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Occasional rambles about books I felt strongly enough to review, when I had free time enough to do it.
Currently reading
The Isle of Glass
The Broken Crown
Deep Atlantic: Life, Death and Exploration in the Abyss
L'élégance du hérisson
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England
A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid
Tiger, Tiger
Survival
Tomorrow's Magic
Warrior
The King of Elfland's Daughter
There are truly lovely moments in this; there are also moments that drag, although the loveliness gains momentum after the beginning. This is a story of fairy tales, more than of world-building, and the characters' logic reflects that. Still, one of the most fascinating and fun things about is that since it predates much of the standard fantasy canon we know today, it's genuinely not in dialogue with Tolkien or any of the later tropes, and as such it's a very different reading experience from most. Definitely worth a read for that alone.
