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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bacon and cheese, a pipe and a book,
By Daniel J. Fawcett (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Elfin Ship (Mass Market Paperback)
As has been mentioned before, the whimsy and fancy of this book should have made it a classic. However, it has been overlooked and nearly forgotten. As a tale for adults, it stands up well with passages that stimulate the imagination. As a tale for children, it overflows with silliness and fun, but also includes a few moral lessons on the value of work and importance of keeping your word. It is an ideal book for an adult to read to a child. The end veers off into a scene of near Lovecraftian nature, disturbing and frightening in an oddly amusing way. However, the tone quickly returns to light fantasy, and the characters all return home, happier, wiser, and richer. In all, one of my all-time favorite books.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Marvelous twice over,
This review is from: The Elfin Ship (Mass Market Paperback)
Reading this book has a wonderful effect on a person, and every one I have ever reccomended to was so grateful after reading it. It is charming, lyrical, and full of whimsey... yet it is an adventure first and foremost. Blaycock has a writing style that makes the words sound delicious in your mind, as each carefully chosen word fits together like a song. He is also at his humerous best here, and will have you chuckling along. That is when your mouth is not watering for the food that he describes here as an intregal part of the adventure. He makes the character a part of you by making it very real and not sparing the details that somehow make you experiance the book with all of your senses. That is if you like the sound smell and feel of warm crackly fires on cold nights, hand ground coffee roasted on the fire, cheese from the Master Cheeser, dark nutty beer, thick dark fresh bread, reading books for hours and hours, and the scent of pipe tobacco as much as this character does.
The sequel is called "The Dissapearing Dwarf" but I saw it listed with a typo at this site as "The Dissapearg Dwarf".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A vortex of whimsical madness - a must read.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Elfin Ship (Mass Market Paperback)
Blaylock has a genius for whimsey, as is exemplified perfectly
in the Elfin Ship. His worlds are swirling with conspiracy which
the characters unwittingly become central to, though generally
they just want to enjoy life, make coffee, and fish for squids.
Jonathan Bing, a cheeser, must take his cheeses downriver
for the annual trade with people on the coast - a task usually
done by others who have mysteriously vanished. Delightful adventures
ensue. Throughout I was bemused by Blaylock's fanciful notions.
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