Stardust: Neil Gaiman

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But her cunning outweighed his own, for with a single bite from her viper she left Septimus dead and rotting, his schemes forever unfinished. The author's voice is never intrusive, and the tale moves at a surprisingly fast pace, switching effortlessly between several narratives which all are captivating and important - not a single moment is redundant. I truly believe you have to be the right kind of scifi fan to enjoy Gaiman to his fullest and unfortunately, like two strangers forced to interact occasionally, we just don't quite mesh together. Also on route to claim the star for their own is a trio of princes, which ever one claims her earns the Kingship. When Tristran realises his love for her, he abandons his courtship of Victoria Forester, and Yvaine marries him despite their inability to have children.

I read the book because I just recently saw the movie (which I loved), and while I haven't enjoyed other Neil Gaiman books in the past, I thought it might be different based on the movie.The book also proved popular with readers of the "romance" genre, although it is generally considered part of the fantasy genre.

Yet, Stardust never descends too far into being grim for the sake of grim, indeed it is in many ways one of the most truly lovely stories I have ever read. Because it is very much a fairytale, except it's probably not so much for kids, as it is for adults.

Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and, the sons of the dead king of Stormhold want her because she holds a ruby that will give one of them title to the throne. He suddenly comes to the realization that she's a human and that it's pretty fucked up to have enslaved her, but despite this abrupt stroke of sanity, he's determined to capture her again. This edition had a forward explaining that it was written as a fairy tale for adults that would have live in the 1920's, and it hit the mark so well. He tricks her, literally shackles her with a magic chain, and FORCES HER TO WALK WITH HIM ON HER BROKEN LEG SO THAT HE CAN GIVE HER AWAY AS AN OBJECT SO THE HOTTEST GIRL IN TOWN WILL SLEEP WITH HIM.

They're still more puppets than characters and a great deal of Yvaine's character growth occurs off page. Stardust came out once a month in a square-bound, high-gloss booklet with high grade paper, high quality color and no advertisements. Directed by Dirk Maggs and Heather Larmour, and featuring over 35 minutes of unbroadcast material, this stunning new dramatisation boasts an extensive cast including Frances Barber, Maggie Steed, Nicholas Boulton, Blake Ritson, Bryan Dick, Charlotte Riley, Aisling Loftus, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Alex Macqueen. Still, the ability to combine dialogues and descriptions so well is rare, especially if in one story are narrated three tales which will eventually meet.Cual alquimista Gaiman toma elementos de cuentos clásicos,cuentos de hadas y una pizca de mitología y las mezcla con su propia impronta e imaginativa fantástica, lúgubre, romántica , libidinosa y onírica.

I can see the comparisons to The Princess Bride, but for reasons that I cannot explain or understand, I frequently found myself thinking of The Great God Pan. Having the story so heavily reliant on a magical fairy market, surprisingly similar to the one in Neverwhere lost some points with me. It is nothing like the hauntingly nostalgic The Ocean at the End of the Lane or the eerily fantastical subterranean London of Neverwhere or the ghostly coming of age story in The Graveyard Book, but it has the stamp of Gaiman all over it.Actually, I think every kid should see it in that middle land when is a little bit old to be defined as a kid but too young to be defined as a teenager. But the pure fantasy adventure is surely something cinema's could use a little bit more of these days. For instance, one scene early in the book details an apparent disagreement at the fairy market between a young man and a visiting magician over the affections of the young man’s fiancé, a flirtatious barmaid, and though it is the magician who comes off best in the altercation it is ultimately her fiancé whom the barmaid runs to comfort afterwards.