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The Witch & The City
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2023
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4 editions
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The Chaos Court
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2020
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2 editions
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The Dream and the Muse
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The Chaos Court, Anniversary Edition
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"Full disclosure: I had to read a Fantasy for a reading challenge, and I've known this author his whole life. Since Fantasy is not my chosen genre, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. It's filled with humor and amazing creativity. I loved"
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“Þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.”
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“There remains one hope of salvation, one way to good health: that the entire work of the mind be started over again; and from the very start the mind should not be left to itself, but be constantly controlled; and the business done (if I may put it this way) by machines.
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"This book is pure chaotic middle-grade magic. Patience Fell — a totally normal, sensible 12-year-old — gets dropped into a town where trash hurricanes are real, mail comes by crow, and magical beings are out here acting unhinged.
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Unfortunately, the second book in Patience's story has been delayed... indefinitely. That doesn't mean *never* exactly, just that I don't have a speci
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“Þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.”
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“A great deal of my rebellious attitude really stems from a simple inability to understand what is being asked of me.”
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“I revere a kind of sanctity in language and that reverence stands in place of an aesthetic. I wouldn't even make the case that I'm a writer; it's just what I put in the field if someone asks. It's easier than saying what I actually am, which is best expressed as what I actually do, which functionally a kind of worship. I think there are configurations of words that have power. I think they can be arranged in such a way as to modify the operation of the mind. I'm not even saying I succeed at this. I'm saying that seeking these configurations is the only thing I know how to do.”
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