Patricia A. McKillip was the beloved author of twenty-seven fantasy novels, including The Riddle-Master of Hed, Harpist in the Wind, Ombria in Shadow, Solstice Wood, and The Sorceress and the Cygnet. She received the inaugural World Fantasy Award for The Forgotten Beasts of Eld and later received the World Fantasy lifetime achievement award. She was also a three-time Mythopoeic Award winner. Her more recent works included the novel Kingfisher and the collection Dreams of Distant Shores.
Internationally bestselling author Gail Carriger's debut novel, Soulless, won the ALA's Alex Award. Her wildly popular steampunk Parasolverse contains multiple series and was also published as a graphic novel. Carriger has received the Prix Julia Verlanger, the Elbakin Award, and the Starburner Award in Literature. Her novels have been published in eighteen languages. She lives in California.
"With delicate line drawings to match the sleek, silver majesty of
its prose, this fresh edition of the inaugural World Fantasy Award
winner stands to be treasured by generations to come." --Foreword
"[5/5 stars] If you've never read The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by
Patricia McKillip, you have missed out on a beautiful classic, full
of lyrical language and a powerful story. If you have read this,
re-visit this classic on the 50th anniversary to see new
illustrations and a gorgeous introduction by writers who fell in
love with this story long ago, like I did." --The Nameless Zine
"Rich and regal." --New York Times "Before Daenerys was Mother of
Dragons, Sybel commanded beasts of all kinds. McKillip offers up a
powerful character full of passion, determination, obsession, and
love." --A. C. Wise, author of The Kissing Booth Girl and Other
Stories "I admit it: I have been seduced by Patricia A McKillip's
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld . . . gorgeous, lyrical prose."
--Guardian "With its elegant language and lovingly rendered
heroine, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld has won the love of readers
young and old alike." --Reedsy, The 60 Best Fantasy Books of All
Time "Like the [Lord of the] Rings trilogy or the Earthsea books .
. . This magical moonlit fantasy has dignity and romance,
heart-stopping suspense, adventure, richness of concept and
language and--perhaps rarest of all in romantic fantasy--a sly
sense of humor." --Publishers Weekly "This is what great literature
looks like: bold, self-incisive, powerfully feminist without
drawing attention to anything but the prose, the characters, and
the story." --Usman T. Malik, author of The Pauper Prince and The
Eucalyptus Jinn "This is my favorite book of all time. If I had to
pick a desert island book, it would be this one." --Gail Carriger,
author of the Parasol Protectorate "Rich and lyric prose." --Bruce
Coville, author of the Dragon Chronicles "A truly great,
concentrated, thoughtful, vicious, exalted fantasy, and everyone
should read it." --Max Gladstone, author of the Hugo Award-winning
Craft Sequence series "A stunning masterpiece of fantasy. 10/10
stars." --Fantasy Cafe "Gorgeous, evocative, and fragile."
--Kirkus "An extraordinary book, and McKillip deserves all the
praise she received for creating such a masterful, brave,
intricately crafted universe. 10/10 stars." --Starburst "Intimate,
gorgeous, quiet and deep, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld remains as
resonant as ever." --Tor.com "Wise and deep and lucid and crisp."
--Antick Musings "Fear, hope, love, hatred, and all that makes us
human assume magical forms in McKillip's characteristically
gorgeous prose." --E. Lily Yu, author of "The Cartographer Wasps
and the Anarchist Bees" "It is delicious and wise--a true classic."
--Susan Fletcher, author of Dragon's Milk "McKillip's World Fantasy
Award-winner is unquestionably a classic of the genre, and it reads
as timelessly as ever in this new print and ebook edition."
--Barnes & Noble, Week's New Sci-Fi & Fantasy spotlight "Soaring
prose, lyrics to songs our hearts have forgotten they knew how to
sing." --Seattle Review of Books "A remarkable work of literature."
--The Royal Library "Whether you read this magical weaving as a
straight fantasy or look deeper and call it allegory, I guarantee
you will fall under its spell." --Fresh Fiction "McKillip's
strange, enchanting stand-alone fantasy The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
has been reissued...the writing is simply beautiful." --Washington
Post "Full of magic, wonder and fantastic creatures." --Speculative
Herald "This exquisitely written story has something for almost
every reader: adventure, romance and a resonant mythology that
reveals powerful truths about human nature." --Amazon "It feels
ageless, eternal, light and perfect like a star." --SF Site "The
best fantasy novel of the year and perhaps of the decade.
--Locus "Patricia McKillip weaves an incredibly rich, poetic, wise
and mystical story, holding her readers spellbound." --St. Louis
Dispatch-Post "5/5 stars. This is one of those books that can't
come with enough high recommendation." --Seattle Review of
Books
"Magical and with very beautiful and powerful writing." --Book
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