tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post3105175211137179368..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: In Which I Rave About The Neverending StoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-88678125105969677442016-02-15T01:22:48.046+08:002016-02-15T01:22:48.046+08:00The Neverending Story is the best children's n...The Neverending Story is the best children's novel there is. It's one of the only two books I've ever finished and immediately started rereading, the other being The Book of the New Sun. There's so much to dig into on repeat readings.Tom Kilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086235205146158319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-38016665168302920522016-02-14T22:19:58.446+08:002016-02-14T22:19:58.446+08:00Yes. I'm really surprised I've never come ...Yes. I'm really surprised I've never come across more critical engagement with the book. I wonder if it's because the film was so popular and well known that everybody just dismisses the book as being for kids. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-87745383510649664062016-02-14T22:18:32.495+08:002016-02-14T22:18:32.495+08:00I really can't remember the film very well. I ...I really can't remember the film very well. I only saw it once and I was very young. I read somewhere that Ende actually took legal action in an effort to prevent the sequel being released. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-87294132722224212592016-02-14T22:17:27.926+08:002016-02-14T22:17:27.926+08:00Yes, you should definitely re-read it. A totally d...Yes, you should definitely re-read it. A totally different experience as an adult, I think.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-83430679738024219672016-02-14T20:26:54.563+08:002016-02-14T20:26:54.563+08:00When I re-read it last year I was struck by how mu...When I re-read it last year I was struck by how much of the book is an exploration of awakening - the gates you cannot pass through if you are trying to pass through them, the highest part of the tower that has no way in, the intermediate stages of confusion (there's nothing, it's all a void.... there's everything, but it all comes from me, I am the godhead) and the coming to peace through compassion and recognition of right relation. There is some seriously potent stuff at work in that book.Customerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223571651567362380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-6436234336456002342016-02-14T13:35:55.524+08:002016-02-14T13:35:55.524+08:00I read it for the first time last year while sick ...I read it for the first time last year while sick in bed. Great stuff, indeed. I'm not surprised Ende was horrified by the movie (even though that will always have a place in my heart) and spoke out against it for the remainder of his life.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-15382782446850759172016-02-14T10:14:36.930+08:002016-02-14T10:14:36.930+08:00We watched the movies constantly when I was a kid,...We watched the movies constantly when I was a kid, but I think I was at university by the time I discovered the book. It's one of my favorites.Michael Harrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16944862392444776980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-16182573038978418672016-02-14T08:33:34.973+08:002016-02-14T08:33:34.973+08:00the neverending story was my favourite story when ...the neverending story was my favourite story when i was a kid, though i haven't touched it for over 2 decades now. guess it's time to reread it, thanks for calling it to mind!<br /><br />have you read anything else from michael ende? you might enjoy momo.shlominushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230735173349001611noreply@blogger.com