| Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
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| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
| Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
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"The Great Wheel", the third book in Joyce Ballou Gregorian's "Castledown" trilogy is out in paperback (Ace) at last! (More reaction after I finish it!)
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| 463.1 | ? | PROSE::WAJENBERG | Tue Apr 07 1987 10:07 | 4 | |
What is the "Castledown" trilogy about, and what are the other two
titles?
Earl Wajenberg
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| 463.2 | SOFTY::HEFFELFINGER | The valient Spaceman Spiff! | Tue Apr 07 1987 11:31 | 9 | |
They are fantasy/alternate world books. The other title are...
um... The Broken Citadel and er... um... Castledown ... ? (As you
can tell they had to be dragged from the depths of my brain.)
I enjoyed the first two and had almost given up hope of a third
book. I've been keeping my eye out but haven't seen it yet.
tlh
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| 463.3 | oops! (i may have spoke too soon) | CGHUB::CONNELLY | Eye Dr3 - Regnad Kcin | Fri Apr 24 1987 20:53 | 13 |
I may have to read the whole trilogy over to (re)capture the flavor of it again. But it does seem like there *could* be another book in there somewhere (so you may have to scratch that "completed"!). The emotional range that is covered in these books is surprisingly broad, from the fairy-tale whimsical at one extreme to the real-life tragic at the other. The plot element is somewhat compromised (to my way of thinking) by the emphasis on foreshadowing/predestination and the intervention of various divine beings/forces, but the characters definitely grow on you. Some vague resemblance to "The Once and Future King", maybe? | |||||