Tag Archives: j.w. wells & co.

A Door from the World of Men

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Nathan

While I’ve heard the term “portal fantasy” used to refer to stories where someone is transported into a strange world, not all of them necessarily use literal portals, in the sense of gates or doors. I think the first time I … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Chronicles of Narnia, Chrono Trigger, Diana Wynne Jones, Dragon Quest, Dreams, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, seanan mcguire, Sims, Television, Tom Holt, Ultima, Video Games, Wayward Children | Tagged alice in wonderland, alice's adventures in wonderland, ambassa-door, arabian nights, aslan, beetlejuice, beetlejuice beetlejuice, black bag, black holes, dragon of doom, dragon quest ii, dragon quest vii, dungeons and dragons, endless quest, howl's moving castle, j.w. wells & co., jinn, magic portals, moongates, mother brain, norton juster, prince caspian, teleportals, teleportation, the black hole, the last battle, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the magician's nephew, The Phantom Tollbooth, the portable door, the seven blue mountains of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the sims, the wonder city of oz, through the looking-glass, time bandits, travel doors, twink and tom jones, warp zone to oblivion, warp zones, white rabbit, wizard of oz, wood between the worlds, wormholes | 5 Comments

Santa and the Asteroid

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve finished several books as of late, but I kind of want to space them out a bit, and haven’t been able to think of much else to write about in between. Here are my thoughts on a few of them. Be … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Christmas, Fairy Tales, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, october daye, seanan mcguire, Tom Holt | Tagged ahriman, andrew lang, arabian nights, asteroids, be the serpent, chronicles of pantouflia, cyrano de bergerac, dragons, dwarves, fairies, fountain of lions, giants, gilbert and sullivan, j.w. wells & co., luidaeg, moon, oberon, orlando furioso, paflagonia, pantouflia, paribanou, prince charles edward stuart, prince prigio, prince ricardo of pantouflia, remora, santa claus, such dangerous seas, the eight reindeer of the apocalypse, the rose and the ring, the sorcerer, tiamat, titania, wild hunt, william makepeace thackeray | 1 Comment

The Craziest Trap You’ll Ever See

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Nathan

The Better Mousetrap, by Tom Holt – This one is in the same series as In Your Dreams, but takes place some time later, when J.W. Wells has gone bust and Paul Carpenter and Sophie have retired into their own … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Tom Holt | Tagged dragons, emily spitzer, frank carpenter, j.w. wells & co., paul carpenter, the better mousetrap, trolls | Leave a comment

The Business of Magic

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Nathan

In Your Dreams, by Tom Holt – When you rely on libraries for your reading material, it’s an unfortunate fact that they rarely carry all of the volumes in a series, and the ones they do have often seem randomly … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Tom Holt | Tagged bilbo baggins, fairies, gilbert and sullivan, goblins, in your dreams, j.w. wells & co., john wellington wells, paul carpenter, the sorcerer | 1 Comment

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