Marg (in Australia) did a spotlight feature on the Earth's Children series for
Historical Tapestry, saying,
"September 30 is the 30th anniversary of the release of The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel, the first book in the Earth's Children series."
Wikipedia, on the other hand, says the publication date in the United States was May 4, 1980. At any rate, it's been ages since I read the first book in the series. I have on my shelves the next two in the series, but their thickness (544 pages and 723 pages, respectively) keeps stopping me.
- The Clan of the Cave Bear, 1980
- The Valley of Horses, 1982
- The Mammoth Hunters, 1985
- The Plains of Passage, 1990
- The Shelters of Stone, 2002
- The Land of Painted Caves, 2011
The series is about Ayla, a Cro-Magnon girl adopted by Neanderthals, who later searches for her own people. Beyond that, I'll let you
read what Marg has to say. But first, tell me how many of these you've read.
Whoops! I was basing my 30 years on a Google News alert I received saying that it was 30 September. Oh well. Other than that the content of the post doesn't change!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was published THERE on that date?
ReplyDeleteI remember reading these books ages ago! I loved the Clan of the Cave Bear and felt the books got progressively worse as they went along. But I definitely recommend the first book. Students in my library seem to enjoy book one as well
ReplyDeleteI just listened to the first one on audio this year and really liked it! I was mostly just curious about it because I remember the buzz when I was younger. I do plan to read more.
ReplyDeleteI discovered the books around 2001, and finished the first four just in time for The Shelters of the Stone to be released. It couldn't have been better timing. Loved the books.
ReplyDeleteIn the staff room, we called these the prehistoric sex books, to differentiate between these and the Scottish sex books, The Outlander books.
Raidergirl3, do you work in a library or a bookstore?
ReplyDeleteHigh school staff room. I teach HS physics. Teachers read a lot of books. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, we do, don't we? Although I usually teach Religions of the World at Chattanooga State, this semester I'm teaching two developmental writing classes.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of physics (you were, anyway), have you read Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku? I highly recommend it to you. Here's my review:
ReplyDeletehttp://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/physics-of-impossible-by-michio-kaku.html
I got to know you (and Dewey, as I said a few days ago) when we did the "Something About Me" reading challenge back in 2007:
http://somethingaboutmechallenge.blogspot.com/search?q=raidergirl3
Here's where I mentioned Dewey recently:
http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2010/09/books-of-decade-top-ten.html
Found where I saw the article with the date of 30
ReplyDeleteSeptember - it was from USA Today
Marg, it's probably accurate. My information was from Wikipedia, which is compiled by an anonymous person. At least we are sure of the year!
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