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The Music Machine: A Fantasy Story from Agapeland
Steve and Nancy inadvertently enter Agapeland where they meet The Conductor and discover the amazing music machine.
- GenresChildrens
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First published January 1, 1979
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January 18, 2018
“There’s a land where your dreams come true,
so far away and yet so close to you...
Can you imagine what things you could do in a land called love?”
I just finished a reread of this wonderful book after not flipping through it in years. And in doing so, I relived all the magic that I experienced when I was very young and reading it for the first time.
In reading the first few pages, I felt an overwhelming sense of nostalgia, remembering and so intensely feeling all of the emotions I felt when I first read this book. I can’t begin to tell you how often I went back to it in my childhood, rereading it time and time again. One of the first short stories I ever wrote was very largely based off of The Music Machine, I loved it so much. And now, having almost forgotten about it until a few days ago, I’m so glad to have read it again. It’s such a lovely adventure written simply enough for a child to understand, but not so simple that an adult (such as myself) couldn’t enjoy. It’s beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, and triumphant all in one, and I can’t wait for my niece to be old enough so I can read it to her and pass on the joy. Agapeland will always hold a piece of my heart ❤️
so far away and yet so close to you...
Can you imagine what things you could do in a land called love?”
I just finished a reread of this wonderful book after not flipping through it in years. And in doing so, I relived all the magic that I experienced when I was very young and reading it for the first time.
In reading the first few pages, I felt an overwhelming sense of nostalgia, remembering and so intensely feeling all of the emotions I felt when I first read this book. I can’t begin to tell you how often I went back to it in my childhood, rereading it time and time again. One of the first short stories I ever wrote was very largely based off of The Music Machine, I loved it so much. And now, having almost forgotten about it until a few days ago, I’m so glad to have read it again. It’s such a lovely adventure written simply enough for a child to understand, but not so simple that an adult (such as myself) couldn’t enjoy. It’s beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, and triumphant all in one, and I can’t wait for my niece to be old enough so I can read it to her and pass on the joy. Agapeland will always hold a piece of my heart ❤️
December 21, 2011
This was an amazing book. It has so many funny and hilarious things in it. It's about two kids a brother and a sister that rolled down a hill into a magical place called Agapeland. There find a machine that will play music of whatever you put in it, then it will make a song out of it. Than some evil men come and steel the music machine and are going to use it to get money, but some guy makes a big deal about not knowing what it is and than just giving them his money. So than they got away with it. The brother and sister go out and try to find it so they were really tired so they found some nice people and stayed the night there.I love this book because I love to hear music. There is alot more, but I don't want to spoil the story. Except that they do get the machine back. I hope yyou enjoy it.
April 5, 2010
Actually top-notch fantasy! It's got a biblical sort of analogy going without ever making that the first and foremost focus of the story--it just provides a framework for the story to grow on.
... And it's been a while since the last time I read it, but I seem to recall some pretty harsh moments involving a small, soft, helpless little creature--so I probably wouln't read this to a very young (or particularly softhearted) child.
For really imaginative fantasy (think CS Lewis's Perelandra, for instance) though, you might do well to try to find a copy of this book.
... And it's been a while since the last time I read it, but I seem to recall some pretty harsh moments involving a small, soft, helpless little creature--so I probably wouln't read this to a very young (or particularly softhearted) child.
For really imaginative fantasy (think CS Lewis's Perelandra, for instance) though, you might do well to try to find a copy of this book.
June 13, 2013
My favorite part was when agapeland was saved.the worst part was when the music machine was stolen.the best character was conductor.the worst character was prince nakel.
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