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by Diana Wynne Jones (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (18 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575075929
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575075924
  • Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 11.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Made me laugh, 16 Mar 2001
By S. A. Harvey "belladona" (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (Paperback)
This is a dictionary of everything you may find on your travels through fantasy novels. The entries on the different qualities of such items as swords, cups, jewels and other talismans was hilarious. buy this book if you love fantasy novels. Much as I love them, there are so many silly things in them, and Diana Wynne Jones sends them up beautifully. You can't get cross with her if she does ridicule something you have a sneaking love for, because she writes this kind of thing herself.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars No fantasy novel will ever be the same again!, 13 Dec 2002
This review is from: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (Paperback)
Add fun to your perusal of fantasy literature by acquiring and examining this essential guide! A wickedly funny look at cliches and conventions of fantasy writing, presented as a dictionary. Look up Food, of Horses, or Lost Heirs, and reread your well thumbed copy of The Belgariad, or Lord of the Rings, or indeed any fantasy, and see these books in a new, wry but affectionate light. Then read DWJ's Dark Lord of Derkholm, and Year of the Griffin; in these, she puts her observations into practice.
Recommended by Terry Pratchett himself (according to the cover)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny satire on fantasy, 16 Nov 2000
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This review is from: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (Paperback)
This book is laid out as an encyclopedia to help tourists in Fantasy Land. It lampoons classic stereotypes found in fantasy novels, including those written by Diana Wynne Jones.

A previous reviewer got the impression that the book is about fantasy role playing games, which is not the case. Certain entries refer to "pamphlets" which actually means "fantasy novels" as is obvious when reading the entries that imply that your tour will last through three pamphlets. The convention of writing in the second person and addressing the reader as a person who will actually, physically travel into fantasy land may have confused this reviewer.

In any case, I'm having great fun both reading the book and applying its categorizations to other fantasy books I'm reading and have read.

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