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Here, There be Dragons

James A. Owen

9781416932499

SIMON AND SCHUSTER


Fantasy » Epic Fantasy; Fantasy » Dragon

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336 pages

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The year is 1917. Following the sudden death of his Professor, a young man and his two companions are approached by a strange man who gives them a book to safeguard. This book, the Imaginarium Geographica, is the reason the Professor was killed, and now, they too are in mortal danger. Chased by the ferocious Wendigo, half-man half-werewolf creatures, the three companions seek refuge on a ship - a ship that leads them to the extraordinary lands of myth and legend mapped in the precious book they carry. As their adventure unfolds we learn that the friends are in fact C.S Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien and Charles Williams - and as they discover that events in the known world mirror those in the imaginary realm, they come to realise the importance of the Imaginarium Geographica , and if not protected, there will be no peace from the war that rages in our world.

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By:   James A. Owen
Imprint:   SIMON AND SCHUSTER
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm
Weight:   278g
ISBN:  

9781416932499


ISBN 10:   1416932496
Series:   Imaginarium Geographica
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   July 2007
Audience:   Children's (6-12) ,  12+ years
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock at Galaxy Bookshop
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James A Owen is the creator of the critically acclaimed Starchild graphic novel series, and is the founder and director of the Coppervale Studio in Silvertown, Arizona, where he lives with his wife and family.


This ambitious fantasy falls short of the mark. Three young men meet in 1917 London, and find themselves embroiled in a dangerous quest to protect a magical book. The men are fantasy authors C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams, and the fantasy world they've entered will be familiar to many. They encounter gods and monsters from Greek, Welsh and Egyptian myth, fauns, satyrs and talking beasts alongside rings of power and talking packs of cards. Unfortunately, the muddled mishmash leads to something rather less than the sum of its parts; there's no rhyme or reason to the interconnectivity of the stories. Moreover, in a world magically created by those writers who comprise much of the cultural and scientific history of the entire human race -a list composed nearly entirely of northern European men-is there any reason that an evil overlord straight out of British mythology has Asian features? Clumsy racial stereotyping was forgivable in 1917, but much less so nearly a century later. (Fantasy. 11-13) (Kirkus Reviews)

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