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Title: The Harp of the Grey Rose: The Legend of Cerin Songweaver by Charles De Lint ISBN: 0-14-240060-2 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Early De Lint shows only a hint of his potential
Comment: I had seen this title on lists of CDL's work, but it took me several years to find a copy. Having read it, I understand why he let it go out of print, and may be keeping it that way even though a new edition would surely sell. It's not a bad book, but it's very much an immature work compared to his later stuff. It's connected to the Newford stories (it's about the childhood of the harper Kelledy), but the tone is very different. The most striking thing about it is the heavy Lloyd Alexander influence, something De Lint seems to have shed as he developed his own voice. In fact, it's downright derivative, though competent and even promising. It straddles, a bit awkwardly, adult fantasy and children's literature, and does not have the distinctive complexity of imagination that makes De Lint's mature work so fascinating and unique. For a fan of the mature work, it's not much more than a curiosity; as an introduction to De Lint it barely hints at the brilliance that came later.
Rating: 4
Summary: great companion to Riddle of the Wren
Comment: This is a wonderful book! Its not exactly a sequel to Riddle of the Wren, but set in the same universe, with the same hoary feel to it. Not one of his more well-known books, but I loved it as a kid and still do. Both are a definite must-read if you love old high fantasy.
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Title: Wolf Moon by Charles De Lint ISBN: 0142400777 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Circle of Cats by Charles De Lint, Charles Vess ISBN: 0670036471 Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Mulengro by Charles de Lint ISBN: 0312873999 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Riddle of the Wren by Charles de Lint ISBN: 0142302236 Publisher: Firebird Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Spirits in the Wires by Charles de Lint ISBN: 0312873980 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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