Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:37 pm
Mine arrived about half an hour ago - it looks beautiful. Jaz's cover is a humdinger in real life! Rodney's text is splendidly presented, laid out with sufficient spacing in a clear and readable font. Very smart-looking book.
I'm having great fun flipping about all over the place, as is my wont. First the introductory epigraphs and Roger Marshall's foreword, and the contributor bios (because I'm nosy, and especially like to know about the broad range of fans attracted to the appeal of the shows I love). The scene is set perfectly by the two Marshalls and, with the insight given by them, I am getting even more excited about the book!
Then the afterword, which I'm on now: my goodness, but page 299 really explains the atmosphere of The Avengers in a way I've never seen in print before. The first and most gripping thing I experienced about the series was the intense grip of the mysterious, menacing atmosphere. Rodney explains it brilliantly here, and in other references to Avengerland being a state of mind as much as a place. This gives insight into how the series' creative production personnel made it so.
I have to go to Timeless's essays of course (or of golf course
)... and how delicious that she started The Thirteenth Hole one with a quote from The New Avengers. Now to devour the rest of her work, and everyone else's - but I had a nagging thought in my mnind as I started reading... I suspect this book is going to make me want to watch all of this season all over again (some episodes probably more than once), inspired by the essays and curious to catch all the things I keep missing!
I'm having great fun flipping about all over the place, as is my wont. First the introductory epigraphs and Roger Marshall's foreword, and the contributor bios (because I'm nosy, and especially like to know about the broad range of fans attracted to the appeal of the shows I love). The scene is set perfectly by the two Marshalls and, with the insight given by them, I am getting even more excited about the book!
Then the afterword, which I'm on now: my goodness, but page 299 really explains the atmosphere of The Avengers in a way I've never seen in print before. The first and most gripping thing I experienced about the series was the intense grip of the mysterious, menacing atmosphere. Rodney explains it brilliantly here, and in other references to Avengerland being a state of mind as much as a place. This gives insight into how the series' creative production personnel made it so.
I have to go to Timeless's essays of course (or of golf course
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