Talk:Lone Pine (books)

I have always been surprised that these books are not better known or have not been made into a Children's series. I loved these books when I was a kid. The are better written than the Enid Blyton books, and the characters, whilst irrevocably middle-class and goody-goody, are not nauseating like the Famous Five, Secret Seven, Supercileous Six etc.

I found that they were far less dated and far more believable. I lost myself in them and imagined myself having the adventures with them. Of course I wanted to be David.

I have only seen the books in second hand bookshops where early editions fetch a good price, so there must be more fans out there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richardellis66 (talk • contribs) 09:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Part of the reason the books are not well-known is that for a long time only two of them (Mystery at Witchend and Secret of Grey Walls) were in print. I was led to understand (although this might not be true, and I can't confirm it) that the Malcolm Saville estate withheld publishing rights to many of the books during the 1990's. However, it seems many more titles are now available (roughly half the series). I always felt it such a shame I couldn't get my hands on the rest of the series as a kid. The two books I did read, I enjoyed far more than the Blyton books because the characters are closer to the upper working class end of the spectrum than to upper middle class and are more in-depth. I think comparing the stories to Arthur Randsome's books would be better than Blyton's. 86.180.31.135 (talk) 20:35, 16 July 2015 (UTC)