http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/fantasy/jonathan_strange/ reading material to get excited about Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/fantasy/jonathan_strange/#comment-47855 Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About » Blog Archive » Did YOU win a copy of THE DEL REY BOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY? Fri, 23 May 2008 11:06:19 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=85#comment-47855 [...] For the record, they were: 1. CRYPTONOMICON by Neal Stephenson 2. DOOMSDAY BOOK by Connie Willis 3. JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL by Susanna Clarke 4. THE TALISMAN by Stephen King and Peter [...] [...] For the record, they were: 1. CRYPTONOMICON by Neal Stephenson 2. DOOMSDAY BOOK by Connie Willis 3. JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL by Susanna Clarke 4. THE TALISMAN by Stephen King and Peter [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/fantasy/jonathan_strange/#comment-3519 Widdershins » Bookgasm Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:13:46 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=85#comment-3519 [...] Fairy jokes aside, WIDDERSHINS is – at its most basic – a romance woven into a tale of fairy intrigues and personal demons. Essentially it’s an object lesson in loss and redemption, of sins and forgiveness. There’s nary a nihilistic anti-hero, no absolutely evil force bent on destroying 100 percent pure good heroes. WIDDERSHINS is (dare I say it) a delight. It can be dark and twisted, but de Lint’s book is a fairy tale in the classical sense. It’s not so deconstructed as, say, AMERICAN GODS or JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL, and it’s a little bit shiny-happy, but all things considered, it is a pleasant surprise amid a paperback wastelend. –Ryun Patterson [...] [...] Fairy jokes aside, WIDDERSHINS is – at its most basic – a romance woven into a tale of fairy intrigues and personal demons. Essentially it’s an object lesson in loss and redemption, of sins and forgiveness. There’s nary a nihilistic anti-hero, no absolutely evil force bent on destroying 100 percent pure good heroes. WIDDERSHINS is (dare I say it) a delight. It can be dark and twisted, but de Lint’s book is a fairy tale in the classical sense. It’s not so deconstructed as, say, AMERICAN GODS or JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL, and it’s a little bit shiny-happy, but all things considered, it is a pleasant surprise amid a paperback wastelend. –Ryun Patterson [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/fantasy/jonathan_strange/#comment-191 Bookgasm » BOOK WHORE >> 11.29.05 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:05:58 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=85#comment-191 [...] • Tor reissues Christopher Priest’s 1996 novel THE PRESTIGE, about warring magicians during turn-of-the-century London (shades of JONATHAN STRANGE!). This is particularly noteworthy since Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman will be filling the roles for director Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to BATMAN BEGINS. [...] [...] • Tor reissues Christopher Priest’s 1996 novel THE PRESTIGE, about warring magicians during turn-of-the-century London (shades of JONATHAN STRANGE!). This is particularly noteworthy since Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman will be filling the roles for director Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to BATMAN BEGINS. [...]

]]>