Category Archives: Gaiman

Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees

By terje | Published: July 19, 2008
1926. 273 pages. Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. Where the rivers Dapple and Dawl converge is situated the small country port of Lud-in-the-Mist, capital of the free state of Dorimare. From here, the burghers send their trading ships out into the world, bringing back wealth to the upper strata of Dorimarite society. But Lud and Dorimare has [...]
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The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe

By terje | Published: January 2, 2008
2004. 920 pages, Gollancz trade paperback. An American kid is out walking in the forest surrounding his and his brother’s cabin when he spots a castle in the sky, and follows it. During his pursuit he looses track of where he is, and when night falls he decides to sleep out in the forest. When he wakes [...]
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Beowulf

By terje | Published: December 8, 2007
Beowulf, the movie adaptation of the Old English poem, was a fun experience, especially as it was the first movie I’ve watched in 3D. I only knew of the content of the poem from John Gardner’s Grendel, which is told from (surprise) the monster’s point of view, and that one pretty much ended with Grendel’s death, [...]
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Scalzi likes Sandman

By terje | Published: December 8, 2007
“The three other new guys, Watson, Gaiman and McKean, all got the same treatment [...]“ — Narration, Old Man’s War by John Scalzi.
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The Princess Bride

By terje | Published: October 28, 2007
In the latest issue of SFX (that I’ve got my hands on, at any rate), Neil Gaiman said something along the lines of, “Stardust will fall into that same genre in which The Princess Bride has been hanging around in all by itself for the past 20 years.” That’s the gist of it. And seeing [...]
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Stardust

By terje | Published: October 8, 2007
Me and my flatmate Kalle went to see Stardust tonight, and to be honest with you, I was a little fearful, because the only review of it I’ve read mentioned some elements I generally speaking do not enjoy in movies. Luckily, though, the negative sides weren’t that bad. Sure, the music consisted of a constant blast [...]
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2007-10-06 — Quote of the Day

By terje | Published: October 6, 2007
I’m not sure it’s entirely a good thing… I’ve always loved the gutter. — Neil Gaiman, in response to a question about the increasing critical acceptance of fantasy writing.
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Gudenes Fall

By terje | Published: September 29, 2007
Gudenes Fall, by Cornelius Jakhelln. 2007, 428 pages. Now, this might be a little weird. Gudenes Fall (The Fall of the Gods) is a book that most likely never will be translated into English, and yet, I choose to review it in English. But hey, my English is still worse than my Norwegian. In the year 1000 AD, [...]
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The obviousness of it

By terje | Published: July 3, 2007
Low Key Lyesmith, a grifter from Minnesota with orange-blonde hair, and a morbid sense of humour involving a lot of gallows. Come on! XD
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