tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post3225309595482491651..comments2024-03-18T10:48:14.525-07:00Comments on Balintore Castle Restoration Project: Let's Go Explore !Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-40876287106959202982011-12-24T10:02:07.458-08:002011-12-24T10:02:07.458-08:00Thanks Helen. This is indeed one of my favourite b...Thanks Helen. This is indeed one of my favourite books. :-) You are right about the complexity of the story. It is so not a story about a "monster" but about drug addiction. And indeed "Frankenstein: or, The Moden Prometheus" is even more richly thematic. The point is that the "monster" isn't one, but a sentient being - and if memory serves the book uses the word "creature" which ties in with its creation. A Radio 4 program last night, suggested that most science fiction is premised on man defying god, or man becoming god.<br /><br />I recently read Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped" for the first time (post childhood), and it is the prefect expression of the romantic Highland myth. The book captures and analyses the "difference" of the Highlander, which few of us nowadays think through beyond the superficialities. Balfour Castle is wonderfully evoked implicitly in dark shadow. RLS lived in Braemar for some time, and a recent visit to Braemar Castle suggested this might have been the very model for Braemar Castle.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-45717864838909951922011-12-24T07:06:51.075-08:002011-12-24T07:06:51.075-08:00imagine you might also enjoy, David, Robert (Lewis...imagine you might also enjoy, David, Robert (Lewis actually) Stevenson`s `Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde` - a disturbing but complex & rewarding story featuring duality of human personality, and(in chapter 4) a broken stick!helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16098702057094957926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-58615355591735966082011-07-08T04:19:48.999-07:002011-07-08T04:19:48.999-07:00Titter, yes definitely not a Nazi. Besonders im Ge...Titter, yes definitely not a Nazi. Besonders im Gegensatz dazu, you are the most mellow person I know! :-) However, your feed line was too tempting.<br /><br />On of my current thematic pre-occupations are high-up buildings, in fiction and in reality, where there is the concept of looking "down" upon the the rest of humanity - utopia on a stick if you like!<br /><br />The list is small but choice:<br /><br />Mount Olympus<br />Shandri-La<br />Balintore Castle<br />Berchtesgaden (Hilter's Eagle's Nest)<br />Ghormonghast Castle (I need to read the book though!)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-12465310707645428182011-07-07T07:33:30.531-07:002011-07-07T07:33:30.531-07:00I may have cooperated with them at times but I am ...I may have cooperated with them at times but I am not a Nazi, David :)Görkem PAÇACIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727893902496568826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-80800535179245513072011-07-06T15:04:35.896-07:002011-07-06T15:04:35.896-07:00Yes, the place did have the quality of a Berchtesg...Yes, the place did have the quality of a Berchtesgaden. :-)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-63058270661564339402011-07-06T15:02:38.633-07:002011-07-06T15:02:38.633-07:00That sounds like the perfect place for my plans!That sounds like the perfect place for my plans!Görkem PAÇACIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727893902496568826noreply@blogger.com