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For our second seasonal episode Ralph and Liz discuss Susan Cooper’s The Dark Is Rising as part of the worldwide #thedarkisreading hashtag.
Show Notes
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
Elizabeth Lovegrove and Ralph Lovegrove
- Synopsis 00:35
- Themes 10:50
- Comparisons with The Box Of Delights
- Winter and isolation
- Myth and prophecy
- Time travel
- Transformed landscape
- RPG bit 22:55
- Ralph’s idea: The Dark Is Rising meets The Hunger Games meets Power Rangers/Chronicle
- Liz’s idea: The Dark Is Rising without the supernatural
- Dialect
- Alas Vegas and Yet Already
- Last words 34:30
Music Credits
“Is That You Or Are You You?” from Reappear by Chris Zabriskie
“But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton” from Direct To Video by Chris Zabriskie