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 Post subject: James Stoddard
PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:45 pm 
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I think that perhaps Danlo has also read The High House by James Stoddard...I know that I have both read and enjoyed it greatly, though I have never been able to find a copy of its sequel, The False House.
It's not in the usual run of fantasy at all...
The High House is an endless place, with dragons in the attic, man-eating furniture, and other very imaginative objects throughout...you could spend a lifetime wandering around it and not see everything...
It is called Evenmere, and some say that it was built by God to run the universe...
And a man named Carter Anderson has to become its Master in the face of an attack by anarchists, and if he fails the Universe itself might be put at risk...
Very unusual and enjoyable read! Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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Ahhh. I wonder if that's where Tad Williams got his inspiration for one of the worlds in Otherland. ________________
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and cleansing I've endured within my shadow. Change is coming. Now is my time. Listen to my muscle memory. Contemplate what I've been clinging to. -Tool, "Forty-Six & Two" <i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: James Stoddard
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I enjoyed The High House a lot, even though author's Christianity was clear. The book left me a happy and warm aftertaste which is very rare for me. The False House was good but not as good, and I had a nasty feeling the author would have lumped me with his group of villains simply because my religious beliefs, or lack of them. <i></i>


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The High House was great, tho very claustrophobic... Jormandgund RULES and the Bobby is 2 creepy 4 words! And now Danlo looked in that direction, too. He remembered that snowy owls mate in the darkest part of deep winter, and so along with this beautiful white bird perched in a tree a hundred feet away, he turned to face the sea as he watched and waited.

Ahira, Ahira, he called out silently to the sky. Ahira, Ahira<i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: James Stoddard
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I've never been able to find The False House. I am glad to hear that it was good (though sounds like not as good as the first?) Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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