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Mentioned in 4 episodes

The dark is rising

Book • 1972

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Recommended by

Matt Welch

as a middle-zone fantasy series he loved as a child with strong British mythic elements.

Mentioned by Rachel Morley in relation to the Marry Lude tradition in Wales and its connection to a scene in one of her books.

Mentioned by

John Mitchinson

as the way he kept in touch with what he thought was his English family and landscape.

Mentioned by

Martin Shaw

as a book that impacted him during childhood.

Mentioned by

Alexander Ludwig

as a book series that inspired a movie he starred in.

Recommended by

Matt Welch

as a middle-grade fantasy series with British/Welsh atmosphere he loved as a child.

Recommended by

Alix E. Harrow

as a children’s fantasy series that still works and contains increasingly prominent Arthurian references.

Mentioned by

Stu Horvath

when describing the inspiration for the game "Through the Hedgerow", comparing it to Susan Cooper's works.

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