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by Diana Wynne Jones

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Diana Wynne Jones

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978-0060555337

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0060555335

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English

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Greenwillow Books; 1St Edition edition (May 11, 2004)

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For Kids

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Literature & Fiction

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Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories. by Diana Wynne Jones. Diana Wynne Jones at her finest – family feuds and chaos, magic with hilarious results and some of the most original ideas ever to appear between the covers of a book. Casper, Johnny and Gwinny get a big shock when their mother marries the Ogre. The Time of the Ghost.

Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents ariveting collection of unpredictable tales, including:A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast. When Anne has mumps, her drawings come to life, and she must protect her home from them. Four children become involved in the intrigue surrounding an innocent prince, an evil count, and a brave outlaw. These fifteen stories and one novella will enchant, startle, and surprise!

Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories. Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents ariveting collection of unpredictable tales, including

Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories. Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents ariveting collection of unpredictable tales, including: A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast. These fifteen stories and one novella will enchant, startle, and surprise! Read on the Scribd mobile.

Those who have collected Jones' short story collections will probably already have several stories from this book

Those who have collected Jones' short story collections will probably already have several stories from this book. but "Unexpected Magic" is made worth the while by "Everard's Ride," a sprawling 200-page novella that could easily have been published on its own. It's not Jones' best work, but it is an entrancing and original fantasy tale.

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What if your strangest dreams and wildest imaginings turned out to be . . . well . . . true?

In this riveting collection, master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents wildly unpredictable tales in which even the most routine lives are visited by extraordinary events:

A writer's character infiltrates her computer and makes her an accomplice in his cyber revolt

A sick girl's drawings come to life -- with a vengeance

A vet's dream about a wounded werewolf is interrupted by a startling phone call

A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast

These fifteen stories and one novella -- including three works never before published in the United States -- will tickle and enchant, startle and surprise.

MOQ

I absolutely love Wynne Jones' books! You have to know that her writing can be very slow though. She goes into a lot of detail and it makes it easy to picture the world she created, but also makes it easier to get tired of all that extra information. The endings can also be a little sad. While I have no complaints about the ending content in general, I dislike that the books are slow until that last chapter and then BAM! The ending happens almost immediately after the climax and often feels rushed.

This short story collection is a great read. One of the short stories is more of a novella and it alone is worth the purchase. I love it and reread it every couple years.

Urtte

This book consists of 15 short stories. Everard's Ride, the last one could be a book by itself - In all 16 stories. My favorite was Everard's Ride was about a brother and sister who go into a mirrored world to save a young boy king who was ousted from his throne by trickery. The boy had to be saved by the children whom he had encountered earlier and fought with. The other stories consist of short magical stories that are interesting. It consists of 497 pages.
Once again Diana Wynne Jones has done it again. I wish she had lived on to write more great books. I try to find as many of her books as possible because they all seem to be good. My favorite of her books is Howl’s Moving Castle about a young girl turned into an old lady who boards a Moving Castle and starts making some nice changes with a little protest from the occupants –Howl – the owner a handsome man, a boy- his apprentice and a fire demon who keeps the castle warm and moving among other things.

Domarivip

Prolific fantasy writer Diana Wynne-Jones is one of the few authors who can write short stories and novels equally well. And in "Unexpected Magic," Jones shows her flair for shorter works, with several previously published stories paired with a wonderful new novella.

Jones presents us with plenty of stories, mostly fantasy but some that border on SF or horror. A kindly wizard falls for a sniping, obnoxious woman -- and his cats discover her horrible identity. Mum's obsession with her latest whims and fads leads to a plague of fuzzy pink mushrooms -- not to mention a minor family rebellion. A girl falls in love with the sun, and turns into a tree so that it will love her back.

Elizabeth develops a friendship with her father's living walking stick, Carruthers. A robot called No One has difficulties following orders, especially with a house full of finicky appliances. Siglin is pursued by a witch-hunt for telepaths, on an alternative world where women rule. And a Boy and an undying cat set out to destroy an evil wizard.

And finishing it up is the solid novella "Everard's Ride." Cecilia and Alex are a pair of Victorian kids, who have an unexpected visitor when a richly-dressed outlaw arrives on their doorstep in the rain. But as they venture into another world that borders on ours, they find that not everyone is as benevolent as Lord Robert.

Those who have collected Jones' short story collections will probably already have several stories from this book. but "Unexpected Magic" is made worth the while by "Everard's Ride," a sprawling 200-page novella that could easily have been published on its own. It's not Jones' best work, but it is an entrancing and original fantasy tale.

Jones' style is all over the map in this collection, since they come from different parts of her career. But it's always detailed and deftly written. She retains a sense of humor in many of the stories like "The Fluffy Pink Toadstool," with its skewering of the all-natural-all-the-time lifestyle. At other times, she dips into an almost melancholy mood, such as "The Girl Who Loved the Sun." One of the few duds is "The Fat Wizard," which is just hard to decipher.

Even if you already have the stories elsewhere, "Unexpected Magic" is worth getting just for the wonderful "Everard's Ride." Full of humor, sweetness and plenty of cats, this is a good collection of Jones's writing.

Dagdarad

This collection brings together fifteen stories and a novella, "Everard's Ride". Spanning genres from science fiction to fantasy and even a touch of horror (in "The Master"), all of the stories show off Jones' wit and wild imagination, qualities which make her one of the best young adult fantasy writers of today (perhaps one of the best fantasy writers of today, period). I was disappointed, though, that so many of the stories had been in previous collections - surely there were more to choose from?
Among the stories, the standouts are: "Enna Hittims", in which a girl who has the mumps draws stories about a fictional hero, who becomes frighteningly real; "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight", set on a world in which dragons are real and telepathy is illegal; "The Girl Who Loved the Sun", the myth-like tale of a girl who longs to become a tree; "Nad and Dan adn Quaffy", a witty story of a typo-prone science fiction writer whose computer suddenly starts talking to her; and "What the Cat Told Me" and "Little Dot", both tales of magic narrated by cats.
Since I already own and had read most of the stories, I was most looking forward to reading "Everard's Ride" and wasn't disappointed. Alex and Cecilia live in Victorian England, the children of a wealthy farmer; there is a mysterious island near their home, said to be the site of a ghostly kingdom called Falleyfell. When an enigmatic stranger comes to the farmhouse one night, Alex and Cecilia begin an adventure which leads them into Falleyfell and the dangerous intrigues of its court. Not as inventive as Jones' best novels, (...)

WinDImmortaL

I love Jones' writing, and this collection did not disappoint... except that it was pretty redundant to many of her other collections. Still, it's a great selection of stories, especially if you have not read her other collections!

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