- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Earthlight; paperback / softback edition (6 Dec 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671037498
- ISBN-13: 978-0671037499
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,107,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A sequel to "The High House", in which the powers of evil steal the House's cornerstone in an attempt to create their own powerbase.
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Format:Paperback
This book has it all. Suspense, thrills and the right amount of character motivation. I loved it so much that I'm writing a review to help the third part get published!! If you are into the "worthy" fiction, this is not for you, but if your imagination can soar go for it. A fantastical house which is much bigger inside than out and like a mirror maze the rooms shift, so you are never really sure where or when you might be! The characters are pretty nearly fully fleshed, so there is no wondering "what did he do that for?". It goes at quite a pace. This is one of those books that I start to read and then growl at people with the temerity to interrupt when I'm away in the House!!
Format:Paperback
The False House is a terrific sequel to the amazing High House. James Stoddard creates a truly unique fantasy world which the reader will be totally engrossed in. If you have never read either of these books, I can highly recommend them. It was wonderful to revisit the characters and scenes I loved so much the first time round. I believe there is to be a third book. I can't wait!
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The False House is excellent - a worthy successor to the extraordinary High House. Here the tone darkens as the Bobby's party steal the cornerstone and set up their own version of the House-Universe. The dark copy begins to alter the real house, replacing natural forms with perfect order -- so gardens and even people are transformed into cubist shapes. However the tool they use for this is the mind of a young woman prisoner, and her imagination does not work as they expect... Beautiful and compelling, wonderfully written, real believable characters, with a perfect leavening of humour and wit. I especially liked the lovely glancing references to other classic works of fantasy and literature. Please let us have the final episode soon.
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Sequel stands on its own
This is a return to the world of the "High House", a fitting sequel very much rooted in the traditions of Peake's "Gormenghast". Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2008 by Alan Wake
A fitting sequel to a memorable storyline.
This book, although rather childish in the sense that it is based on Good versus Evil, is a masterpiece. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2000 by Mark Lamont.
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