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  <title><![CDATA[Something Rich and Strange]]></title>
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  <default-description>They have lived among us for centuries--distant, separate, just out of sight. They fill our myths, our legends, and the stories we tell our children in the dark of night. They come from the air, from water, from earth, and from fire. What are these creatures that enjoin out imagination? Faeries. Something Rich and Strange creates a faerie story that's not to be missed: Megan is an artist who draws seascapes. Jonah owns a shop devoted to treasures from the deep. Their lives, so strongly touched by the ocean, become forever intertwined when enchanting people of the sea lure them further into the underwater world--and away from each other.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1984</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Something Rich and Strange (Ibooks Fantasy Classics)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Patricia A. McKillip]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[McKillip's magical prose and gorgeous style does not fail to enchant. 'Something Rich and Strange' is short and meant to be read in one sitting. <br/><br/>If you love beaches, love the sea and don't mind a tale that is not very plot driven, then I would recommend this.  The beach will never look t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12497355">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Something Rich and Strange</em><br/>(with illustrations by Brian Froud)<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/maureenee/covers/n6558.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/maureenee/covers/n6558.jpg" alt="" width="158" height="235" class="escapedImg"/></a><br/>This book was nowhere near as successful as McKillip's best.  I think it's because it remained too grounded in our world--the best McKillip, with the exception of the Riddle-master sequence, is that which takes us into a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34179031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The language in this book began so dream-like and beautiful and I was immediately interested in the characters. However, but just beyond the half-way mark it got really flat, the characters lost all interest and personality and I couldn't wait for it to be over!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Patricia McKillip's style is very different from what one normally encounters. It works perfectly for stories of faerieland. I like other books by her  much better, but it was worth reading.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very cool book, full of the magic and dark mysteries of the ocean. My head is still full of images of waves, scales and pearls. I didn't feel like the characters had much personality, which was not so good, but it was a great tale.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An ecological fantasy. <br/>     They were kidnapped by the ocean...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[these books based on Brian Frouds art are fantastic!]]></body>
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    <review id="29947263">
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    <body><![CDATA[The book is supposedly based around illustrations by Brian Froud, but the connection is (fortunately) a tenuous one.  The book is McKillip doing what she does best, though in a more recognizable world.  The book has a Message, but handles it surprisingly well without compromising its plot or charact...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29947263">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18937759">
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    <body><![CDATA[I adore mckillip, but this book was just a bit too strange for me. I didn't particularly like the main characters, either, and that made it difficult to get through. But if you like the ocean and think it's mysterious, you have to read this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mine is illustrated by Brian Froud - which is honestly why I picked it up. A lovely story about what you can find when looking...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Apparently this edition is a collectors item.  Eons since I read it, will review once I reread.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good story that is made ifinitely more powerful by Froud's drawings.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The only McKillip book worth reading. ]]></body>
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