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Question of the day: why is there so little work on Enid Blyton (that I can find browsing multiple databases, anyway) and why is David Rudd's book out of print and 124 pounds? I feel like I HAVE to cite him because he asked me a question at the DWJ conference and I didn't give him a good answer (so, even though he obviously will never read this, I want my paper to give a solid answer*) I thought The Lion and the Unicorn would have at least something, but turns out, no!

*His question was "Don't you think your reading of Anne and George is way too facile" (paraphrase) and my answer is going to be the same now as it was then, "No," but with more quotations to back it up. Although, really, he seemed to be an Anne fan, so.

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Did you go to the Diana Wynne Jones conference...?! If so jealous jealous jealous.

I did! It was fantastic!

You are dealing with an author whom it was almost obligatory to despise in librarian, teaching and other circles, so the restricted amount written about her is not so very surprising. As for his comment at the DWJ con, I wasn't convinced by him. Perhaps his gender helps him to see Anne in a more positive light than women do? After all, he's never been told that sitting quietly and packing up a delicious picnic is far more useful activity for a girl than actually having ideas of her own and doing stuff?Is there ever a FF book in which Anne and George make all the discoveries and take the lead? I doubt it.