What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Fantasy about people in a house with doors that open onto different locations
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Donna
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Sep 11, 2021 06:39AM
I read a book over 20 years ago and I have no idea when it may have been published. I do not know the author either. All I can remember about the story is that a couple people are in a house and each outside door opens onto a different location/reality. There may have been a way to change it (spin the house, maybe?) I would love to find it again and have tried everything but posting here. Hopefully someone can help
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Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones?
Sue wrote: ""And He Built A Crooked House" by Heinlein?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22%E2%..."Thanks for the reply but that is not the one :(
Alex wrote: "Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones?"No, unfortunately this is not the one :(
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Can you tell us more about the main characters? Why are they in this house? Who owns the house?
No, sorry, I do not remember. I know there at least two in the house and at least one is a female character. I only remember that I loved it thus why I have been trying to find it again. I know it is a long shot :(
if not Howl's moving castle, perhaps the follow up "The House of Many Doors", also by Diana Wynne Jones.
No, I had found that one before and it is not the one.
On of m first thoughts was this: The High House by James Stoddard; I seem to remember at least one female character, though she isn’t mentioned in the summary here.https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/044660...
OK this sounds much closer. The only thing about this one is that it sounds like the son already knows about the doors and in mine I think everyone involved was shocked and surprised and there is the element of the house "spinning" which may have been a term used by a character to describe how it felt or maybe that the house actually did spin and I think there was a "button" to push beside the door in order to make it happen. Having said that I will be reading the one you suggested because it sounds great. Thank you for that.
Thank you but this is not the one. The door looks like a regular house door. This would have been published at no sooner than 2000.
