![]() ![]() One aspect of the setting that's unusual is the way Garner interweaves the fantasy world he creates with the everyday one. ![]() I believe it's the time and place where Garner himself grew up. They get involved in a fantasy adventure in Cheshire at a time which seems to be somewhere between the wars. These are two schoolchildren: a brother and sister called Colin and Susan. I've heard that he wrote some later ones using the same protagonists. "The Wierdstone of Brisingamen" was published in 1960 and it was Garner's first novel. I looked him up on the on-line catalogue and found that the RNIB has half a dozen of his titles. Recently I was looking for things to add to my list and I remembered Alan Garner. Somehow I never seemed to find a copy in a bookshop or library so I never managed to read it. And the book that was mentioned most often was this one. From what people around me said it seemed that Garner must be some sort of exponent of New-Age Celtic-based high fantasy novels for children. ![]() Fantasy novels were few and far between and any that came out were regarded by enthusiasts with a combination of excitement and awe. In those days there was no mass commercial fantasy genre, no Harry Potter or Terry Pratchett. When I was a kid people used to talk quite reverently about Alan Garner and his fantasy novels. ![]()
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