Titus Groan

What an odd fantasy! No swords, no sorcery, no elves, no thieves, no imaginary beasts, no multiple planes of existence . . . nothing but a cavernous castle peopled by eccentrics with Dickensian names (Sepulchrave, Prunesquallor, Swelter, Flay) whose lives are determined by centuries--perhaps milleni......more

I know of no author in all of the English language who is like Peake, or who could aspire to be like him. His voice is as unique as that of Milton, Bierce, Conrad, Blake, Donne, or Eliot, and as fully-realized. I am a hard and critical man, cynical and not easily moved, but there are passages in the......more

تا یه جاهایی از کتاب که رسیده بودم دیگه ذهنم درگیر این موضوع شد که چرا این کتاب در مقایسه با ارباب حلقه‌ها تا این اندازه کمتر دیده شده. درسته آثار تالکین و دنیای عظیمی که خلق کرده محشره ولی یه همچین کتابی که 8 سال قبل از یاران حلقه منتشر شده هم دیگه نباید اینقدر مهجور میموند حتی خودمم قبل از اینکه نش......more

As I was reading this, I kept thinking of all the great and richly-detailed fantasies I've ever read, from Tad Williams to Robin Hobb, and then I just had to look up when this book had come out. You see, I have this thing. I like to read a book, or at least books that are considered classics or the b......more