Stardust: Neil Gaiman

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However, like the question of who would win: Neil Gaiman or the Daleks - well, I'm just ambivalent about the whole thing, really. Victoria (apple of his eye) demands for Tristan crosses the boundary between our world and theirs in search of a fallen star. Yvaine: A fallen star, which Tristran vows to find and bring to Victoria Forester. In Faerie, stars are living creatures. Yvaine appears to be immortal, but not invulnerable. She is pursued by the Lilim and the surviving sons of the Lord of Stormhold, who want her for their own reasons. When Tristran realises his love for her, he abandons his courtship of Victoria Forester, and Yvaine marries him despite their inability to have children. Inevitably I was reading this against the movie, and I'm here to say that I think the movie and the book are both brilliant. So ha! I can see the comparisons to The Princess Bride, but for reasons that I cannot explain or understand, I frequently found myself thinking of The Great God Pan.

I would’ve given this book five stars if I enjoyed the characters more. Usually fairytales are more about the world and the plot than the characters so I guess that’s to be expected. Though it would’ve been nice to see a bit more growth from the characters. The ending is predictable yet less than satisfying, since the evil witch queen escapes justice and ultimately the star faces a lonely immortality bereft of her love. Not exactly the stuff happy endings are made of. Lord Septimus: The youngest and most ruthless of the Lords of Stormhold. He is, by nature, a skilled assassin and has succeeded in murdering the majority of his family. Stardust is unashamedly a romance. Not only because it’s plot chiefly concerns a fairy tale quest for a lady’s hand, but also because it has all the magic and mystery of Victorian romanticism behind it making it very much feel like George McDonald for grownups. That being said, there is far more here, far more by way of detail, plot and beauty than you’d find in a standard fairy tale, even most of the modern retellings, from probably the most likable incarnations of typical characters you could imagine, to the trademark Gaiman dark surreal humour and subtle convolution.Okay so I'm four starring this right now but honestly it might be higher. I DON'T KNOW. I FORGET HOW TO LIKE BOOKS.

That seems like such a contradiction, and few other people than Neil Gaiman could make it work (so thank god he's the one who wrote it). I personally read this when I was a teen and thought nothing of it. It is no worse than what you might see or hear on tv after 7 pm or on the news.Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique: Acceptance Remarks – 1999". Archived from the original on 6 October 2012 . Retrieved 29 October 2012. The original DC Comics series was nominated for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for Favorite Limited Series for 1998 and 1999. [10] [11] The collected edition of the series was also nominated for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Reprint Graphic Album for 1999. [10] Very rarely does a quote send me looking. After reading this story, I paid attention to stone fences around pastures and farms, hoping to find an entrance to the Wall.

Primus, Tertius and Septimus depart in search of the pendant after their father's death. Septimus poisons Tertius at an inn. Meanwhile, the Lilim, a trio of ancient witches, learn of the fallen star and plan to eat its heart to regain their youth. The eldest of the Lilim, the witch-queen, is chosen to find the star and consumes the remains of their last star's heart. Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria--even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie--where nothing, not even a fallen star, is what he imagined.That was an amazing firework of fantasy creativity. And readers want that, old wine in new skins, making Stardust an average, not that surprising experience. That´s a good example that the great art and illustration also My only complaint is that it was so short, that is why I must now read the book to get the full experience.

Matthew Beard and Sophie Rundle star in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling novel by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Eleanor Bron. This is the one case, the ONLY case (so far. Edit: not anymore, Bridget Jones gets the honor too), where I prefer the movie to the book. I know it's a sacrilege and you can all burn me at the stake, but it is nonetheless the truth. It's also one of the few times I watched the movie before reading the book, simply because I had no idea the book existed. And I loved the movie. I mean, really, really loved it.

Unaware of the woman's identity, the old witch placed a transformation spell on Tristran to turn him into a mouse, allowing him to ride in her caravan unnoticed while Yvaine walked alongside. After many days of travel, their caravan passed through the wall breach and arrived at the meadows on the other side, where the Wall fair was soon to be held once more. It was there that Tristran regained his human form and returned home to the village to fulfill his promise and present Victoria with the fallen star he had quested so tirelessly to find. When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is not the only one in pursuit of the star: there are dark forces in this magical land, and he must find Yvaine before she falls into their clutches. As he does so, Tristran will uncover the secret to his own identity and a fate beyond his wildest dreams. Note: I listened to the BBC dramatisation of this with a full cast. While my review is specific to that version of the book, the story, - and to my understanding - the dialogue and prose are the same as the original novel.