tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post7155821165964917390..comments2024-03-26T16:09:11.452-03:00Comments on Fly-by-night: Canadian Authors Part I - Earle Birneybowdlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-24752858912553712282011-05-04T21:32:40.318-03:002011-05-04T21:32:40.318-03:00I realized - years later - that the original NCL s...I realized - years later - that the original NCL series covers invariably feature an image of the author. As far as I know, <i>Turvey</i> is the only one to also have an illustration that actually reflects the work. Why, I do not know.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-68428935998068027982011-05-04T08:54:38.397-03:002011-05-04T08:54:38.397-03:00Thanks for clearing up the mystery of who is on th...Thanks for clearing up the mystery of who is on the front cover.<br /><br />The NCL cover is very nice - the sort that makes you want to keep looking. That's not the case for a later NCL edition.bowdlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-74323404012520088052011-05-02T18:37:52.111-03:002011-05-02T18:37:52.111-03:00Sixteen seems such a small number, and yet I'm...Sixteen seems such a small number, and yet I'm almost surprised it is so high. I once owned the NCL <i>Turvey</i>. Why did I ever let it go? It is, I think, my very favourite cover in the series. Being a young pup - well, younger than NCL - at first I wondered about the caricature. Too old for Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey... then I realized it was the clean-shaven author. Like Robertson Davies, it was hard not to think of Birney as a bearded man.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.com