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Loading... Children of the Stonesby Jeremy Burnham, Trevor Ray
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A visit to the Wiltshire village of Avebury and its stone circle over the recent bank holiday weekend prompted me to re-read this classic book from my childhood. The TV series was one of the best programmes of the 1970s, with the villagers being brainwashed by mysterious psychic forces ("happy day-itis") in the fictional village of Milbury, filmed and set in Avebury. The series and book are very similar and reading many lines of dialogue and scenes prompted instant recollection of their screen equivalents (I will have to rewatch the DVD). The story combines mystery and mild horror in a way that just works really effectively without going over the top or sending itself up. It shows what can be done with a brilliant narrative/script, good characters and a super backdrop for the filming and setting of the story. Brilliant stuff in both formats. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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An astrophysicist and his son arrive in a small English village to research an ancient stone circle, discovering its dark secrets kept hidden by the villagers.
Milbury is a sleepy English village surrounded by a megalithic stone circle. Astrophysicist Adam Brake and his teenage son, Matthew, arrive to research the standing stones, but end up delving into the past in ways that they never expected. The two will have to understand the druid-inspired Rafael Hendrick and his power over the village's trancelike 'happy ones.' No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.91Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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