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Gerry Wolstenholme:
If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
Gerry Wolstenholme
I have two possibilities for the answer to this question and I hope a dual response is allowed.
Firstly I would travel to the Victorian London of Charles Dickens' novels. Not only would it add first-hand colour to his works but it would be great to accompany the author on his many perambulations around the metropolis. And it would be great to meet the man himself as wandering with him as he gathered together ideas for his fiction would be tremendous and particularly accompanying him on his trips around the capital with the police to see the underbelly of London society would be quite enlightening - not that I would want to stay in such locations for too long a period!
Secondly I would venture to Treasure Island where I could help Jim Hawkins and the rest of the crew as they search for the treasure. Not only would it be nice to visit such an island and be involved in the adventure but it would be interesting to meet Ben Gunn and discuss with him how he managed to survive all the years since his shipwreck. Of course, one would want to avoid Long John Silver and his band of ruffians but if they were encountered it would be fun, perhaps dangerous fun, to try and outwit them ... and then discover the treasure!
I am sure there are other fictional places that I would like to visit such as, for example, Ruritania to fight off Rupert of Henzau and the other baddies, but these two I have chosen came instantly to mind.
Firstly I would travel to the Victorian London of Charles Dickens' novels. Not only would it add first-hand colour to his works but it would be great to accompany the author on his many perambulations around the metropolis. And it would be great to meet the man himself as wandering with him as he gathered together ideas for his fiction would be tremendous and particularly accompanying him on his trips around the capital with the police to see the underbelly of London society would be quite enlightening - not that I would want to stay in such locations for too long a period!
Secondly I would venture to Treasure Island where I could help Jim Hawkins and the rest of the crew as they search for the treasure. Not only would it be nice to visit such an island and be involved in the adventure but it would be interesting to meet Ben Gunn and discuss with him how he managed to survive all the years since his shipwreck. Of course, one would want to avoid Long John Silver and his band of ruffians but if they were encountered it would be fun, perhaps dangerous fun, to try and outwit them ... and then discover the treasure!
I am sure there are other fictional places that I would like to visit such as, for example, Ruritania to fight off Rupert of Henzau and the other baddies, but these two I have chosen came instantly to mind.
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Gerry Wolstenholme:
Thanks so much for your reply Gerry, appreciated. By some miracle I have managed to locate One Rainy Night in California through Abebooks and it's winging its way to me as we speak! I've had to pay a very high price with shipping, tax etc but in my heart I feel it'll be worth it, don't you? All the best, Clare
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