"the special mirror barrier that once hid the Alyssian camp. He is described as having white hair that blows atop his head like steam coming out of his skull and having eagle-sharp eyes. In the UK edition, Alyss accuses Lewis Carroll of turning General Doppelganger into Tweedledee and Tweedledum while reading ""Alice's Adventures In Wonderland"". This was removed in the US edition as the Tweedle twins originally appeared in ""Through the Looking-Glass"", rather than the first book. The Looking Glass Wars The Looking Glass Wars is a series of novels by Frank Beddor, heavily inspired by Lewis Carroll's ""Alice's Adventures"
"headed with ""Christmas Day for Dolly"", was first published in Harrop's ""Manchester Mercury"" in 1746. Although Byrom is probably best remembered for this Christmas carol, he was regarded by his contemporaries as a poet and a literary man. Most of his poems, the best-known of which is ""My spirit longeth for Thee"", were religious in tone. He is also remembered for his epigrams and, above all, his coinage of the phrase ""Tweedledum and Tweedledee"" (in connection with a dispute about the merits of the two composers, Handel and Bononcini). Byrom did not lead an ordinary provincial life. He was a"
"Lampoon"" novel ""Bored of the Rings"" parodies Bombadil as ""Tim Benzedrine"", a stereotypical hippie married to ""Hashberry"". Her name was a reference to Haight-Ashbury, a district of San Francisco widely seen as being the origin of hippie counterculture and nicknamed Hashbury. In the ""Portlandia"" episode ""Motorcycle"", segment ""Small Hatchback"", several hippies are shown singing Bombadil's name. Tom Bombadil Tom Bombadil is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He first appeared in print in a 1934 poem called ""The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"", which also included Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wight. They were not then explicitly part of"
"a fawn, she is a human, and that fawns are afraid of humans, it runs off (to Alice's frustration). Chapter Four – Tweedledum and Tweedledee: She then meets the fat twin brothers Tweedledum and Tweedledee, who she knows from the nursery rhyme. After reciting the long poem ""The Walrus and the Carpenter"", they draw Alice's attention to the Red King—loudly snoring away under a nearby tree—and maliciously provoke her with idle philosophical banter that she exists only as an imaginary figure in the Red King's dreams. Finally, the brothers begin suiting up for battle, only to be frightened away by"
"The Two of Them The Two of Them is a feminist science fiction novel by Joanna Russ. It was first published in 1978 in the United States by Berkley Books and in Great Britain by The Women's Press in 1986. It was last reissued in 2005 by the Wesleyan University Press with a foreword by Sarah LeFanu. Irene, a female galactic agent, rescues a young woman, Zubeydeh, from a male-dominant culture of a colonized planet, Ala-ed-deen, where women are kept in purdah. This novel uses characters and a setting from Suzette Haden Elgin's short story ""For The Sake Of Grace,"""
"Carroll, having introduced two fat little men named Tweedledum and Tweedledee, quotes the nursery rhyme, which the two brothers then go on to enact. They agree to have a battle, but never have one. When they see a monstrous black crow swooping down, they take to their heels. The Tweedle brothers never contradict each other, even when one of them, according to the rhyme, ""agrees to have a battle"". Rather, they complement each other's words. This fact has led Tenniel to assume that they are twins, and Gardner goes so far as to claim that Carroll intended them to be"
"John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (; 10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works written using the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include ""The Day of the Triffids"" (1951) and ""The Midwich Cuckoos"" (1957), the latter filmed twice as ""Village of the Damned"". Wyndham was born in the village of Dorridge near Knowle, Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England, the"
"Hazlewood in 1863 and first performed at the Britannia Theatre Saloon in 1863. The script was subsequently published by Thomas Hailes Lacy's in his series ""Acting Edition of Plays"", the 85th play in the series. Tinsley also dramatised other works by Braddon, notably ""Lady Audley's Secret"". Aurora Floyd Aurora Floyd (1863) is a sensation novel written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. It is a follow-up novel to Braddon's highly popular ""Lady Audley's Secret"" (1862). The plot follows the eponymous heroine, the daughter of a marriage between a nobleman, and an actress, as she grows into sexual maturity and is embroiled in"
"The Day of the Triffids The Day of the Triffids is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower, an aggressive species of plant starts killing people. Although Wyndham had already published other novels using other pen name combinations drawn from his real name, this was the first novel published as ""John Wyndham"". It established him as an important writer and remains his best-known novel. The story has been made into the 1962 feature film of the same name, three radio drama series"
"James are popular. Nigel Tranter wrote historical novels of celebrated Scottish warriors; Robert the Bruce in ""The Bruce Trilogy"", and William Wallace in ""The Wallace"" (1975), works noted by academics for their accuracy. John Wyndham wrote post-apocalyptic science fiction, his most notable works being ""The Day of the Triffids"" (1951), and ""The Midwich Cuckoos"" (1957). George Langelaan's ""The Fly"" (1957), is a science fiction short story. Science fiction novelist Arthur C. Clarke's """" (1968), is based on his various short stories, particularly ""The Sentinel"" (1951). His other major novels include ""Rendezvous with Rama"" (1972), and ""The Fountains of Paradise"" (1979)."
"The Midwich Cuckoos The Midwich Cuckoos is a 1957 science fiction novel written by the English author John Wyndham. It tells the tale of an English village in which the women become pregnant by brood parasitic aliens. The book has been praised by many critics, but was famously branded a ""cosy catastrophe"" by Brian Aldiss. This label has been rebutted by the dramatist Dan Rebellato, who called it a searching novel of moral ambiguities, and the novelist Margaret Atwood, who called the book Wyndham's ""chef d'oeuvre"". It has been filmed twice as ""Village of the Damned"", with releases in 1960"
"the poem, which is recited by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice. Walking upon a beach one night when both sun and moon are visible, the Walrus and Carpenter come upon an offshore bed of oysters. Groups of four are called up; the exact number is unknown. To the disapproval of the eldest oyster, many more follow them. After walking along the beach (a point is made of the fact that the oysters are all neatly shod despite having no feet), the two main characters are revealed to be predatory and eat all of the oysters. After hearing the poem, the"
"Mrs Craddock Mrs Craddock is a novel by William Somerset Maugham first published in 1902. Set in the final years of the 19th century, ""Mrs Craddock"" is about a young and attractive woman of independent means who marries beneath her. As he had written about a subject that was considered daring at the time, Maugham had some difficulty finding a publisher. Completed in 1900, the novel was eventually published in 1902 by William Heinemann, but only on the condition that the author took out passages which, according to Heinemann, might have offended the readers. A successful and popular book, ""Mrs"
"species and its less advanced progenitors. (The book's original phrase is ""they cannot tolerate our ""rise"""".) The Chrysalids The Chrysalids (United States title: Re-Birth) is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham, first published in 1955 by Michael Joseph. It is the least typical of Wyndham's major novels, but regarded by some as his best. An early manuscript version was entitled ""Time for a Change"". The novel was adapted for BBC radio by Barbara Clegg in 1982, with a further adaptation by Jane Rogers in 2012. It was also adapted for the theatre by playwright David Harrower in"
"Clara in Blunderland Clara in Blunderland is a novel by Caroline Lewis (pseudonym for Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and M. H. Temple), written in 1902 and published by William Heinemann of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and ""Through the Looking-Glass"". The book was followed a year later by a sequel, ""Lost in Blunderland"". The book is critical of the British Government's engagement in the Second Boer War. A number of prominent politicians are represented by characters from the ""Alice"" books: Clara (the equivalent of Alice) represents Arthur Balfour,"
"Pandemonium (novel) Pandemonium is a 2012 dystopian young adult novel written by Lauren Oliver and the second novel in her ""Delirium"" trilogy. The book was first published on February 28, 2012 through HarperTeen and follows the series' protagonist as she explores the Wilds outside the walled community she was raised in. The book was preceded by a novella entitled ""Hana"" and was succeeded by ""Requiem"", the final book in the series. The book follows up the events of Delirium and Lena is now in the Wilds alone. This sequel now begins switching the chapters from the present “now” and the"
"in the Domesday Book as Sceptesberie, and the use of ""Shaston"" () was recorded in 1831 in Samuel Lewis's ""A Topographical Dictionary of England"" and in 1840 in ""The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales"". Thomas Hardy used both ""Shaston"" and ""Palladour"" to refer to the town in the fictional Wessex of his novels such as ""Jude the Obscure"" (""Caer Palladour"" in the Brythonic language is ""Caer Vynnydd y Paladr"" or ""The Hillfort of the Spears""), though the general use of ""Palladour"" was described by one 19th-century directory as ""mere invention"". There is no substantive evidence that Shaftesbury was the"
"occasionally criticised as facetious. From 1970 to 1982 he was nominated for the Ditmar Award several times. Jack Wodhams Jack Wodhams (1931 – 2017) was an English-born science fiction writer who lived in Australia from 1955 until his death. He also wrote as Trudy Rose and Caroline Edwards. Wodhams was born on 3 September 1931 in Dagenham, London and died on 3 August 2017. He was first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1967 with the story ""There Is a Crooked Man."" He was largely known for the kind of ""problem oriented"" stories that Analog itself is known"
"John Wyndham, who was born to a Birmingham family in Knowle to the south-east of the city and brought up in Edgbaston, was the most significant single writer in the post-war rebirth of science fiction in Britain, becoming the founding figure of a school of writers that would include John Christopher, Charles Eric Maine, J. G. Ballard, and Christopher Priest. 1951's ""The Day of the Triffids"" marked the first of a series of novels – including ""The Chrysalids"", ""The Midwich Cuckoos"" and ""Chocky"" – that ""with a skilful anatomy, laid bare the abyss beneath the comfortable lives of his audience""."
"Jack Wodhams Jack Wodhams (1931 – 2017) was an English-born science fiction writer who lived in Australia from 1955 until his death. He also wrote as Trudy Rose and Caroline Edwards. Wodhams was born on 3 September 1931 in Dagenham, London and died on 3 August 2017. He was first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1967 with the story ""There Is a Crooked Man."" He was largely known for the kind of ""problem oriented"" stories that Analog itself is known for. These stories have been called ""generally clever and often ingenious"" and good on military matters, but"
"Triffid The triffid is a fictitious tall, mobile, prolific and highly venomous plant species, the titular antagonist in John Wyndham's 1951 novel ""The Day of the Triffids"" and Simon Clark's 2001 sequel ""The Night of the Triffids"". Triffids were also featured in the 1957 BBC radio dramatization of Wyndham's book, a considerably altered 1962 film adaptation, a more faithful 1981 television serial produced by the BBC, and in a 2009 two-part TV series also produced by the BBC. Since 1951, when ""The Day of the Triffids"" was first published, the word ""triffid"" has become a popular British English colloquial term"
"her wedding, feels free. Similar to the old custom of ""damnatio memoriae"" in the Roman Empire, she destroys all of Edward's photographs and all of his letters to her. Mrs Craddock Mrs Craddock is a novel by William Somerset Maugham first published in 1902. Set in the final years of the 19th century, ""Mrs Craddock"" is about a young and attractive woman of independent means who marries beneath her. As he had written about a subject that was considered daring at the time, Maugham had some difficulty finding a publisher. Completed in 1900, the novel was eventually published in 1902"
"two children have caught measles as well (p. 88). The first, bound edition appeared from Brockhampton Press in 1969. The same illustrations were used for a Dutch translation. The second English edition in 1977 came from Hodder in hardback and paperback, and the third was a paperback from the Hamlyn series Beaver Books in 1980, with illustrations by John Spiers. The Snowball (children's novel) The Snowball (first published 1969) is a fantasy novel for children by the English writer Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982), who is best known for her Carbonel series. The two main characters are Tom Tickle, aged eight, and"
"Arden of Faversham Arden of Faversham (original spelling: Arden of Feversham) is an Elizabethan play, entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on 3 April 1592, and printed later that same year by Edward White. It depicts the murder of Thomas Arden by his wife Alice Arden and her lover, and their subsequent discovery and punishment. The play is notable as perhaps the earliest surviving example of domestic tragedy, a form of Renaissance play which dramatized recent and local crimes rather than far-off and historical events. The author is unknown, and the play has been attributed to Thomas Kyd,"
"Trafford, which she only abandoned for her own name in 1864. Novels and tales followed in quick succession, and between 1858 and 1902 she issued thirty volumes. The most notable is perhaps ""George Geith of Fen Court, by F. G. Trafford"" (1864; other editions 1865, 1886), for which Tinsley paid her £800. It was dramatised in 1883 by Wybert Reeve, was produced at Scarborough, and was afterwards played in Australia. From 1867, Mrs. Riddell was co-proprietor and editor of the ""St. James's Magazine"", which had been started in 1861 under Mrs. S. C. Hall. She also edited a magazine called"
"The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom is a novel by Tobias Smollett first published in 1753. It was Smollett's third novel and met with less success than his two previous more picaresque tales. The central character is a villainous dandy who cheats, swindles and philanders his way across Europe and England with little concern for the law or the welfare of others. The son of an equally disreputable mother, Smollett himself comments that ""Fathom justifies the proverb, 'What's bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh"". Sir Walter Scott commented that"
"Piccadilly Jim Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 24 February 1917 by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, and in the United Kingdom in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London. The story had previously appeared in the US in the ""Saturday Evening Post"" between 16 September and 11 November 1916. The novel features Ogden Ford and his mother Nesta (both previously encountered in ""The Little Nugget"" (1913). Nesta has remarried, to the hen-pecked, baseball-loving millionaire Mr. Peter Pett, and Ogden remains spoilt and obnoxious. The story takes its title from"
"Aurora Floyd Aurora Floyd (1863) is a sensation novel written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. It is a follow-up novel to Braddon's highly popular ""Lady Audley's Secret"" (1862). The plot follows the eponymous heroine, the daughter of a marriage between a nobleman, and an actress, as she grows into sexual maturity and is embroiled in mystery and scandal. The story includes such controversial elements as bigamy, murder, and elopement. ""Aurora Floyd"" was first serialized in ""Temple Bar Magazine"" January 1862-January 1863, then published in 3 volumes by William Tinsley in 1863. ""Aurora Floyd"" was dramatised for the stage by Colin Henry"
"with Elgin's permission. Russ discloses this in the novel's dedication page. The Two of Them The Two of Them is a feminist science fiction novel by Joanna Russ. It was first published in 1978 in the United States by Berkley Books and in Great Britain by The Women's Press in 1986. It was last reissued in 2005 by the Wesleyan University Press with a foreword by Sarah LeFanu. Irene, a female galactic agent, rescues a young woman, Zubeydeh, from a male-dominant culture of a colonized planet, Ala-ed-deen, where women are kept in purdah. This novel uses characters and a setting"
"drama of the same name. This adaptation features Nisa Cole. The Diddakoi The Diddakoi is a 1972 novel for children by Rumer Godden. It won the 1972 Whitbread Award in the Children's Book category. It is the story of an orphan traveller or Romani girl called Kizzy, who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close-knit village community. The title is an alternative spelling of the term ""didicoy"". It was dramatised as a television serial, ""Kizzy"" (1976), which was produced by Dorothea Brooking for the BBC, with Vanessa Furst as Kizzy. The novel has been republished under the title"
"Tom Bombadil Tom Bombadil is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He first appeared in print in a 1934 poem called ""The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"", which also included Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wight. They were not then explicitly part of the older legends that became ""The Silmarillion"", and are not mentioned in ""The Hobbit"". Bombadil is best known from his appearance as a supporting character in Tolkien's high fantasy epic ""The Lord of the Rings"", published in 1954 and 1955. In the first volume, ""The Fellowship of the Ring"", Frodo Baggins and company meet Bombadil in"
"Graeae Theatre Company was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 31 December 2017 and 7 January 2018. The Midwich Cuckoos The Midwich Cuckoos is a 1957 science fiction novel written by the English author John Wyndham. It tells the tale of an English village in which the women become pregnant by brood parasitic aliens. The book has been praised by many critics, but was famously branded a ""cosy catastrophe"" by Brian Aldiss. This label has been rebutted by the dramatist Dan Rebellato, who called it a searching novel of moral ambiguities, and the novelist Margaret Atwood, who called the book"
"Mary Elizabeth Braddon Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was an English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel ""Lady Audley's Secret"", which has also been dramatised and filmed several times. Born in London, Mary Elizabeth Braddon was privately educated. Her mother Fanny separated from her father Henry in 1840, when Mary was five. When Mary was ten years old, her brother Edward Braddon left for India and later Australia, where he became Premier of Tasmania. Mary worked as an actress for three years when she was befriended"