Posted on 06/12/03
Lions and wizards and dragons, oh yes!
The Merlin Conspiracy:Trick or Treason?By Diana Wynne Jones HarperCollins, 473 pages, $24.99Diana Wynne Jones describes magic so vividly that several hours into reading her new offering, The Merlin Conspiracy, I was reaching for my coffee cup without being able to drag my eyes from the page. When I patted around and didn't find the cup, I briefly imagined my hand had passed straight through it and out the other side. The magic Wynne Jones creates has concrete, physical properties. It's pungent, like scent, leaving traces in the air. It's a palpable force; sometimes it sizzles with blueish light. Objects regularly become invisible and little people appear between the folds and cracks of the landscape. It's all very easy to believe.
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