This world really is crazy, huh? He got caught in the middle of the war between good and evil (yep, an actual real thing), killed and then sent on his merry way down. Landon didn’t make it all the way, however. He got intercepted by Dante (yep, that Dante). It appears he had other things in store for Landon. When a girl is destined to be a heroine, Fate will lead her to the very thing that makes that heroism possible." This book has been described as a Jane Austen inspired YA fantasy involving a magical book. It certainly has pride & prejudice and emma vibes. The author is German and so I was also interested in it because I love reading translated books for the different perspectives. Suffice to say, the books that you’ve chosen today have genuinely been forgotten – the proof of that being that many have been out of print for decades. You’ve got a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Shall we start with fiction and Irene Handl’s The Sioux? Funnily enough, it was published in 1965, the same year as Stoner. Which is where the similarities end… After an assassination attempt leaves him critically wounded, he starts suffering these odd hallucinations which carry a chilly and strangely familiar warning: They’re coming. Find the Goliath of all humankind is going to be destroyed.

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Convinced that these visions are merely a side-effect of his injuries, he attempts to ignore them, just to learn that he might not be nearly as crazy as he first believed. The enemy is in fact real and even closer than he had imagined, and they will do whatever it takes to keep him from rediscovering the centuries lost starship.A Jane Austen-inspired YA tale about a sixteen-year-old girl who finds a magical book—and discovers that anything she writes inside it comes true.

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That aside, though, I loved how Gläser treated these characters in the new setting. Unlike other contemporary retellings I have read, these characters do feel like a modern variant, though they are ones that are true to their original. It's unsurprising that Darcy was my favourite: while he comes across as condescending and arrogant, he's actually a really nice guy and a loving brother. I also really enjoyed Emma, even if I do believe she should have been Elizabeth. She is one of the best-developed voices of a teenager I've come across: she sways between hey I'm just a kid and I am all so grown up. She makes a lot of stupid mistakes but she is willing to admit her own faults. She can be snarky and out of line but she's a genuinely good friend. I like that she cared about the school itself, that the younger students felt welcome and that she looked out for her father. Final verdict: 4 shooting stars. This is the sort of book that both makes you want to believe in magic and fear it at the same time. Definitely recommend!Die beiden sind wie Feuer und Wasser. Der eine kann nicht mit dem anderen und so ergibt sich so mancher herrlicher Schlagabtausch.

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What’s the prose like? The extracts I found put me in mind of something like A Confederacy of Dunces (1980). Die Story ist so vergesslich, dass ich dazu gar nicht erst was schreiben werde. Weil ich schon gar nichts mehr darüber weiß. Bis auf eine Sache. To give you a sense of the kind of person we’re dealing with: she was filming something towards the end of her career, and the director took her to one side to talk about a scene, and she said, ‘I’m not sure quite what I’m doing?’ and he explained that she was doing her lines in front of a green screen. He said to her, ‘Don’t worry, you’re going to do this, and then after we’ve finished, I’m going to put all this stuff in with computer technology.’ And she went, ‘You’re confusing me, dear.’ He went, ‘Oh, um, maybe I could put it a bit more simply?’ ‘No, no,’ she said, ‘you’re confusing me with someone who gives a shit. Just tell me the lines, I’ll do the lines, and then I’ll go.’ Absolutely, and he’s fascinating about Orson Welles, obviously, and you see his complete incredulity at the War of the Worlds drama. He says something along the lines of, ‘I didn’t expect people to go mad. Are these people stupid? What’s going on?’ It’s well worth watching an interview with him on YouTube. He’s got this wonderful voice, you could listen to him for hours. He went on to do quite a lot of acting. He was in a TV version of [Luigi Pirandello’s play] Six Characters in Search of an Author. NOTE: Both Forgotten Space and Forgotten Starship, which are listed under Phase Two, can also serve as an introduction to the Universe, as it features its own set of new characters. But if you’re already reading the other books, I recommend not jumping ahead.Rude, so rude.. Darcy de Winter 😡 is HOT! *Geeeeeeezz* omg I'm so giddy whenever Emma & Darcy fight! and you know how much I'm a biggie fan of love-hate romance in fantasy? and when it combines in Gothic Romance, it's just PREFECT! You’ve got this young doctor working in 18th-century Lymington. He is interested in philosophy and the way of the world at a time when most things were still unknown. Doctors didn’t know all the things they needed to know to cure people. He befriends an older doctor, and they meet regularly to have philosophical chats, and these philosophical chats are in the book. He is also introduced to a woman, who is probably in her 30s, who has bought a big house in Lymington. She suggests that they have a ‘conversation.’ Let’s talk about Caroline Slade’s book, Sterile Sun, published in 1936. I’d never heard of this and it sounds utterly fascinating. This was definitely a new twist on Pride and Prejudice for me. I've seen zombies, but I've never seen magical books. Best aspect: The fantastical, magical aspect of the story. The premise of a book that makes whatever is written in it come true was explored in interesting (and sometimes bittersweet) ways. I loved the connection to fairy tales and folklore, and the messages in this story about the power of words, and the danger of trying to make wishes come true (that could end up having unforeseen consequences!). It certainly showed magic to be a double-edged sword. Plus, the whole idea of this magical book totally gave me Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets vibes!