false <![CDATA[LUD-in-the-Mist]]> 73574 14 Originally published in 1926, and unavailable in the US for many years now, this was one of the most well-loved fantasy novels of its day. This is the story of Master Nathaniel Chanticleer, a respectable burgher who learns that his young son has eaten forbidden faery fruit. Lud-in-the-Mist, of the title, is a quasi-medieval town, governed by Master Nathaniel Chanticleer. The town is of the very sensible sort, but being bordered on the west by Fairyland and the Debatable Hills, there are problems in the trafficking of illegal fairy fruit, which Nathaniel's young son eats. The real story underneath concerns the place of fantasy and the imagination in real life, and in the end there is a fine reconciliation of the two. There are swirling subplots as well, which add layers of mystery to an extraordinarily enchanting tale.This is a trade paperback original in the US. 71204 book 1926 Lud-In-The-Mist total:200|5:59|4:90|3:36|2:13|1:2| 200 791 420 47 4 6 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 11:47:01 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 17:25:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jan 14 06:51:36 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 09:42:59 -0800 2009 Neil Gaiman raved about this book, so I read it. I wish I could have read it without knowing anything about it -- but I still liked it. It was written in the 1920's -- before fantasy tropes were so set in stone -- so it goes in directions you don't expect it to. Also, it's as though the author never...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 18:24:37 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 18:26:06 -0700 2009
Dorimare is bordered by Fairyland, although the...
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The best part of this book is the way the words flow off the page in so many swee...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 11:38:05 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 11:56:38 -0700 2007 Lud-in-the-Mist comes highly recommended, first by the situation of its author (Mirlees was an intimate of Woolf and Eliot, and they both praised some of her work) and second by a number of modern authors who claim that it is a forgotten fantasy masterpiece.

Unfortunately, it is merely ok...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 27 08:35:18 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 02 13:44:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 09:59:56 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 17:48:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 12 21:46:02 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 08 20:12:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 19:25:26 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 06:35:07 -0700 2008
There is not very much that can be said about this book without giving away the plot. It mostly follows the path of Joseph Campbell's hero's quest, but the hero, the middle aged mayor of Lud-in-the-Mist, is a very lo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 08:11:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 08:14:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 12:24:37 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 01:06:25 -0800 2009
However, after the first delightful shock of immersion into that style, the story seemed to just wander around in circles for 150...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 06 06:33:45 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 06:36:07 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 12 23:44:51 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 23:46:28 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1407343