Recently I saw the movie Pan’s Labyrinth. I’ve always been drawn to movies that look at the world from a child’s point of view. Combine this with a fantastical world that exists underneath a grim reality – in this case the Spanish Civil War – and you have Pan’s Labyrinth. Ofelia and her pregnant mother [...]
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I’m Reading – Dreamquake
Posted in Book Reviews, Fantasy on March 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dreamquake, by Elizabeth Knox, is the sequel to Dreamhunter. In a country much like New Zealand at the turn of the last, last century, young people train to be Dreamhunters. Dreamhunters are the select few who are able to make the journey into a barren world and find dreams. The dreamhunter is then able to [...]
