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Strange the Dreamer is a 2017 young adult fantasy novel written by American author Laini Taylor and the first in the Strange the Dreamer duology, followed by Muse of Nightmares. The story follows Lazlo Strange, a war orphan and librarian in the world of Zosma who undergoes an expedition to the mystic lost city of Weep but discovers it is more ...
Image credits: sidneyzapke So, when someone asked for suggestions online, they recommended it. The weird fiction genre (in fact, it’s more of a subgenre) is a bit more specific than that.
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories is an anthology of weird fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Published on 30 Oct 2011, [1] it contains 110 short stories, novellas and short novels. At 1,126 pages in the hardcover edition, it is probably the largest single volume of fantastic fiction ever published, according to Locus. [2]
In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls the book an "outstanding collection of nine dazzling shorter pieces."The reviewer singles out "Weird," "Mer," and "Edith and Henry Go Motoring" for particular mention, but feels Something Rich and Strange "contains the most gorgeous of McKillip's prose ... and the weakest of her plots," with the caveat that "even weaker McKillip is well worth reading."
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Muse of Nightmares is a 2018 young adult fantasy novel written by American author Laini Taylor, published by Little, Brown Books on October 2, 2018. [1] The novel is a sequel to Strange the Dreamer [2] and follows Lazlo Strange and the ghost of Sarai, a blue-skinned godspawn, discovering the secrets behind the city of Weep as they stabilize relations between the two worlds of humans and gods.
In "Secret Michigan: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure" author Amy Piper tells readers where they can find hidden gems.
The dream as a revelatory crisis. In the case of the Ridiculous Man it is a vision through which an entirely new reality for human beings becomes possible. So-called 'real life' was something empty, something he fully intended to snuff out, but his dream revealed to him "another life, a great, renewed and powerful life."