Comments on: WHISPERS FROM THE PAST http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/2009/08/whispers-from-the-past/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam Enthoven http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/2009/08/whispers-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Sam Enthoven Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:51:13 +0000 http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/?p=2543#comment-1041 That's one of the things I love most about what we do. We don't all have to be famous/filmed/whatever. The fact that our books are out there, and just might affect the people who find them in the same way as my favourites did when I was the age I write for... that's very exciting! That’s one of the things I love most about what we do. We don’t all have to be famous/filmed/whatever. The fact that our books are out there, and just might affect the people who find them in the same way as my favourites did when I was the age I write for… that’s very exciting!

]]> By: Ali Sparkes http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/2009/08/whispers-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 Ali Sparkes Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:32:52 +0000 http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/?p=2543#comment-1037 It's interesting that these books which have really impacted on us have NOT been the very well known ones... It’s interesting that these books which have really impacted on us have NOT been the very well known ones…

]]> By: [Shudders] | Trapped By Monsters http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/2009/08/whispers-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 [Shudders] | Trapped By Monsters Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:26:54 +0000 http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/?p=2543#comment-1035 [...] Ali’s post the other day filled me with horror. Partly it was her question: If you had to save just one book from your childhood shelf, what would it be? If I was in that situation, I’d be a goner for sure. The oncoming fire/flood/apocalypse/seething tide of monster vomit would catch me still dithering in front of that shelf, unable to make a decision. [...] [...] Ali’s post the other day filled me with horror. Partly it was her question: If you had to save just one book from your childhood shelf, what would it be? If I was in that situation, I’d be a goner for sure. The oncoming fire/flood/apocalypse/seething tide of monster vomit would catch me still dithering in front of that shelf, unable to make a decision. [...]

]]> By: Barry Hutchison http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/2009/08/whispers-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Barry Hutchison Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:22:48 +0000 http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/?p=2543#comment-1022 When I was about 10 I read what seemed at the time to be a massive, epic book. It was called The Hounds of the Morrigan. It was written by an Irish writer - Pat O'Shea - and a lot of it was taken from Celtic mythology. I borrowed the book from the school library about half a dozen times, reading it at least twice each time. It wasn't until the internet came along that I was able to get my own copy - about two years ago, in fact - and reading it brought me right back to being 10 years old, curled up on the couch in my parents' house. It's a funny, charming, thrilling, mysterious, scary book, and just writing about it now has made me want to go and read it again. If you can get your hands on a copy, make sure you do. It's a big book, but there's something magical on every page. When I was about 10 I read what seemed at the time to be a massive, epic book. It was called The Hounds of the Morrigan.

It was written by an Irish writer – Pat O’Shea – and a lot of it was taken from Celtic mythology. I borrowed the book from the school library about half a dozen times, reading it at least twice each time.

It wasn’t until the internet came along that I was able to get my own copy – about two years ago, in fact – and reading it brought me right back to being 10 years old, curled up on the couch in my parents’ house.

It’s a funny, charming, thrilling, mysterious, scary book, and just writing about it now has made me want to go and read it again. If you can get your hands on a copy, make sure you do. It’s a big book, but there’s something magical on every page.

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