read, over & over.

And separately… very tickled by the Heyer I can spot on the shelf above. Why is it that Diana Wynne Jones readers often seem to like Georgette Heyer? I don’t read any other fantasy writer nor any other regency writer (unless you count Austen), so what is this strange, common denominator?

]]> By: Katie http://liliwilkinson.com.au/blog/2011/03/28/diana-wynne-jones/comment-page-1#comment-691 Katie Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:10:09 +0000 http://liliwilkinson.com.au/?p=1116#comment-691 It's so easy to find her books now that I'd almost forgotten the weeks, months & years I spent trawling through second-hand bookstores, desperately tracking down copies of the DWJ books I hadn't read. The Great Re-Print was possibly the best thing EVER. Reading through everyone's responses to the sad news has only served to remind me of how many books she wrote and how much she gave to all of us. Thanks very much for sharing your thoughts & memories. It’s so easy to find her books now that I’d almost forgotten the weeks, months & years I spent trawling through second-hand bookstores, desperately tracking down copies of the DWJ books I hadn’t read. The Great Re-Print was possibly the best thing EVER.

Reading through everyone’s responses to the sad news has only served to remind me of how many books she wrote and how much she gave to all of us. Thanks very much for sharing your thoughts & memories.

]]> By: Rohan http://liliwilkinson.com.au/blog/2011/03/28/diana-wynne-jones/comment-page-1#comment-690 Rohan Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:08:15 +0000 http://liliwilkinson.com.au/?p=1116#comment-690 Just heard you on the radio, first time i've heard of you actually. I completely agree - DWJ IS magic. I was probably about 8 as well when we were first introduced. I didn't like it much then, It was Charmed Life and for some reason I just didn't like it. Then I found Archer's Goon, the humour in it is a different blend and it worked so much better for me at that age. So I join with you in farewelling Diana, and to celebrate a life well spent. Just heard you on the radio, first time i’ve heard of you actually. I completely agree – DWJ IS magic. I was probably about 8 as well when we were first introduced. I didn’t like it much then, It was Charmed Life and for some reason I just didn’t like it. Then I found Archer’s Goon, the humour in it is a different blend and it worked so much better for me at that age.

So I join with you in farewelling Diana, and to celebrate a life well spent.

]]> By: Lucinda http://liliwilkinson.com.au/blog/2011/03/28/diana-wynne-jones/comment-page-1#comment-680 Lucinda Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:53:48 +0000 http://liliwilkinson.com.au/?p=1116#comment-680 So which would you recommend as a first Diana W-J book to start with? So which would you recommend as a first Diana W-J book to start with?

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