- Mass Market Paperback: 321 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; Warner Books Ed edition (18 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0446606790
- ISBN-13: 978-0446606790
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.9 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,430,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There is a house we know from dreams whose corridors connect to everything, whose endlessly rewound clocks keep the stars from falling, who are the pulse of life itself. And that house has its wardens, and young Carter Anderson is its heir. Stoddard's fantasy is, in the best sense of the word, reactionary; it inhabits the same moral universe and the same sense of the decorative and bizarre as Victorian classics like MacDonald's Lilith. Its villains, a bunch of anarchists in revolt against the nature of the universe itself, are, in a sense, nightmares that unite Edwardian fantasists like Chesterton with our own time; the doctrines of equality and levelling they preach are subversive of fantasy itself, or of the reasons we read it, and in a fantasy context they both attract and repel. Stoddard's inventions--the dinosaur in the attic, a hereditary guild of polishers--are at once original and creations that fit into a grand tradition. At the core of the book, also, is the story of how Carter grows into his responsibilities, and how his estranged brother comes to respect him. This is a remarkable debut novel, simply by deigning to learn from grand old stuff. --Roz Kaveney
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When, as a child, Carter Anderson loses his father's key ring which holds the keys to doors in the High House--a place which controls the balance of the universe--it has disastrous effects when a sinister group of anarchists gain access to the House.
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The High House, Evenmere, that lifts its gabled roofs among tall hills overlooking a country of ivy and hawthorn and blackberries sweet but small as the end of a child's finger, has seldom been seen by ordinary men. Read the first page
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The High House, Evenmere, that lifts its gabled roofs among tall hills overlooking a country of ivy and hawthorn and blackberries sweet but small as the end of a child's finger, has seldom been seen by ordinary men. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A welcome change in style.,
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This review is from: The High House (Paperback)
I bought this book on a whim and I was not expecting much. How wrong I was. I was instantly taken in by the classic form of story telling that most modern fantasy writers seem to have abandoned. It is simplistic in its initial plot as it is good against evil but as the book progresses the plot becomes more complex and the many shades of grey appear in the good verses evil battle. The characters are scintillating and you really end up concerned for Carter and the other servants of the high house and the dragon in the attic has a scorching sense of humor
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A rare type of fantasy,
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This review is from: The High House (Aspect Fantasy) (Mass Market Paperback)
I resisted reading this novel for almost a year - I assumed that any story purportedly paying homage to Dunsany, Morris & Lewis would, in a word, stink. Overblown language, cardboard characters - the works. Was I surprised to discover what a fine story awaited me, of a type I thought long gone. All the previous reviews can be relied upon - including the young anarchist's. After all, any story hated by a serious-minded, unimaginative political idealogue is bound to be entertaining. Don't miss this one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Good reading.,
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This review is from: The High House (Aspect Fantasy) (Mass Market Paperback)
An interesting and imaginative book not at all like a typical bad Tolkien imitation. The house in some fashion is the embodiment or focal point of all creation, and its rooms lead to other worlds. Curiously and interestingly, outside and inside mingle in some of those worlds in a fashion my brief description does no justice too. It's a setting as interesting as Gormenghast, but the storytelling is orders of magnitude better, and the very concept of the High House and its Master have mythopoetic quality.
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