Peter Dickinson RIIP Part 2: The Phoenix and The Storch

Continuing from my previous post, note from Peter Dickinson's wiki page:

• won the Phoenix Award in 2008 for Eva (1988);The Seventh Raven (1981) in 2001 

Phoenix is another addition to the recent "Bird Theme" pattern-cluster, not to mention the name of his novel, The Seventh "Raven"... and a black bird at that.  Both the books should be investigated further, butt not today anyway... at least not by me.   Butt I did find some interesting things on the Phoenix Awards wiki page:

2011‡

Virginia Euwer Wolff, The Mozart Season

Mary Downing Hahn, Stepping on the Cracks Eloise McGraw, The Striped Ships

Note from the writers wiki pages: 

• Virginia Euwer Wolff (born August 25, 1937)
• Mary Downing Hahn (born December 9, 1937)
• Eloise Jarvis McGraw (December 9, 1915 – November 30, 2000)

The obvious one is a "December 9" pattern-cluster.  December 9th was less than a week ago, and so this could mean that there's someone we missed on Wikipedia's notable deaths site on this day, butt before I investigate, let's see what the rest of my investigations here brings up.  Wolff's birthday is another addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern-cluster given that August 25 is my granddaughters birthday. Other writer's who've won the award stand out, butt these two in particular:

• Margaret Mahy, ONZ (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012)
• Nina Bawden CBE FRSL JP (19 January 1925 – 22 August 2012)

Mahy's date of death is an addition to the "Targeting Family Deaths" pattern-cluster, given that my mother passed away just this year on July 23rd.  Again, Bawden's birthday is an addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern-cluster given that January 19 is my brothers birthday... remember, it cropped up twice in my previous post, so we have an addition to the "January 17, 18, 19 (x3) / Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.  

 Note this next winner who won in 1999:

• Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013)

Her date of death stands out-- I recollect it cropping up several times recently so I key into this blogs search box, "April 19" pattern-cluster .   WOW, it brought up my December 9th post, Witchy Woman and Her Gatz: 

• Charles Scribner II (October 18, 1854 – April 19, 1930) 

  Charles II date of death is an addition to the "April 19" pattern-cluster.  Note from my previous post:

• Tomás Gustavo Gil Guillén (April 19, 1939 – December 8, 2015) 
• Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979)

 Note this next excerpt from Peter Dickinson's wiki page:

• A pair of alternative history novels, King and Joker (1976) and Skeleton-in-Waiting (1989), are based on the premise that Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (1864–1892) survives and ultimately reigns as Victor I of England. 

 Note from the Prince's wiki page:

• Prince Albert Victor (8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892)

His birthday is an addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern-cluster given that my stepson's birthday is January 8th.  Both my son and life partner are born on January 15, so his date of death generates a "January 14, 15/Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.   In fact, the two January Date Sequence clusters are pretty close, with only January16 and 17 needed to bridge the gap.  Now note the following excerpt from the wiki pages of 2 actors in the film The Flight of Dragons:

• Bob McFadden (Jan 19, 1923 ‒ January 7, 2000)
• Larry Storch (born January 8, 1923)

Not only do we have another addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern-cluster, butt we have a "January 8" and a "January 7, 8 (x2)/Date Sequence" pattern-cluster in the works.  And do note Larry's last name "Storch"... a cryptic combination of "stork" and "torch"... another way of saying phoenix if you ask me!!

Note from the films wiki page:

• released by Warner Brothers as a made-to-order DVD in the US on 17 Nov, 2009

The Release date of the DVD and the birthday of Peter's wife Robin generates an "November 16, 17/Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.

Note the following information regarding all the cast and crew of the film:

 Cast:

• Bob McFadden (Jan 19, 1923 ‒ Jan 7, 2000)- Gorbash(Dragon), Sir Orrin Neville-Smythe
• James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931)- Ommadon , Solarius 
• Larry Storch (born January 8, 1923)- Pawnbroker
• Ed Peck (March 26, 1917 – September 12, 1992) 
• John Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003)- Peter Dickinson
• James Gregory (Dec 23, 1911 – Sept 16, 2002)- Bryagh & Smrgol(Dragons), Antiquity
• Nellie Bellflower (born May 1, 1946)- Danielle 
• Victor Buono  (February 3, 1938 – January 1, 1982) - Aragh the Wolf
• Don Messick (Sept 7, 1926 – Oct 24, 1997) - Giles of the Treetops, Lo Tae Zhao
• Harry Morgan (April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011)- Carolinus
• Alexandra Stoddart - Princess Milisande 
• Jack Lester -

Crew:

• Arthur Gardner Rankin, Jr. (July 19, 1924 – January 30, 2014)

• Jules Bass (born September 16, 1935)

•  Romeo Earl Muller, Jr. (7 August 1928 – 30 December 1992)

• Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson  (16 December 1927 – 16 December 2015)

• Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001)

• Maury Laws (born December 6, 1923)

• Donald "Don" McLean III (born October 2, 1945)

• Katsuhisa Yamada (山田 勝久 Yamada Katsuhisa^?) (born August 28, 1948)

It's interesting to note the etymology of the surname Ritter : A Horse riding knight.   And the surname Peck is also an addition to the "Bird Theme" pattern-cluster.