This was one of those books you dread to start and hate to finish. I can't say I have finished, but this book engulfs you into the story as only classic stories do. Immersed in historical fiction and fantasy, Clarke's work is an original magical epic deserving of all the praise it has received.1 The website has a list of links, reviews and interviews.
Of course a mention must be made to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, but here is a story that must be judged by its own merit and not in a sort of a following-in-the-footsteps-kind-of-way. After all, Clarke began writing this book in 1992, five years before Rowling published Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone.
I also make note of this book for another reason. The book is slated to be adapted to the silver screen by New Line Cinema for release sometime in 2008. Just another movie scribbled onto my upcoming must sees.
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