Fantasy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 豆瓣 Goodreads
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
8.4 (17 个评分) 作者: Neil Gaiman William Morrow 2013 - 6
Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy.
Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what.
A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark.
2023年12月2日 已读
Everything in life is a metaphor. 这是一个有关 abuse,背叛,自我救赎,还有宣传书是人类最好的朋友的故事。
Fantasy Neil Gaiman
Bubble 豆瓣
作者: Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, Tony Cliff, Natalie Riess First Second 2021 - 7
Based on the smash-hit audio serial, Bubble is a hilarious high-energy graphic novel with a satirical take on the “gig economy.”
Built and maintained by corporate benevolence, the city of Fairhaven is a literal bubble of safety and order (and amazing coffee) in the midst of the Brush, a harsh alien wilderness ruled by monstrous Imps and rogue bands of humans. Humans like Morgan, who’s Brush-born and Bubble-raised and fully capable of fending off an Imp attack during her morning jog. She’s got a great routine going―she has a chill day job, she recreationally kills the occasional Imp, then she takes that Imp home for her roommate and BFF, Annie, to transform into drugs as a side hustle. But cracks appear in her tidy life when one of those Imps nearly murders a delivery guy in her apartment, accidentally transforming him into a Brush-powered mutant in the process. And when Morgan’s company launches Huntr, a gig economy app for Imp extermination, she finds herself press-ganged into kicking her stabby side job up to the next level as she battles a parade of monsters and monstrously Brush-turned citizens, from a living hipster beard to a book club hive mind.
Review
"The critique of the gig economy is just discernible beneath the smashmouth confrontations, and the relationship comedy (tangled on-again, off-again connections and flirtations throughout) is surprisingly earnest. It’s a recklessly fun, hoot and holler of a ride." ―Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Wild, adventurous, quick-witted, and current!" ― Ryan North, How to Invent Everything
“Bubble is timely satire, but NOT what ‘timely satire’ usually means (BORING). Instead, it’s ridiculous, warm, absurdly funny, genuinely human, and, what is most important to me: ANTI-MONSTER. I would like to be trapped in a bubble with these people―the ones who made it, and the characters they created. BUT NO MONSTERS PLEASE. Seriously. I’ve had enough of those guys!“ ―John Hodgeman, Medallion Status
“A timely skewering of the Millennial mindset? Check. Beasts that could disembowel you with the flick of a wrist? Check. An appearance by the bassist of our favorite band from high school? Check. Bubble meets all our criteria for a work of fiction. We’re in.” ―Rhett and Link, Good Mythical Morning, The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek
"Bubble is an allegorical tale of the horrors facing American millennials that just also happens to be a perfectly exhilarating, monster-hunting action adventure. Wait, don't buy it yet, because you should be warned it's also beautifully humane and hilarious. OK, now you can buy it."―Justin McElroy, The Adventure Zone
蒼穹國度·亞里阿德涅 1 豆瓣
蒼穹のアリアドネ
作者: [日] 八木 教広 译者: 陳瑞璟 東立出版社 2019 - 6
在遠離人里之地生活的少年拉錫爾,他對「天空的飛行都市」這個夢幻般的存在懷抱著嚮往。某天,他在住家附近的森林遇見自稱「亞里阿德涅皇國皇女」的少女蕾亞娜,而這個國家,正是拉錫爾所嚮往的飛行都市。長年不曾接觸外界的蕾亞娜,無論如何都想在出嫁之前接觸地上的世界,但來到地上的世界,卻是飛行都市亞里阿德涅的一大禁忌…
2022年4月3日 已读
有点奇特的漫画,前面 100 多话都像在戏耍不正经,再往后竟然发起力来了,前面埋了这么深的梗啊,忍过前期之后值得一追。
Fantasy comic manga 奇幻 日本
Artemis Fowl 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: Michael Moreci / Stephen Gilpin Disney-Hyperion 2021 - 3
The second book in the internationally best-selling Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer is available as a full-color graphic novel with all-new text and artwork.
The world's youngest, brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind is back.
Artemis Fowl receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya: his father.
As Artemis rushes to his dad's rescue, he is stopped by a familiar nemesis: Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. Now, instead of battling the fairies, Artemis must join them if he wants to save one of the few people in the world he loves.
This all-new adaptation with exciting and cinematic full-color artwork will engage fans both old and new and leave them eagerly awaiting the next installment.
Artemis Fowl, a major motion picture from Walt Disney Studios, is now streaming on Disney+!
Dinotopia 豆瓣
作者: James Gurney HarperTrophy 2003 - 3
2021年7月27日 已读
恐龙与人和谐共处的乌托邦,看多了敌托邦,这样充满乐观主义冒险精神的世界应该多来一点啊,画好看极了,尤其是末尾那副首都庆典(也就是封面这张)。
Fantasy 绘本
Tall Tales 豆瓣
作者: Smith, Jeff; Hamaker, Steve; Sniegoski, Thomas E. 2010 - 8
Long before the Bone cousins were ever lost in the uncharted desert on the outskirts of the Valley, Big Johnson Bone, the discoverer of the Rolling Bone River, founded Boneville. But little is known of the mighty explorer's adventures before he started his famous trading post. So when Smiley Bone sits down with a group of young campers to retell the legendary stories of Boneville's origin and its tough, no-nonsense founder, what they hear are tall tales in typical BONE fashion--wild antics complete with rat creatures, dragons, and a snarky little monkey! Previously published in black and white as STUPID, STUPID RAT-TAILS, this edition will feature new material and full-color art!
2021年2月8日 已读
久违了,Jeff Smith!这部 Bone 的短篇集,四个故事用的营地篝火故事会的形式串联起来。讲故事方面加入了新人 Steve Sniegoski,他讲的 Big Johnson Bone 的故事一开始觉得挺 cheesy,但是那些辅助角色的表演无比出彩(台词超赞),最后还点题了 Tall Tail,看得我乐不可支。
Fantasy comic graphic_novel 奇幻 漫画
Mouse Guard: The Black Axe 豆瓣
作者: David Petersen Archaia Entertainment 2013 - 7
Welcome back to the world of mice in the third collected volume of the Eisner Award-winning and critically acclaimed fantasy comic series, Mouse Guard. This beautifully illustrated prequel to the two previous volumes spins the tale of wise oldfur and longtime Mouse Guard member Celanawe, as he fulfills the promise made to young Lieam to detail the day his paw first touched the legendary weapon, the Black Axe. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on an adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters and lands, all while unraveling the legend of Farrer, the blacksmith who forged the mythical weapon.
Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 豆瓣
作者: David Petersen Boom Entertainment 2009 - 7
In the Winter of 1152, the Mouse Guard face a food and supply shortage threatening the lives of many mouse through a cold and icy season. Some of the Guard's finest — Saxon, Kenzie, Lieam, and Sadie, led by Celanawe, the legendary Black Axe — traverse the snow-blanketed territories acting as diplomats to improve relations between the mouse cities and the Guard, and find themselves on a race against time to deliver crucial medicines. This is a winter not every Guard may survive… Collects the second Mouse Guard series by Russ Manning Award-winner David Petersen, with an epilogue and bonus content.
2020年9月25日 已读
这部比上部惨烈得多,小老鼠们的使命任重道远,很钦佩这种不避谈死亡的儿童作品。
Fantasy comic 奇幻 漫画 漫畫
Mouse Guard : Fall 1152 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: David Petersen Boom Entertainment 2009 - 7 其它标题: Mouse Guard: Fall 1152
The forest is a dangerous place for any animal, especially one as small as a mouse. In the past, the mouse world endured a tyrannical Weasel Warlord until a noble band of mouse soldiers fought back. Ever since, the Mouse Guard has defended the paces and prosperity of its kingdom. For generations, this league of scouts, weather-watchers, trailblazers, and protectors has passed won its knowledge and skills.

Now three of the Guard's finest have been dispatched. The mission seems simple: They are to find a missing mouse, a grain merchant who never arrived at his destination. But when they find him, they make a shocking discovery—one that involves a treacherous betrayal, a stolen secret, and a rising power that has only one goal: to bring down the Guard...
2020年9月23日 已读
重看这部,发现是部厚积薄发的作品,要构建这个世界背后得做多少功夫啊?
Fantasy comic 奇幻 漫画 漫畫
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Paperback Boxed Set 豆瓣
作者: Rick Riordan Disney Publishing Worldwide 2008 - 9
Humans and half-bloods alike agree--Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a series fit for heroes! Re-live the adventure from the beginning with this boxed set of the first three books. The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. When his mom tells him the truth about where he came from, she takes him to the one place he'll be safe--Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island). There, Percy learns that the father he never knew is actually Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon Percy finds himself caught up in a mystery that could lead to disastrous consequences. Together with his friends--a satyr and other the demigod daughter of Athena--Percy sets out on a quest to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods. The Sea of Monsters After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly calm. But things don't stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders which protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner by the Cyclops Polyphemus on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters--the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia--only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new nameL: the Bermuda Triangle. Now Percy and his friends must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes by the end of the summer or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family--one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or simply a cruel joke... The Titan's Curse When Percy Jackson receives a distress call from his friend Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he'll need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side; his trusty broze sword Riptide; and... a ride from his mom. The demigods race to the rescue, to find that Grover has made an important discovery: two new powerful half-bloods whose parentage is unknown. But that's not all that awaits them. The Titan lord, Kronos, has set up his most devious trap yet, and the young heroes have unwittingly fallen prey. Hilarious and action-packed, this third adventure in the series finds Percy faced with his most dangerous challenge so far: the chilling prophecy of the Titan's curse.
2019年11月27日 已读
拖了很长时间才读完,真是一部拙劣的Harry Potter仿作,文笔很差,情节很白烂,主角也没啥成长空间,只能当了解希腊神话的另类读物了。话说,作者就这么理所当然的让Percy的妈妈将Smelly Gabe“杀“死(石化)了吗?
Fantasy 儿童文学 奇幻
The Graveyard Book 豆瓣 Goodreads Goodreads
The Graveyard Book
8.8 (19 个评分) 作者: [英国] 尼尔·盖曼 HarperCollins 2008 - 1
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack--who has already killed Bod's family. . . . Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his "New York Times" bestselling modern classic "Coraline." Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.
2019年8月25日 已读
第二次看,越发喜欢这个故事了,也能够看出故事外的韵味来了,故事的结尾结得恰如其分而又余味无穷。还有最喜欢的角色非Silas无疑了,这就是Neil Gaiman本人嘛!
Fantasy NeilGaiman children 儿童文学 奇幻
Escape From Lucien 豆瓣
作者: Kazu Kibuishi GRAPHIX 2014 - 8
2019年7月14日 已读
看到这部总算总结出来问题了,那就是当上天选之子太简单了,毫无挣扎,连练级都省了,还有主角姐弟的表情管理堪忧(基本上就是面无表情)。
Fantasy GraphicNovel comic graphic_novel
Prince of the Elves 豆瓣
作者: Kibuishi, Kazu Scholastic 2012 - 9
Emily has survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin, who is working for the Elf King, has escaped with the Mother Stone. The Elf King has now forged new amulets, which will allow him the ability to invade Cielis and destroy it once and for all. Emily and her friends desperately make preparations to defend Cielis in what will inevitably be a brutal war, and they can only hope that it will be enough to defeat the Elf King.
The Stonekeeper 豆瓣
作者: Kazu Kibuishi GRAPHIX 2008 - 1
Almost too clever and poignant, Amulet is, on the surface, about navigating the murky waters of adolescence and, beneath that, an exploration of abandonment and survival. Emily and Navin are lost children, literally lost in a dark, new world and struggling to save their mother, who has been kidnapped by a drooling, tentacled beast. With stellar artwork, imaginative character design, moody color and consistent pacing, this first volume's weakness lies in its largely disjointed storytelling. There is the strong, young, heroine; cute, furry, sidekicks; scary monsters—all extraordinary components, but pieced together in a patchwork manner. There is little hope in his dark world as Kibuishi removes Emily and Navin's frame of safety. Their hopes rest in a magic amulet that seems to be working in the interest of the children—until it suddenly isn't. The most frightening element of Amulet is the sense of insecurity we feel for Emily, fighting her way through uncharted terrain with no guide and no support system. This first volume of Amulet isn't a disappointment, but it does feel like a warmup to the main event. If anything, it's a clear indication that Kibuishi has just begun skimming the surface of his own talent.
2019年5月20日 已读
用了很多很多别人的元素,尤其是宫崎骏的电影设定,能说是致敬经典吗,但又没有推陈出新,不知道算不算在抄袭的边缘了。
Fantasy GraphicNovel comic graphic_novel
Odd and the Frost Giants 豆瓣
作者: [英国] 尼尔·盖曼 HarperCollins 2009 - 11
In this inventive, short, yet perfectly formed novel inspired by traditional Norse mythology, Neil Gaiman takes readers on a wild and magical trip to the land of giants and gods and back. In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he's had some very bad luck: His father perished in a Viking expedition; a tree fell on and shattered his leg; the endless freezing winter is making villagers dangerously grumpy. Out in the forest Odd encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle—three creatures with a strange story to tell. Now Oddis forced on a stranger journey than he had imagined—a journey to save Asgard, city of the gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it. It's going to take a very special kind of twelve-year-old boy to outwit the Frost Giants, restore peace to the city of gods, and end the long winter. Someone cheerful and infuriating and clever . . . Someone just like Odd .
A Game of Thrones 豆瓣
9.7 (22 个评分) 作者: [美国] 乔治·R·R·马丁 Bantam Books 1997 - 8
Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
A Game of Thrones
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.
2016年7月17日 已读
细节即魔鬼,好多好多细节,果不其然比剧更好看,几个熟悉的场景明显书中描写得更美。行文简练,除却中世纪的大量名词,本书不难。
Fantasy 奇幻