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| − | '''Russell Hoban''' (1925-2011), known to children and parents for a huge range of children's books (the Frances the Badger series, ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'', ''How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen'', ''The Mouse and His Child'', etc.) | + | '''Russell Hoban''' (1925-2011), the unofficial Pennsylvanian ambassador to London, was known to children and parents for a huge range of children's books (the Frances the Badger series, ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'', ''How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen'', ''The Mouse and His Child'', etc.) and is best known otherwise for the post-apocalyptic fantasy ''Riddley Walker'' but wrote a whole lot of things. I was very privileged to know him slightly in his later years. |
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* A fine [https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-russell-hoban-author-of-riddley-walker-the-mou-1798228930 obituary] by Emily VanDerWerff | * A fine [https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-russell-hoban-author-of-riddley-walker-the-mou-1798228930 obituary] by Emily VanDerWerff | ||
* [http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/index.html The Head of Orpheus] - comprehensive fan site | * [http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/index.html The Head of Orpheus] - comprehensive fan site | ||
| + | * [http://russellhoban.org/ The Russell Hoban website] - also a comprehensive fan site | ||
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[[Category:Russell Hoban]] | [[Category:Russell Hoban]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:01, 4 February 2021
Russell Hoban (1925-2011), the unofficial Pennsylvanian ambassador to London, was known to children and parents for a huge range of children's books (the Frances the Badger series, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen, The Mouse and His Child, etc.) and is best known otherwise for the post-apocalyptic fantasy Riddley Walker but wrote a whole lot of things. I was very privileged to know him slightly in his later years.
Notes are here for these books:
- Turtle Diary
- Riddley Walker (a larger annotation project of its own)
Other reading
- Wikipedia - biography etc.
- A fine obituary by Emily VanDerWerff
- The Head of Orpheus - comprehensive fan site
- The Russell Hoban website - also a comprehensive fan site