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| Title | : | Lud-in-the-Mist |
| Author | : | Hope Mirrlees |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 239 pages |
| Published | : | March 22nd 2005 by Cold Spring Press (first published 1926) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Classics. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Hope Mirrlees
Paperback | Pages: 239 pages Rating: 3.86 | 4919 Users | 595 Reviews
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Lud-in-the-Mist, the capital city of the small country Dorimare, is a port at the confluence of two rivers, the Dapple and the Dawl. The Dapple has its origin beyond the Debatable Hills to the west of Lud-in-the-Mist, in Fairyland. In the days of Duke Aubrey, some centuries earlier, fairy things had been looked upon with reverence, and fairy fruit was brought down the Dapple and enjoyed by the people of Dorimare. But after Duke Aubrey had been expelled from Dorimare by the burghers, the eating of fairy fruit came to be regarded as a crime, and anything related to Fairyland was unspeakable. Now, when his son Ranulph is believed to have eaten fairy fruit, Nathaniel Chanticleer, the mayor of Lud-in-the-Mist, finds himself looking into old mysteries in order to save his son and the people of his city.
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| Original Title: | Lud-in-the-Mist |
| ISBN: | 1593600410 (ISBN13: 9781593600419) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Nathaniel Chanticleer, Enydmion Leer, Ranulph Chanticleer |
| Literary Awards: | Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit (2016) |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 4919 Users | 595 ReviewsEvaluate Of Books Lud-in-the-Mist
I read this mostly because I loved the title and that the residents of Lud must be Luddites! I also observed that Neil Gaiman, a favourite of mine, recommended it very highly. Written in 1926, Lud-in-the-Mist is old fashioned and encompasses some out of date ideas, but mostly it is a fairy story for adults and it has a lot of charm. The author was obviously well educated and she wrote some very beautiful passages. I very much enjoyed her descriptions of Lud and its surroundings and the cleverIve been meaning to read Lud-in-the-Mist for ages and ages, and I dont know why I didnt get round to it sooner. It is classic fantasy; more like Lord Dunsanys work than anything modern, though maybe Patricia McKillip might be a spiritual successor in some ways. The prose is glorious; it just feels warm and vivid, though honey-tinged in colour. I felt, reading it, like I could see the city of Lud; like I knew something of the dreams of its people, even if their daily lives were perhaps a little
30-odd years before Tolkein published The Lord of the Rings, a British woman named Hope Mirrlees wrote a fantasy called Lud-in-the-Mist. Neil Gaiman wrote an introduction to the edition I read and I can see that he meant every word. His own Stardust draws very heavily on Lud-in-the-Mist, especially in setting and tone. Other recent novels that are reminiscent of Lud-in-the-Mist are Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susannah Clarke and Little, Big by John Crowley. They all share a theme of the
ahhhh this rocked!!! It's funny how this mostly takes place in the Real World (as opposed to Fairyland) and Neil Gaiman's Stardust mostly takes place in Fairyland (not the Real World), and yet there is more magic in a single serif on any letter of any word on any page of Lud-in-the-Mist than there is in the ENTIRE BOOK of Stardust.I should note that its handling of race is weird -- Tolkien-style "all the non-white people are from somewhere else". Indigo people appear to be the world's analogue
An unexpected, charming and witty fairytale meets murder mystery with sinister undertones. Mirrlees often florid prose did nothing to draw me into the world at the beginning, but Im glad I persevered through her paragraph-long sentences to find the heart of this multi-layered story. On the surface, this is an old-fashioned murder mystery set in a fairytale land, which by itself is an engaging story. At the same time, it is also a modern parable about the fear of the unknown and the potential
I'm not a big fan of this sort of fantasy. It's a good read as this thing goes, just not my kind of stuff. Whimsical fairy tale with a bit of a grim side to it that is hard to categorize. Probably a bit of an influence on authors like Neil Gaiman. Nod and a wink kind of stuff that is charming and sly at the same time.
Neil Gaiman made me do it! Er, for those who don't know, Neil Gaiman touted Lud-in-the-mist as one of the best yet most overlooked Fantasy novels of the twentieth century, and in my humble opinion he slightly, just slightly, oversold it. Sure, it's a beautifully written book, and Fantasy notwithstanding, surprisingly timeless (actually, it's pretty hard to believe it was written in 1926!), but for some reason I found it a bit hard to get into the story and care for any of the characters. I
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