Posted by Adam Quinan on December 03, 1996 at 21:07:40:
In Reply to: Re: ARboard: Japanese version of Tarboard posted by Hidenori Tatsunoko-taro (Dragon Jr.) Yamada on November 30, 1996 at 06:49:27:
I had a look at the Japanese ARBoard. It is fascinating to see what my Netscape did to the Japanese characters.
However, I am afraid not many of the messages were readable though some of the titles were intriguing.
It is a great example of how Arthur Ransome's stories transcend the boundaries of culture and time to appeal to
people all around the world. Of all the books ever written, very few can achieve this and its fascinating to
consider how some stories about relatively ordinary children have managed to capture peoples' imaginations when
there are so many other books which were equally acclaimed in their day which are now dusty tomes on obscure shelves
of libraries and never read from one year to the next.