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Diana Wynne Jones |
Review by
Wordcandy Staff
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Review:
I read The Lives of Christopher Chant and Charmed Life as a child, loved them, and then lost track of the author. Re-discovering Diana Wynne Jones as an adult has been a delight. While I find the Chrestomanci books just as charming now as I did when I was a kid, her more recent books feature a darker type of fantasy--particularly Fire and Hemlock, which is loosely based on the Tam Lin story and more than suggests a romance between a teenage girl and an adult man. It’s tricky stuff, but Jones handles it beautifully.
Note: Jones’s story Hexwood (an unusual mixture of science fiction and Arthurian myth) is dedicated to comic book god Neil Gaiman. Apparently he was so pleased he wrote a poem about it.
Availability:
Everywhere.
Bitter Aftertaste:
None.
If you like this author, you should try:
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll
The Sandman series and Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
Anything by Robin McKinley
Summerland, by Michael Chabon
Sorcery and Cecelia, by Caroline Stevermer and Patricia C. Wrede
Websites for or about this author
http://www.leemac.freeserve.co.uk/
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Recommended books by this author
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The Chrestomanci Books
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Lives of Christopher Chant, The
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Charmed Life
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Magicians of Caprona, The
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Witch Week
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The House of Many Ways
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The Dalemark Quartet
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The Dalemark Quartet, Volume 1
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The Dalemark Quartet, Volume 2
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A Tale of Time City
Castle in the Air
Dark Lord of Derkholm
Deep Secret
Dogsbody
Enchanted Glass
Fire and Hemlock
Hexwood
Howl's Moving Castle
Merlin Conspiracy, The
The Game
Tough Guide to Fantasyland, The
Year of the Griffin
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Romance
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Coming of Age
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Mystery
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Fantasy
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