Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Narnia Covers, book 5: The Horse and His Boy


Book 5: The Horse and His Boy (or is it A Horse and His Boy?)

This cover must have torn off early on. All of the books in the set disintegrated pretty quick. They were very cheap paperbacks. In any case, I have no distinct memory of this cover. If I really think about it, I can conjure this bridge with a city gate and some domed buildings. It could be an interior illustration for all I know. But it's all I can recall, so here it is.

What I remember from the story:

Next to nothing. Here's what I can come up with: The horse and his boy go to a middle-eastern type of city. The land of the Telemarketers, no, the Telgemeiers (no, that's a graphic novelist) the Targaryens (no, wrong fantasy series) the Tralfamadorians (no, that's Kurt Vonnegut) it was......................the Land of the Telmarines! Boom! You didn't think I could do it, did you? The land of the Telmarines. It was a middle eastern city with no Narnians or talking animals.

There was an evil(?) ruler who had to be referred to as "______-may-he-live-forever." I can't remember the name, but he had to have the "may-he-live-forever" at the end of his name.

And that's all. If there were English children in this book, I don't remember them.
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12 comments:

  1. QJune 14, 2011 at 12:32 AM

    When this is all over, please go read this book again. Please.

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  2. Clint C.June 14, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    What I remember from the cover was the palomino horse.

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  3. ChrisJune 14, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    sorry for the spoiler yesterday.
    I love the T names you threw out there. Nice recall!

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  4. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    I knew you could do it!

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  5. JenniferJune 14, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    Well... there is a horse on the cover. I'll give you that. :)

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  6. JenniferJune 14, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    Oh, and the colors. You did good with the purple.

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  7. RileyJune 14, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    Has anyone looked at the new book covers they are doing? Lame. They look like crappy digitized photos from the movies.

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  8. NathanJune 14, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    I haven't seen the new covers, and I can't look them up, in case I accidentally see the old covers.

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  9. Myrna FosterJune 14, 2011 at 11:48 PM

    Ditto to what Q said. There aren't any Telmarines in this one, and it takes place while Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are kings and queens in Narnia (though the land of T--- isn't in Narnia). I loved this one.

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  10. AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    I loved this book. At one time, it was my favorite. true story.

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  11. japankokuSeptember 25, 2012 at 12:29 PM

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  12. japankokuSeptember 25, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    "The Tisroc, may-he-live-forever!" -Calormeme saying

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