Hi all, I never knew that about Cameron. Pity, she wrote such wonderful books about the mushroom planet. I managed over the years to acquire the complete series, but the best in my opinion were the first two - the Flight and the Stowaway. I credit these books with sparking my interest in science and astronomy in grade school. Bob
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Sterling K. Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mushroom Men, > >> ...fighting it out with Charlie's authors... > > Authors? There is but the ONE author, the late great > Roald Dahl [Wing Commander Dahl, 1916 -- 1990], > author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James > and the Giant Peach, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, > The Witches, The Twits, Charlie and the Great Glass > Elevator, The BFG, The Gremlins, The Enormous Crocodile, > Esio Trot, George's Marvellous Medicine, Danny, the > Champion of the World, The Giraffe and the Pelly and > Me, The Minpins, The Vicar of Nibbleswicke, The Magic > Finger, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and... > > When he died in 1990, he was buried with his favorite > snooker cues, some very good burgundy and of course, > lots of chocolates, a box of HB pencils and a power saw > in case it was, well, too confining in there. > > Eleanor Frances Butler Cameron (1912–1996) criticized > the book for the Evil Mr. Wonka's "unfeeling attitude > toward the Oompa-Loompas, their role as conveniences > and devices to be used for Wonka’s purposes, their being > brought over from Africa for enforced servitude, and the > fact that their situation is all a part of the fun and games. > I find it regrettable, too, that Willy Wonka, through the > cleverness of his advertising, can triumphantly convince > Charlie that life lived forever inside the factory, enclosed > as in a prison, is the height of all possible bliss, with here > again no word said, nothing expressed, that would > question this idea." ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
