| "While The Wild Road owes somewhat to Tolkienesque fantasy -- with its mysterious Gandalf-like figure and its cat protagonists setting out on a quest in a motley entourage that also includes a magpie and a fox -- it's saved from the more cloying aspects of many animal fantasies by the author's delightful prose and warm characterizations. The quest takes place in contemporary England, which, through the eyes of these cats, becomes a marvelous new world of wonders and danger. An engaging addition to the growing subgenre of animal-based fantasies, it's the sort of book that will appeal equally to mainstream and fantasy readers." Charles de Lint |
While The Wild Road owes somewhat to Tolkienesque fantasy -- with its mysterious Gandalf-like figure and its cat protagonists setting out on a quest in a motley entourage that also includes a magpie and a fox -- it's saved from the more cloying aspects of many animal fantasies by the author's delightful prose and warm characterizations. The quest takes place in contemporary England, which, through the eyes of these cats, becomes a marvelous new world of wonders and danger. An engaging addition to the growing subgenre of animal-based fantasies, it's the sort of book that will appeal equally to mainstream and fantasy readers.
-Charles de Lint
Genre: Fantasy
-Charles de Lint
Genre: Fantasy
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March 1999 : Hardback
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March 1998 : Hardback
| Title: The Wild Road Author(s): Gabriel King is a pseudonym for:, M. John Harrison, Jane Johnson ISBN: 0-345-42302-X / 978-0-345-42302-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Del Rey Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 1997 : Hardback
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March 1999 : Mass Market Paperback
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1998 : Paperback
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November 1997 : Paperback
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