Author : Charles de Lint
Citation : De Lint, Charles. The riddle of the
wren. New York : Firebird,
2002.
Showing posts with label imaginary creatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label imaginary creatures. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 May 2013
The Riddle of the Wren
Title
: The riddle of the wren
Who's
afraid of nightmares? Trapping on her nightmare one day, she meets Jan, the
Lord of the the Moors who has been captured by Ildran the Dream-master-the sam e
being who traps Minda. In exchange for her promise to set him free, Jan gives
her three tokens. Then, she embarks on a journey leaving the comfort of her old
life to new world to save Jan, to confront Ildran and to solve the riddle of
the wren. This is the first novel of Charles de Lint, who is an extraordinary
prolific writer of fantasy works. The author succeeds in introducing the
incremental changes happening to Minda, not only the changes that she's unaware
but the ones she sees as she travels. The story is not written with complicated
plot that makes it easy to read. Also, the pace is rapidly fast but does not
make the readers lost. Readers could never get bored as some surprising plot
point is revealed. That's why this novel was the winner of the World Fantasy
Award .
Monday, 6 May 2013
Un lun dun
Title
: Un lun dun
A twelve-year-old heroine Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret door leading out of London and into a strange city, Un Lun Dun. It is a city awaiting its hero whose coming was predicted long time ago and happened to be set down for all time in the pages of a talking book. In the setting, the city is a place where words are alive; a jungle exists unobserved behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes walk stiffly down the streets and a dark cloud dreams about burning the world. In short, through the looking glass, Un Lun Dun is an urban Wonderland of uncanny delights where all the lost and broking thing of London end up, including Brokkenbroll, a boss of the broken umbrellas; and Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is a gigantic pin-cushion and Curdle. The compelling style and the fantasy journey of this book are combination of unexpected opportunities for heroism and magic. The unexpected twist will make readers to keep turning the pages until they have reached the end.
Author : China Mieville
Citation : Mieville, China. Un lun dun. New
York : Del Rey, 2007.
A twelve-year-old heroine Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret door leading out of London and into a strange city, Un Lun Dun. It is a city awaiting its hero whose coming was predicted long time ago and happened to be set down for all time in the pages of a talking book. In the setting, the city is a place where words are alive; a jungle exists unobserved behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes walk stiffly down the streets and a dark cloud dreams about burning the world. In short, through the looking glass, Un Lun Dun is an urban Wonderland of uncanny delights where all the lost and broking thing of London end up, including Brokkenbroll, a boss of the broken umbrellas; and Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is a gigantic pin-cushion and Curdle. The compelling style and the fantasy journey of this book are combination of unexpected opportunities for heroism and magic. The unexpected twist will make readers to keep turning the pages until they have reached the end.
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