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Many-Coloured Realm
by
Anne Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
Love, faith and the theory of relativity.
Many-Coloured Realm is a children's and YA fantasy in numerical literary style—a rigorous mathematical design underpins the text. The prologue is 1111 words, the book 111111 words and the blurb 111.
It's got 1 nice girl, 2 bad boys, 3 tortuous tasks and 4 strange ambassadors. After that, it's hard to keep count. Dozens of elves, hun...more
Many-Coloured Realm is a children's and YA fantasy in numerical literary style—a rigorous mathematical design underpins the text. The prologue is 1111 words, the book 111111 words and the blurb 111.
It's got 1 nice girl, 2 bad boys, 3 tortuous tasks and 4 strange ambassadors. After that, it's hard to keep count. Dozens of elves, hun...more
Paperback, Illustrated edition, 307 pages
Published
June 1st 2010
by Wombat Books
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Overall rating: Four and a half stars.
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Delightful, zany, captivating and quirky are some descriptions that immediately leap to mind of this YA fantasy that has all the ingredients of a classic.
Robby and Chris are two ordinary children who enter the goblin realm to rescue Chris’ step brother, Stephen.
They are never endowed with magic powers; they never become super heroes; they always remain themselves but throughout the adventure they grow, learn and disc...more
Overall rating: Four and a half stars.
(1)
Delightful, zany, captivating and quirky are some descriptions that immediately leap to mind of this YA fantasy that has all the ingredients of a classic.
Robby and Chris are two ordinary children who enter the goblin realm to rescue Chris’ step brother, Stephen.
They are never endowed with magic powers; they never become super heroes; they always remain themselves but throughout the adventure they grow, learn and disc...more
I’m not so sure I can describe what this book is about as well as I can describe what it is like. Picture the tipsy-turvy world of Alice in Wonderland where practical rules do not apply, through in a quest to save the world and some Christian allegory a la The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and/or The Dawn Treader, add elves and goblins, heroes and heroines and you might have gotten at least part of what this book is about.
The Many-Coloured Realm is a book that would have made me feel really...more
The Many-Coloured Realm is a book that would have made me feel really...more
I can remember reading certain books as a child and wishing I had an attic where I could sit and read snuggled in a blanket with the wind blowing outside. Many-Coloured Realm is such a book. I really, truly wanted to be in an attic room lit by filtered sunlight, or candles as I read it.
Well written with an intricate plot, Many Coloured Realm is not for the hasty reader or someone out for a simple straightforward read. Like the land itself, the plot has many facets, twists and turns, ups and dow...more
Well written with an intricate plot, Many Coloured Realm is not for the hasty reader or someone out for a simple straightforward read. Like the land itself, the plot has many facets, twists and turns, ups and dow...more
'Expect the unexpected,’ it says on the back cover. That is certainly true. You will find a plot with lots of twists and turns and a vast cast of characters including elves and goblins, a flying penguin and various other creatures. Add to that a time element as Robby and Chris seek to save Stephen, Chris’ brother, before time runs out and you are guaranteed to keep turning the pages.
The prologue plunges the reader right into action from a previous time before transporting the reader back to the...more
The prologue plunges the reader right into action from a previous time before transporting the reader back to the...more
Robertina, or Robby, is in a quandary. Her group school project with partners Neil and Stephen is due and neither boy is stepping up to help. Stephen is a bully and Neil is just plain weird. Robby's fears that Stephen will harm their odd third partner are put aside when Stephen disappears. In her quest to discover what happened to him, Robby stumbles into a confusing and fantastic realm. Neil isn't a human boy after all, but part of this bizarre place, and Stephen followed him there only to be t...more
This is a difficult book for me to review as I don’t read a lot of fantasy. It is a complicated tale of goblins and elves, various realms and time zones. It is the story of children on a dangerous mission but I was never quite sure who was on whose side. It is a story that appears to end in a tear jerking tragedy but ultimate ends in hope.
The story is apparently written in a mathematical design, not that I would have noticed. Unfortunately I suspect I also missed many others elements that an ex...more
The story is apparently written in a mathematical design, not that I would have noticed. Unfortunately I suspect I also missed many others elements that an ex...more
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Jan 19, 2012
Adam Collings
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
The young at heart
Shelves:
australian,
fantasy
Many-coloured Realm is a young-adults fantasy novel by Australian author Anne Hamilton. As with many fantasies, it follows the adventures of a human from our world who has passed into an alternate fantasy world.
The world in which the protagonist, Robby, finds herself in has quite a unique feeling to it. There is a lot going on in this world, and in the early parts of the book it can feel a bit disorienting, but this fits in well with the disorientation that Robby is feeling. There is a great dea...more
The world in which the protagonist, Robby, finds herself in has quite a unique feeling to it. There is a lot going on in this world, and in the early parts of the book it can feel a bit disorienting, but this fits in well with the disorientation that Robby is feeling. There is a great dea...more
Many-Coloured Realm is a complex YA of depth and imagination. Its fantasy realm is entered through a quite ordinary portal in our world, which turns out to be a bit like a rabbit hole turned on its head.
Robby and Chris enter to rescue Stephen, a friend and brother, who is imprisoned in the Goblin King’s domain. The plight of the three young people is worsened by a threat of doom (the Shroud) announced against the king’s domain by the demon, Zzael. Racing against time, which is very different th...more
Robby and Chris enter to rescue Stephen, a friend and brother, who is imprisoned in the Goblin King’s domain. The plight of the three young people is worsened by a threat of doom (the Shroud) announced against the king’s domain by the demon, Zzael. Racing against time, which is very different th...more
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
Anne Hamilton is the author of:
Children's and Young Adult Fantasy
Merlin's Wood, Evergreen books 2003
Many-Coloured Realm, Wombat Books 2010
Children's Picture books
Nerrilee's World, Wombat Books 2009
Terry - Adventures of a Terek Sandpiper, Wombat Books 2011
Non-Fiction
The Si...more
More about Anne Hamilton...
Anne Hamilton is the author of:
Children's and Young Adult Fantasy
Merlin's Wood, Evergreen books 2003
Many-Coloured Realm, Wombat Books 2010
Children's Picture books
Nerrilee's World, Wombat Books 2009
Terry - Adventures of a Terek Sandpiper, Wombat Books 2011
Non-Fiction
The Si...more
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