Showing posts with label #18. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 7, 2009

10 Books A Day: #18


The Tower at Stony Wood...Patricia A. Mckillip...Ace
Ombria In Shadow...Patricia A. McKillip...Ace
In the Forests of Serre...Patricia A. McKillip...Ace
Alphabet of Thorn...Patricia A. McKillip...Ace
Harrowing The Dragon...Patricia A. McKillip...Ace
Solstice Wood...Patricia A. McKillip...Ace
Od Magic...Patricia A. McKillip...Ace
The Bell at Sealey Head...Patricia A. McKillip...Ace
The Midnight Folk...John Masefield...New York Review Books
The Box of Delights...John Masefield...New York Review Books
McKillip is one of the best fantasists writing today. Most of these books are graced with covers by Kinuko Y. Craft, whose detailed, jewelled style perfectly compliments McKillip's own.
The Masefield books are illustrated by Rowland Hilder (Folk), and Masefield's wife Judith (Box). I am pleased to have these hardback reprints of volumes I only had in paperbacks before, especially since this edition of The Box of Delights is unabridged. Some might remember the BBC production of that book some years ago; now apparently a major motion picture is in the works. I don't know why they don't start with The Midnight Folk, which is in my opinion the superior book.