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“How do I describe Gormenghast? Let’s put it this way: if Edgar Allan Poe had written epic fantasy, he would have written Gormenghast. I love these books. The first one is about the castle Gormenghast, where this ancient family lives, and the castle itself is almost endless. It seems to exist in its own little pocket dimension, and is fairly disconnected from the rest of the world.” Read more...
Christopher Paolini, Novelist
“Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast comes out at a pretty similar time to Tolkien…There’s no real magic in Peake; there are no wizards as such. Instead, there’s this enormous castle – that’s what he usually calls it – which is Gormenghast. It sprawls over vast distances and is inhabited by deeply weird people living by strange rituals.” Read more...
