tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post8394028250663290622..comments2024-03-28T22:41:33.502-04:00Comments on Noblemania: First-ever interview with Edward Ormondroyd, author of “David and the Phoenix,” part 2 of 2Marc Tyler Noblemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-2356459537019025942021-10-11T11:38:41.594-04:002021-10-11T11:38:41.594-04:00Thanks for asking, Randy. Please email me (click &...Thanks for asking, Randy. Please email me (click "contact" link top right). Marc Tyler Noblemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-19593452507239529382021-10-11T11:14:31.225-04:002021-10-11T11:14:31.225-04:00Hi Marc - I'd like to use your 2011 interviews...Hi Marc - I'd like to use your 2011 interviews (Part 1 and 2) to develop and re-edit the Wiki article on Edward Ormandroyd.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ormondroyd<br /><br />How would you like the citation formatted for your articles?<br /><br />Also, do you posses images of Ormandroyd circa 1957 when David and Phoenix was published. You included an image from the dust cover of the book. Not sure if that's in the public domain. In any case, I would need the name of the person who took this photo, or perhaps just the publisher's name. <br /><br />Thanks in advance. RandyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876142188980600592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-53327732505201009842017-10-01T21:12:49.171-04:002017-10-01T21:12:49.171-04:00I so loved David and the Phoenix as a child, and e...I so loved David and the Phoenix as a child, and even now reread it occasionally because the prose is beautiful. What a pleasure to find this interview with flashes of the author's wit and unique expression. In his conversation there are traces of the characterization of Phoenix.<br />This book was always for me one of the finest written for young readers, and enjoyed by adults as well; like The Last Unicorn, A Wrinkle in Time, August Street. It deserves a permanent place in libraries and homes.<br />Minna HumbleMinna Humblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109132254440563420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-71982314372738493882017-06-28T13:55:05.091-04:002017-06-28T13:55:05.091-04:00I do LOVE David and the Phoenix. I read it as a ch...I do LOVE David and the Phoenix. I read it as a child, and I was able to obtain an original publication at a book fair a few years ago. I also have a copy of the recent renewed edition.<br />I have always wondered about the chapter with the Faun....what was happening at the end? What would have happened had David stayed? I'm sure there is something mythological written about it somewhere, but I have yet to find it.<br />I see where a sequal would have been difficult (as Mr. Ormondroyd indicated.) It would have been wonderful if he had written a prequel...to hear of the Phoenix adventures with the other characters in the book, in years prior to meeting David.<br />Mr Ormondroyd, Thanks for making my childhood abit more fun with your book.<br />Aloha, S. Rick CrumpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-62313536343395454212014-03-22T09:41:46.158-04:002014-03-22T09:41:46.158-04:00Thanks Jack! I have passed your message to Edward ...Thanks Jack! I have passed your message to Edward and know he'll appreciate it.Marc Tyler Noblemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-37401956530902978562014-03-22T05:39:45.172-04:002014-03-22T05:39:45.172-04:00David and the Phoenix is not only a book I love,to...David and the Phoenix is not only a book I love,to me this book is sacred. I read it several years straight in elementary school. Did book reports. At 61yrs old my wife just bought it for me off Internet. Got it today read it tonight and its just as powerful as it was 50yrs ago.<br />Jack Tilley originally from Kannapolis, NCAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03153702274950647593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-91800109851727128422013-12-25T14:22:12.906-05:002013-12-25T14:22:12.906-05:00"David" ranks with "Alice in Wonder..."David" ranks with "Alice in Wonderland". David Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785018099673775365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-19243459507416972612012-11-02T19:20:31.571-04:002012-11-02T19:20:31.571-04:00How wonderful to hear that Mr. ormondroyd is still...How wonderful to hear that Mr. ormondroyd is still with us... And not that far away from me! <br /><br />I only JUST completed getting my grandson, age 11, to read the book that I so fondly remembered as a young man. I still have my original Weekly Reader Children's Book Club edition of the book (though the original slipcover has been lost to the sands of time), complete with yellowed pages, original illustrations, and a publishing date of 1958.<br /><br />I still love this book, and can't begin to tell how many times I've read it. It has been and will be treasured forever. Thanks very much for the interview!<br /><br />WBB in NHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-41966327315737728002012-10-08T16:28:31.509-04:002012-10-08T16:28:31.509-04:00As foolish as this may sound I will admit David an...As foolish as this may sound I will admit David and the Phoenix affected my adult life. Distrust of technocrats lingers on and little faith or use for technology.<br />On the positive side I have never entirely lost that sense of wonder.<br />What a wonderful author! FredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-3931551492603694442011-10-29T13:59:33.353-04:002011-10-29T13:59:33.353-04:00I have long wished that Johnny Castleseed would be...I have long wished that Johnny Castleseed would be released - the illustrations need a little updating b/c of the hairstyles and clothes, but I think it would "go" again.<br /><br />Or maybe that's just me, because I love it so much...Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-3881804041504526262011-10-19T16:49:31.130-04:002011-10-19T16:49:31.130-04:00Thanks everyone!
Connie, fascinating. Even Edward...Thanks everyone!<br /><br />Connie, fascinating. Even Edward apparently didn't remember (or maybe didn't know) that info on him appeared in that book, but given it came out 40 years ago, I don't blame him! <br /><br />Could you please scan and email me the page(s) about Edward? (My email is at top right of blog.)Marc Tyler Noblemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-43614840093638995442011-10-19T16:43:05.687-04:002011-10-19T16:43:05.687-04:00This is lovely, Marc - it's always fascinating...This is lovely, Marc - it's always fascinating to hear from earlier writers of children's books. A profile with much of this biographical information appeared in the Third Book of Junior Authors, published in the early 1970s by the H. W. Wilson company.Connie Rockmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-50024379542993029702011-10-17T15:00:18.359-04:002011-10-17T15:00:18.359-04:00This interview is great! Thanks so much for conduc...This interview is great! Thanks so much for conducting it and posting it! (and thans to Mr. Ormondroyd for participating!)Liza Martzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162289791979039807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-72981699145440852592011-10-17T12:08:06.525-04:002011-10-17T12:08:06.525-04:00Love it: 'a maker of imaginary worlds with rea...Love it: 'a maker of imaginary worlds with real characters in them.'Margo Berendsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476308235642890474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-29787458257270946462011-10-16T13:22:44.259-04:002011-10-16T13:22:44.259-04:00One is appreciative that this interview was conduc...One is appreciative that this interview was conducted and posted here, David and the Phoenix being one of the first "chapter books" I ever read and certainly among the most influentially memorable of the lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com