Lud-in-the-Mist

30-odd years before Tolkein published “The Lord of the Rings”, a British woman named Hope Mirrlees wrote a fantasy called “Lud-in-the-Mist”. Neil Gaiman wrote an introduction to the edition I read and I can see that he meant every word. His own “Stardust” draws very heavily on “Lud-in-the-Mist”, esp......more

a dream in three parts I. there is a little country called Dorimare, a village-country, small and tidy and neat. it has a terrible, wonderful history, of fey and autocratic rulers who would kill a court jester by breaking his heart, of magic and mayhem and wild unpredictability, of a neighboring F......more

Para leer sin prisa. Me ha gustado mucho el estilo de la autora, me ha recordado a novelas que obviamente beben de ella (ya que ésta se publicó en los años 20) como Stardust o Jonathan Strange y El señor Norrell, y en algunos puntos incluso a esa parte más costumbrista de ESDLA, pero al mismo tiempo......more

This just might be the coziest fantasy I’ve ever read, almost how I’d imagine a Tolkien novel set entirely in The Shire would feel, vibe-wise, only with vaguely sinister undertones as well as an intriguing murder mystery. In fact, with a slight adjustment, or a subtle turn of the screw if you will,......more

Neil Gaiman calls this "a little golden miracle of a book", and I can see why. The writing is beautiful, the themes thought-provoking, and the book as a whole is just so engrossing and satisfying. It has that old-fashioned classical quality to it, but never feels stuffy (besides the two chapters of i......more