Book 63 - Richard Lewis "The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV"

[jazzy_dave]

Richard Lewis "The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV" ( Allison & Busby)




Whilst comprehensive in the amount of material represented and the fascinating factoids, the author seems overly fond of portraying himself in a mildly acerbic and cynical manner, whilst attempting to convey some sort of pseudo erudite humour. Failure all round sire.

A shame as it had all the makings of a positively interesting read. Instead it came over as rather half-arsed and not really enthusiastic about his subject. I was very disappointed.

Comments

[lilchiva.livejournal.com]

This made me laugh. Thanks.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

We have a copy of that somewhere - I have a vague feeling it might belong to my daughter!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Arrghhh...and it looks like it should have been more interesting!

*HUGS*

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

That's too bad. :(
It does sound like a really good subject matter. :)
Is it British based shows?
Hugs, Jon

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

That's rather unfortunate - you'd think the topic would be able to fill many a writer with all sorts of memories, perhaps spurring them to try obtaining interviews with some of the people involved in making those programmes appear. (Could something like The Adventure Game happen today?)

Still, perhaps it's better solved by the web, where people can randomly collaborate on wikis, insightful comments on forums, and independent weblog entries focusing on particular shows, where their passion can indeed come through.