9 Pages Tagged “Portal Fantasy”

Reviews

The Beginning Place ★★★⯪☆ Ursula K. Le Guin
More of an in-between place, a portal fantasy of people caught in liminal spaces and a quest that never quite makes sense to the two young adults pushed into it.
Down Among the Sticks and Bones ★★★★★ Seanan McGuire
Creepy tale of twins transported to a world out of 1930s monster movies. Hangs together better than the first book.
Every Heart a Doorway ★★★★☆ Seanan McGuire
A fast read with an intriguing concept that reverses multiple YA fantasy tropes.
People of the Crater ★★★☆☆ Andre Norton
Standard fantasy rescue-the-princess adventure with sci-fi trappings, nodding vaguely toward Hollow Earth tropes.
Stardust (Movie) ★★★★★ Light-hearted fantasy adventure built around a love story, Stardust takes itself just a touch more seriously than The Princess Bride. Enjoyable on its own, and stays true to the heart of the book.
Summer in Orcus ★★★★★ T. Kingfisher
A portal fantasy that answers the questions: What kind of quest would Baba Yaga send an 11-year-old girl on, and how can she save a world anyway?

Vorlon in Wonderland
The caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland is totally a Vorlon. He’s always asking “Who are you?”, has a short temper, speaks cryptically…
(Jan 2014)
Golden Compass, Tin Man
Saw The Golden Compass. Enjoyed it a lot, though it felt very rushed, and I think it would have benefitted from having the actual ending instead of cutting it off early. Here’s hoping they do well enough in the long run to greenlight the next film. Now I can re-read the books. Also watched Tin […]
(Dec 2007)
MirrorMask Preview (SDCC 2004)
Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean talked about MirrorMask and showed a clip from the fantasy film in the vein of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal.
(Jul 2004)