About this title: The town of Lud is a prosperous, bustling little country port, situated at the confluence of two rivers: the Dawl and the Dapple. The latter, which has its source in the land of Faerie beyond the Elfin Marches and the Debatable Hills, is a source of great trial to Lud, which had long rejected such fanciful nonsense as fairies, elves and the like. Then a perfect plague of faerie influences hits the town, penetrating even to Miss Primrose Crabapple's Establishment for Young Ladies, and it becomes apparent to even the stuffiest burgher that Steps Would Have To Be Taken. Fortunately for everyone, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cold Spring Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781593600419ISBN:1593600410
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, London
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780345018809ISBN:034501880X
Description: Fair. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 1972 Ballantine paperback edition. Spine had quite a bit of creasing, and there are folds to the top rh corner of the front cover and the bottom lh corner at the back, pages are yellowed. Otherwise a not-too-bad reading copy of this early (1920s) fantasy tale set in a small town on the border with the realms of Faerie whose inhabitants refuse to admit to the existence of such a place. 273pp. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780345258489ISBN:0345258487
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. No creases to the spine. A nice copy. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wildside Press
Date Published: 2007-09-01
ISBN-13:9781434487520ISBN:1434487520
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good; Collectible. First paperback edition. Ballantine, March, 1970. Clean pages. Spot of wear/chipping to edge of front cover. We ship fast! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781857987676ISBN:1857987675
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 272 pages. A classic fairy tale, acknowledged as an inspiration by neil gaiman, mary gentle and many others. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 1977-07-12
ISBN-13:9780345258489ISBN:0345258487
Description: Good. Toning on page edge due to age. Light rubbing to edges. Clean and tight. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 1977-07-12
ISBN-13:9780345258489ISBN:0345258487
Description: Good. Toning on page edge due to age. Hard to spot shelf wear. Clean and tight condition. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. read more
Edition: First Paperback Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780345018809ISBN:034501880X
Description: Good. Brief summary of content available on request by e-mail. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780345258489ISBN:0345258487
Description: Fair in n/a jacket. Paperback. Moderate shelf/reading wear, creasing to wraps, stamped, still decent, but well read. Name within, some light discoloration. read more
"I can't believe it took me so long to red this! It's a classic fantasy novel, totally essential to anyone who loves this type of book. After reading this book, it seems that there's a whole tradition of literature descended directly from this story. Unlike Tolkien ( who I love ) this is a more modern take on folklore and human nature but at the same time it reaches back far into primal things. I can really see where writers like Neil Gaiman and Suzanne Clarke are coming from."
"Here's an author, and a work of fiction, that were completely unknown to me. And, apparently, to many people. More's the pity. Lud-in-the-Mist is a moody mini-masterpiece of fantasy. I look forward to rereading it. Hat tip: Erin Kissane (it was a gift)."
"This was an ok book, and was important because of the authors it has influenced throughout fantasy. Other than that, I thought Mirrlees was a bit too verbose and would go off on descriptive tangents that had nothing to do with the story. While the descriptions were well done, they had no relevance and seemed like filler.
Here is one such passage of overly descriptive prose that I actually enjoyed (the other ones I would just skip/skim over), this is Mirrlees describing the coming dawn: -"Then, something happened. It was not so much a modification of the darkness, as a sigh of relief, a slight relaxation of tension, so that one felt, rather than saw, that the night had suddenly lost a shade of its density...ah! yes; there! between these two shoulders of the hills she is bleeding to death. "At first the spot was merely a degree less black than the rest of the sky. Then it turned grey, then yellow, then red. And the earth was undergoing the same transformation. Here and there patches of greyness broke out in the blackness of the grass, and after a few seconds one saw that they were clumps of flowers. Then the greyness became filtered with a delicate sea-green; and next, one realized that the grey-green belonged to the foliage, against which the petals were beginning to show white - and then pink, or yellow, or blue; but a yellow like that of primroses, a blue like that of certain wild periwinkles, colours so elusive that one suspects them to be due to some passing accident of light, and that, were one to pick the flower, it would prove to be true white. "Ah, there can be no doubt of it now! The blues and yellows are real and perdurable. Colour is steadily flowing through the veins of the earth, and we may take heart, for she will soon be restored to life again. But had we kept one eye to the sky we should have noticed that a star was quenched with every flower that reappeared on earth." (p. 163-164)"
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