I was just poking around this site while eating lunch–there’s a lot of cool stuff to be found there about this very cool book. It’s a difficult book to describe… but it’s kinda like Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and J.K. Rowling all rolled into one. Interestingly the author, Susanna Clarke, sites comic book writers Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman as two of her favorites. At any rate, the book is great… my only complaint is the illustrations. I mean obviously this is what Strange and Norrell really look like:
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i wish i could get to read it. cannot find it anywhere.
as for readable fantasy, try the ‘artemis fowl’ books by Eoin Colfer – a good mix of fantasy and sci-fi. very inventive, a lot of fun, n surprise,surprise, a hero who is ‘a twelve year old criminal mastermind’. quite refreshingly evil, is our artemis.
also try the ‘barteamius trilogy'(i may have misspelled it) by jonathan stroud. about a young apprentice magician (!) and the demon he summons from time to time. quite good fun.
cheers.
Hello – I was looking for the book art for “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” when I came across your wonderful drawing. I posted it to my blog (no hotlinking, of course) with credit and a link to you. If this isn’t all right, please let me know and I’ll remove it at once with all apologies.
my blog is o8mmib.blogspot.com