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Tag Archives: fantasy

Review – Mabinogion Tetralogy, by Evangeline Walton

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Bill Wake

Mabinogion Tetralogy, by Evangeline Walton. Overlook. 2003. This is an under-appreciated work of fantasy. It’s based on the Mabinogion, a set of Celtic myths found in Welsh documents. The version I bought 25 years ago was in four separate volumes, Continue reading Review – Mabinogion Tetralogy, by Evangeline Walton→

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Review- The Dark Tower and Other Stories

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Bill Wake

The Dark Tower and Other Stories, by C.S. Lewis If you want to complete your collection of C.S. Lewis fiction, this volume will do that. (Note that about 1/3 of it overlaps with the stories included in Of Other Worlds by the Continue reading Review- The Dark Tower and Other Stories→

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Review – The Golden Compass series

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Bill Wake

  The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. (3-volume set) By Phillip Pullman. Laurel Leaf (pub.), 2003. It’s hard to review this series without giving away too much, but here goes: The Golden Compass:This story is set Continue reading Review – The Golden Compass series→

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Review – The Well at the World’s End

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Bill Wake

  The Well at the World’s End (volume 1 and volume 2), by William Morris, Borgo Press, 2000. [Originally published 1896!]This is considered the first fantasy novel set in its own world. William Morris was an artisan (leader of the Continue reading Review – The Well at the World’s End→

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