Arcady [Import] [Hardcover]

Michael Williams (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 492 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; 1st ed/1st printing edition (July 18, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340674563
• ISBN-13: 978-0340674567
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,028,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different, not for the faint of heart, June 20, 2000

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"jessi_lune" (Brantford, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arcady (Paperback)

I've read just about every sci-fi fantasy there is, and this one is truly different. Rarely is religion, adventure and characters mixed together like this. The pace stars slow, but bear with it and enjoy the scenery, because when the plot takes off, it goes in directions you'd never have guessed. For wimpy readers who are used to D&D or cute little unicorns? Way to deep for you. Go home. This is for readers who don't want everything spelled out plain as day. Get some tea on a rainy day, unplug the phone and go to it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly good read, August 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Arcady (Paperback)

I admit,<Arcady> was not the easiest book to read. However two years after finishing the last page, I am still haunted by its powerful images and moody gothic atmosphere. If you liked <Little Big> by John Crowley and <Hound of Baskervilles> A.K.Doyle,this is the book for you. I am about to start rereading both <Arcady> and its less successful but still icredibly affecting sequel <Allamanda>. These books should be the cornerstones of modern fantasy literature. I can not believe that Michael Williams also used to write novels for TSR. Go figure

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What an imagination!, November 10, 2007

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Christine Wallace "anaea" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arcady (Paperback)

This wonderful, though at times difficult book, contains such atmospheric and descriptive writing that the images remain with you for a long time, like flashbacks from a particulary vivid dream. Everytime I see a castle or historic building, crumbling under the wait of time and ivy, I think of this book. It may take you a long time to read Arcady, and its equally compelling and confusing sequel Allamanda, but the visions of the this beautiful and terrifying world, as well as the consistent and sympathetic characterisation, make it well worth the effort.

P.S. Buy the UK paperback edition with the wonderful cover by Mick van Houten