false 19580 21 First setting: an all-male prep school in Arizona, where two sensitive freshmen form a bond based on their interest in magic tricks. Second setting: the labyrinthine house of a weird magician uncle in New England, where the two boys spend a memorable summer being trained in the art of illusion. Or is it real magic? Third setting: an alternate world where dark forces are at play--forces that first show up at the school, but intensify their power the summer. <b>Shadowland</b> is a superb, under-recognized, early novel from a master of literary terror. Get it while it's back in print! 926255 1980 Shadowland total:642|5:152|4:238|3:185|2:58|1:9| 642 2392 876 46 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 5 1 false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Feb 22 12:06:44 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 12:06:44 -0800 2008 Sorcerer's Apprentice -- only in this case, the sorcerer may be more dangerous than anything his apprentice can cook up. There are loads of references to fairy tales here, which are fun to try to place, and I ...more...]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 5 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Sep 06 20:14:21 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 20:22:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 2 2 false Mon Jun 02 14:28:22 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 14:30:18 -0700 2008 573167 0006163289 9780006163282 2 1 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231065996m/573167.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/573167.Shadowland 4 3 true Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 04 13:48:39 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 29 03:33:14 -0700 2009
Peter Straub proved to me in his excellent Ghost Story that he can take a clasic theme and warp it into something unique, something that is uniquely his. He does the same in this novel, and I am i...more...]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 2 0 false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 23:36:57 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 02:26:21 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 4 1 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Jul 25 15:08:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 23:57:39 -0700 2009
The downfall of the book is ...more...]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 4 0 false Sun Mar 15 07:16:38 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 17:08:24 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 28 22:01:04 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 22:03:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 3 0 false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Jul 17 15:12:59 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 15:22:20 -0700 2007
From what I can remember, strange occurences star...more...]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 5 3 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Wed Jun 03 06:17:49 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 07:25:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3034288 0425073211 9780425073216 5 1 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3034288.Shadowland 2 0 false Tue Aug 18 22:12:23 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 22:12:23 -0700 2009 941303 0425097269 9780425097267 31 4 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179645720m/941303.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941303.Shadowland 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Mon Jun 29 08:11:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:13:51 -0700 2009
"When we all lived in the forest, and no one lived anywhere else..." ]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 2 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Mar 26 21:50:32 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 21:53:53 -0700 2009 573163 0698110455 9780698110458 9 1 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/573163.Shadowland 2 0 false Sun Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Apr 21 05:59:19 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 05:59:39 -0700 2009 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 2 0 false Fri Mar 27 18:59:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 19:00:53 -0700 2009 ]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 5 0 false Fri Jan 30 17:29:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 17:30:19 -0800 2009 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 2 0 false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 04:01:55 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 02:13:44 -0700 2009
I keep wanting Peter Straub to draw me in and freak me out like Stephen King does. It never works. I think I'm giving up on this guy.]]> 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 5 0 false Wed Sep 02 19:03:19 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 19:04:25 -0700 2009 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 3 0 false Mon Apr 27 20:17:41 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 20:18:56 -0700 2009 19580 0425188221 9780425188224 578 38 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167258548m/19580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19580.Shadowland 1 0 false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 14:55:15 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 08:23:02 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6556537