- Fiction, fantasy, general
They have lived among us for centuries—distant, separate, just out of sight. They fill our myths, our legends, and the stories we tell our children in the dark of night. They come from the air, from water, from earth, and from fire.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Grave, classical in form, earnest and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Patricia A. McKillip
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 215
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited, IBooks, Inc., Bantam Books
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553096743
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 1 have read it and 3 want to.
Patricia Anne McKillip is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She grew up in Oregon and England. She received a BA in English in 1971 and an MA in 1973. She is a past winner of the World Fantasy Award and Locus Award, and she lives in Oregon. McKillip's stories usually take place in a setting similar to the Middle Ages. There are forests, castles, and lords or kings, minstrels, tinkers and wizards. Her writing usually puts her characters in situations involving mysterious powers that they don't understand.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
The Beginning Place 198083% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
Wild beauty 201783% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
Jango 200682% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, earnest.
Ysabel 200781% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
The nargun and the stars 197381% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
To Be Taught, If Fortunate 201980% alikeBoth classical in form, contemporary, grave.
THE MOON AND THE FACE 198580% alikeBoth grave, earnest, classical in form.
Gifts 200480% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Game · Both classical in form, grave, earnest.
Otherside Picnic 202181% alikeTelevision · Both classical in form, earnest, grave.