Jeannette Ng is originally from Hong Kong but now lives in Durham,
UK. Her MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies fed into an interest
in medieval and missionary theology, which in turn spawned her love
for writing gothic fantasy with a theological twist. She runs live
roleplay games and is active within the costuming community,
running a popular blog. Jeannette has been a finalist for the John
W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and the Sydney J Bounds Award
(Best Newcomer) in the British Fantasy Awards 2018.
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Author hometown- Durham, UK
“An opulently atmospheric piece of neo-Victorian fantasy set in a
19th century in which the British are sending missionaries to
Fairyland. It’s a strange, brooding and occasionally perverse
debut.”
– The Guardian, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2017
“An evocative, claustrophobic Gothic novel with strikingly creepy
set-pieces, which repeatedly dislocates its reader’s and
characters’ worldview in a forceful examination of faith and the
power of stories.”
– Aliette de Bodard, Nebula, Locus and BSFA Award-winning
author of The House of Shattered Wings
“Under the Pendulum Sun is a weird, ingenious, and ravishing
story of the Fae and the outsiders driven to discover their
secrets, told with a heady melange of disturbing beauty and
enticing dangers.”
– Kate Elliott, author of Cold Magic, Black Wolves,
and Court of Fives
“Poetic, elegant, the writing feels filigreed and heavy with silk…
the most nonchalantly menacing thing I’ve ever read.”
– Cassandra Khaw, author of Hammers on Bone
"Threads together the Brontës, Fae mythology and the Biblical
Apocrypha into an intricate gothic tapestry, the sort that seems to
shift slightly when you glance away, the sort that throws away
imagery in every half-sentence that makes the “shifting tapestry”
metaphor in the previous sentence wince at being a bit
predictable." – Kieron Gillen, co-creator of The
Wicked + The Divine
“An enchanting literary debut – I couldn’t put it down!”
– Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award winning author of A
Man Lies Dreaming and Central Station
“Jeanette Ng has no time for Victorian attempts to sanitise and
prettify Faerie. A story as intriguing as it is eerily
disturbing.”
– Juliet McKenna
"Extremely beautiful, entertaining, and emotionally
compelling...read this excellent book."
– Grimdark magazine
"Intriguing... fascinating."
– Publishers Weekly
“The world-building and atmosphere are just incredible. It’s
especially gripping because the normal rules don’t apply, and
nothing is as it seems.”
– Syfy Wire, The 10 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of 2017
“This is The Woman in Black, Heart of Darkness and fae
all mixed up in a magical debut novel.”
– Morpheus Tales Reviews
“Under the Pendulum Sun is without a shadow of doubt one of
the best fantasy stories I’ve read in 2017. I was engrossed in the
mystery, delighted by the scope of the intertextuality, thrilled by
the reversal of situations I hadn’t seen coming, and amazed by the
world building. Under the Pendulum Sun not only has a
fantastic cover, it also has a great story to tell that I would
urge any fantasy reader, particularly if they are keen on gritty
Victoriana, to try.”
– Black Girl Nerds
“A brave and startling debut, one that’s both sensual and sinister,
a foundation for what should be a glowing career.”
– British Fantasy Society
“Under the Pendulum Sun contains wonders and terrors, sweet
love and brittle disgust. ”
– Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
“A brilliant fantasy that challenges the characters’ faith and
hearts, and creates a world entirely of its own.”
– Scifi Now
“Jeannette Ng’s Under the Pendulum Sun is big and unruly
and spills over in various directions in ways that genuinely
excite.”
– Strange Horizons
“Jeannette Ng weaves an incredible tale in the vein of a creepy
Victorian novel that blends elements of fantasy, historical
fiction, mystery, and more into a dark and captivating tale.”
– San Francisco Book Review
“A perfectly twisted novel.”
– SFF World
"A stroke of pure brilliance."
– the Guardian
“Hauntingly beautiful and masterfully told. This looks like the
start of a brilliant career.”
– Keith Yatsuhashi, author of Kokoro
“Jeannette Ng's imagery is breathtaking, her setting dark and
delightful, and her use of theology is pure genius. Like some
sinister elf, Under the Pendulum Sun will steal your
imagination and never give it back.”
– N S Dolkart, author of Among the Fallen
“Under the Pendulum Sun does live up to its fabulous pitch. A
richly woven fantasy from a brilliant imagination. Definitely one
for readers interested in fairy lore and Gothic fantasy.”
– Rod Duncan, author of The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter
“Imagine Northanger Abbey’s Catherine Morland confined to
a particularly mysterious corner of Gormenghast with the Faeries
of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell for company and you
start to get an idea of how delightfully intricate and beautifully
realised a novel Under the Pendulum Sunis. A remarkable
debut.”
– Jonathan L Howard, author of Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
series
“Under the Pendulum Sun is a delicious fusion of repressed
Victorian missionary values and the horror of the Fae. A sumptuous
account of the journey into the land of the Fae, and into the
darkest recesses of the human soul, this book delighted and shocked
in all the best ways.”
– Emma Newman
“A novel whose big heart enables it to engage with big ideas. Read
it carefully, and be rewarded.”
– Andrew Wallace, author of Sons of the Crystal Mind
"Jeannette Ng has written an utterly brilliant gothic novel, using
all the tropes and cliches of the genre and rising above them in
magnificent style. I highly recommend it."
– Intellectus Speculativus
“Ng draws us into the fantastic quickly, with gorgeously
imaginative details.”
– Shoreline of Infinity
“There is a wisdom, but also an exquisite beauty in her words that
stun you... Under the Pendulum Sun is a gorgeous book.”
– Utopia State of Mind
“An intricate distortion of myth and history… A pre-Halloween
puzzle box of a book.”
– Victorian Soul Critiques
“A deep, rich and very definitely eerie gothic novel that asks some
very hard, very interesting questions about god, faith, the nature
of truth and what stories and storytelling have to do with all of
it.”
– Kam Reads and Recs
“Under the Pendulum Sun is a dark, psychological fantasy in a
gothic vein, paying considerable literary homage to authors such as
the Brontës. Impressively, Jeannette Ng manages to keep her debut
novel grounded in historical reality despite its taking place
entirely in the faelands.”
– The Fancy Hat Lady Reads
“Holy wah. Holy wah! Holy WAH! This book was an amazing read!”
– Purple Owl Reviews
“Jeannette Ng’s Under the Pendulum Sun expertly weaves
fantasy, the Gothic, academia, and religion in this compelling
novel about missionaries to Arcadia, the land of the Fae.”
– Fairy Book Mother
“The writing and the world building are an absolute treat and the
story is very original.”
– Helen’s Bookshelf
“Under the Pendulum Sun is a towering work of
imagination.”
– Alan Brenik
“Jeannette Ng has subverted the Gothic novel and given it a fresh
lease of life.”
– Strange Alliances
“The writing is, in a word, beautiful.”
– YA On My Mind
“Beautifully crafted and structured, but containing a deeper,
hidden heart that takes patience to reach. 5 Stars: Excellent.”
– Occasionally Random Book Reviews
“Under the Pendulum Sun is an amazing debut novel from an author to
watch.”
– The Illustrated Page
“A book that will pull you in about fourteen different directions
and refresh your imagination.”
– Chain Interaction
“Ng’s writing is first rate and this is an enjoyable, immersive
book that is able both to take seriously the perspective of its
Victorian characters and to show their worldview under assault from
a cultural encounter for which they’re wholly unfitted. It’s a
haunting, intricate book which is like nothing I’d read before. I’d
strongly recommend it.”
– Blue Book Balloon
“The author does an excellent job of building suspense and setting
throughout, and gives us interesting characters.”
– JD DeHart
“A stunningly different fantasy that mixes Crimson
Peak with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.”
– Fine Print
“Under the Pendulum Sun is a debut novel from a writer who knows
her prose craft.”
– Pop-Verse
“Really interesting and refreshing.”
– Bofinkins vlog
“Under the Pendulum Sun is fantastic and I can’t wait to see what
Jeannette Ng writes next.”
– Pretty Terrible
“Ng’s writing is stunning. It’s rich and lush, full of description
and atmosphere. You can practically feel things moving in the
shadows as you’re reading. The language Ng has used fits perfectly
with the story she’s writing -- descriptions balancing on the edge
of over-done, utilising old-fashioned styles of perhaps ’telling’
more than is common now. It’s all beautifully done and Under the
Pendulum Sun could easily sit next to any of the classic Gothic
Romance novels.”
– Foxes & Fairytales
“Utterly captivating and super weird. Loved it.”
– Way Too Fantasy
“A rich, strange, increasingly nightmarish phantasmagoria of both
horror and beauty. It’s impressively erudite and sly. It draws the
reader expertly in, builds steady tension, then lays shocking plot
twist after plot twist. It’s a novel that opens into landscapes of
wonder, and becomes a moving, even rapturous, journey. ”
– It’s a Jumble
“An excellent eerie trip… If you would like a chance from fantasy
that constantly looks for a quest or quasi-detective story then I
think this would be a perfect novel to take you away but you may
not be quite the same person afterwards. Pass the salt…”
– Runalong the Shelves
“So much its own thing that I don’t hesitate to recommend it, and
am extremely curious to see what Ng does next.”
– Asking the Wrong Questions
“Under the Pendulum Sun is without a shadow of doubt one of the
best fantasy stories I’ve read in 2017. I was engrossed in the
mystery, delighted by the scope of the intertextuality, thrilled by
the reversal of situations I hadn’t seen coming and amazed by the
world building. Under the Pendulum Sun not only has a fantastic
cover, it also has a great story to tell that I would urge any
fantasy reader, particularly if they are keen on gritty Victoriana,
to try.”
– The Middle Shelf
“Under the Pendulum Sun is a fascinating story.”
– Earl Grey
“Ng’s novel is a dream that does not disappoint. It’s a rich,
strange, increasingly nightmarish phantasmagoria of both horror and
beauty. It’s impressively erudite and sly. It draws the reader
expertly in, builds steady tension, then lays shocking plot twist
after plot twist. It’s a novel that opens into landscapes of
wonder, and becomes a moving, even rapturous, journey. ”
– It’s a Jumble
“I loved this book… A genuinely delightful and thought provoking
read.”
– Fox Spirit
“Under the Pendulum Sun is no fairytale; its ancestors are Jane
Eyre and Ann Radcliffe, not the faerie-tinged historical fantasies
of Susanna Clarke and Zen Cho.”
– The English Student
“Under the Pendulum Sun is more than a simple novel of the Fae (to
quote it’s subtitle) but instead is quite a rather clever morality
tale that shows what can happen to those who believe their culture
is far superior to everyone else’s. It’s a great novel and ... I
enjoyed it alot.”
– Resolute Reader
“I’d be lying if I said this book hadn’t utterly blown me away. As
debut novels go, I think this is a damned hard one to beat, and
I’ve read some really great ones. In fairness, both to it and to
others, though, I’ve never read anything quite like this. As an
example of SFF at its finest, it shines like a faerie moon hanging
before an angler fish. Just watch out for those teeth.”
– Over The Effing Rainbow
“Beautifully written.”
– Fantasy Book Review
“Ms Ng’s rendering of the Fae world is a must-read. Such vast
imagination that takes authors years to build. Weird, quirky, and
intricate details that are so subtle yet immensely powerful–like a
well-added spice.”
– Moore Fantasy
“Geat prose, effectively told story, utterly captivating and super
weird. Loved it.”
– Way Too Fantasy
“Stanislaw Lem meets George MacDonald meets VC Andrews meets Sylvia
Townsend Warner. If having your expectations swung back and forth
sounds like fun give this a go.”
– 10 Bad Habits
“Captivating, thoroughly recommended.”
– Novel Gazing Redux
“This is a masterful debut, although it won’t be for everyone –
it’s slow, often ambiguous, as religious as it is profane, and
takes great joy in its broken edges. Bravo.”
– One More
“Vibrant, complex, and engrossing... a sorrowful, heartfelt
masterpiece.”
– Literary Nocturne Review
“This tale weaves folklore, history, and the gothic tradition into
a tapestry of horror, unease and suspense that I just couldn’t put
down, this combines with a beautiful insta-worthy cover meant it
was definitely a big favourite of my year.”
– The Trouble with Tribbles
“An interesting read and a beautiful one and definitely worth the
effort.”
– Fangs for the Fantasy
“The premise is irresistible and strange, and Ng’s crisp and
luminous prose is ideal for navigating faeland, a gloomy world,
full of secrets and mysteries, and casual cruelty.”
– Head Shoulders Knees & Toes
“The writing in this book was phenomenal, and the way the world was
designed and built was so intricately done, so extraordinary and
just a pleasure to read. ”
– Ayundabhuwana’s Blog
"There are times when the 'real' crosses over into delightful
absurdism that reminds readers of the work of Lewis Carol or Hayao
Miyazaki. But above all one of the most captivating elements of
this book is its novel and alluring premise: Victorian
missonairies travel to the Faelands to convert the fae folk to
Christianity."
– The Writer's Corner
"Basically, I really love this book and would highly recommend
it!"
– Brenhines Books
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