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08-01-2002, 12:24 AM | #1 |
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Diana Wynne Jones, the Goddess!
Anyone else read any books by her? I'm currently working my way through them....
-tano
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08-04-2002, 07:22 PM | #2 |
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Yes. She's hilarious. I've only read three of her books though.
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08-06-2002, 11:35 AM | #3 |
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Lovely books...haven't read enough of them, though!
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10-12-2002, 04:00 AM | #4 |
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She wrote Hexwood, didn't she? I read that just a week ago - well, I read it first about two weeks ago, then I read it again to understand it. I loved that one! It was a really interesting combination of fantasy and scifi.
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10-13-2002, 05:56 AM | #5 |
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I've read Charmed Life, which I loved!!!
Howl's Moving Castle is funny. My favourite is Fire and Hemlock - it's brilliant. Are the other Chrestomanci books any good?
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10-13-2002, 08:45 PM | #6 |
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Yeah, I like them all. But then, I like anything by DWJ, so...
Oooh, Fire and Hemlock was fantastic. It's great since I knew about the whole Tam Lin story before I read it... Howl's Moving Castle was hilarious! Have you read the sequel? It's called The Castle In The Air, I think. Tis very good. For more infor about DWJ...there is a website, www.dianawynnejones.com -tano
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10-01-2012, 07:45 AM | #7 |
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Bumping because I've recently been on a Diana Wynne Jones' books buying spree. Although it's rather sad she had to die for me to remember how much I had liked the few books I had read of her and only then wondered whether she would have more I would like. Why didn't I realise before to go looking for them?
The Year of the Griffin remains my favourite one, and one I often re-read. I've just found out it has a prequel, The Dark Lord Of Derkholm, which I have now just bought. It's on my (huge) to-be-read-pile, next to Dogsbody. Hexwood remains a favourite too, one of the best books I've read that mixes fantasy with sci-fi seamlessly. The Merlin conspiracy was also great, and -oh look- also has a prequel. Still hunting that one down. The Power of Three was a bit of a disappointment after all the good ones, which is probably why I lost sight of her other books. It's not a bad book at all (even won a few prizes like so many of her books) it was just not what I was expecting. I was looking for fantasy stories and the link to the modern world that came later in the book felt a bit like I had been misled. Just read The House of Many Ways on holiday. Now I remember again why I liked Jones as much. Currently reading The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land and am loving it to bits. It's not a narrative, but it's oh-so-true and funny. Reek of wrongness! Anyone else has got favourites that I might look out for? Or have you read any of these and what did you think of them? |
10-03-2012, 09:26 PM | #8 |
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The first one I read was Charmed Life - I've read another Chrestomanci book as well. And Howl's Moving Castle and Castle in the Air. I like all of these, especially the first two.
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10-04-2012, 06:01 AM | #9 |
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You'll probably like House of Many Ways too, it's a sequel to Howl's Moving Castle.
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01-04-2013, 02:16 AM | #10 |
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I started reading Dianna Wynne Jones after coming across Fire and Hemlock - which I still love to re-read. The sense of atmosphere in that book is really unique, unmatched in all of her other books. Highly recommended...
That said... I think I went through all her other books and didn't find a single one that disappointed. Particularly loved Deep Secret and Howl's Moving Castle
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I have heard good things of Fire and Hemlock; still trying to track a good used copy down.
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