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Introduction

Here's a project I've been meaning to tackle for some time and the Nameless Zine gives me a perfect opportunity to dive into it.

Each month, I'm reading and reviewing a children's novel that's at least fifty years old and fits somewhere into the fantastic genres: horror, science fiction or, most likely, fantasy.

I've read some of these before and I own many of them, but I haven't read anywhere near enough of them so the goal is to catch up somewhat. It's been quite the journey!

The first official review was of A Wrinkle in Time in August 2023, but I'd previously reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea and that would fit perfectly into this project, so I've included it in the runthrough.

As always, I'll collate these into at least one Apocalypse Later zine once I've reviewed enough of them and I'll link to that here when it's done.

Five Most Recent Reviews

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Reviews

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Ursula K. Le Guin - A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle #1)
Madeleine L’Engle - A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet #1)
Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (The Tales of Alderley #1)
Paul Biegel - The King of the Copper Mountains
Captain W. E. Johns - Kings of Space (Tiger Clinton #1)
Susan Cooper - The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising #2)
George Macdonald - The Princess and the Goblin (Irene and Curdie #1)
George Macdonald - The Princess and Curdie (Irene and Curdie #2)
Harry Harrison - Spaceship Medic
Penelope Lively - The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Robert C. O’Brien - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH #1)
Norman Lindsay - The Magic Pudding
Alison Uttley - A Traveller in Time
Margery Sharp - The Rescuers (Rescuers #1)
Hugh Lofting - The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle #1)
L. Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz #1)
Joan Aiken - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves #1)
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket #1)
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket #2)
Edward Eager - Half Magic (Tales of Magic #1)
William Pène du Bois - The Twenty-One Balloons
Hope Mirrlees - Lud-in-the-Mist

All Covers

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