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    Books To Curl Up and Hibernate with this Autumn

    October 26, 2023 - By Pixels and Quills

    What I’m Reading This Fall If a book wants to make it onto my ‘To Read Shelf’ toward the end of the year, I’m going to need it to be either: Bonus points for settings that evoke falling orange leaves and chilly forest walks.  Here’s what I’m reading this autumn: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees  For English countryside with a good amount of menacing fairy folk, Lud-in-the-Mist is our next stop. Mirlees’ first and only fantasy novel, beloved by the likes of Neil Gaiman and Michael Swanwick, treads the line between charming and spooky – making it perfect this close to…

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    The Best Fantasy Novel You’ve Never Heard Of – Lud-in-the-Mist Review

    October 22, 2023 - By Pixels and Quills

    There was a time where it felt like I couldn’t read a fantasy book without also reading about Lud-in-the-Mist. Whether it was in an introduction, an author biography or the Wikipedia page of the book I was currently reading, there would invariably be a mention of Hope Mirrlees’ only fantasy novel and the influence it had on all fantasy novels that followed...

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    Sabriel by Garth Nix Was Almost Perfect, But Missed Out on Being Something Special

    October 5, 2023 - By Pixels and Quills

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