The Line Between
by Peter S. Beagle
List Price:
Our Price: $8.95
You Save: $6.00 (40%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.44 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Peter S. BeagleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-15
ISBN: 1892391368
Number of pages: 206
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Book Reviews of The Line Between
Book Review: Some Good Stories, Some Great Ones
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a pretty typical Peter Beagle fan in that my first encounter with Peter Beagle's writing was reading The Last Unicorn. Over the nearly forty years since then, I have looked forward to any new publication of his.
I'm not, in general, a huge fan of fantasy novels or stories. Beagle, however, does a better job than almost anybody else of creating fantasy that is realistic enough to be believable. His fantasies seem natural to me; at the same time, there are enough surprises to keep the reader (at least if I'm the reader) interested.
There are some real gems here. El Regalo, for which Beagle first considered the title My Stupid Brother Marvyn the Witch, is an absolute delight, hilarious and terrifying by turns. Schmendrick (my favorite Beagle character), Mollie Grue, King Lir, and the unicorn reappear in Two Hearts, which is a tale well-told indeed. Salt Wine is a wonderful story of the price that must be paid for any happiness.
I'd say that the least successful piece here is A Dance for Emilia, which, of course, has already been published in book form. The fantasy here seems forced to me, while, paradoxically, I don't think that there's enough of it. In fact, the whole story seems forced. Both it and Mr. Sigerson seem to have too little content to justify their length.
Literature & Fiction Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in The Most Exciting New Fantasy Releases of Fall 2006!
Wintersmith (Discworld)by Terry Pratchett
HarperTeen; Published: 2006-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.37
Price in other shops:
The Ice Dragonby George R. R. Martin
Starscape; Published: 2006-10-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wondersby Neil Gaiman
William Morrow; Published: 2006-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.96
Price in other shops:
The Beatrice Letters (A Series of Unfortunate Events)by Lemony Snicket
HarperCollins; Published: 2006-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.75
Price in other shops:
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13)by Lemony Snicket
HarperCollins; Published: 2006-10-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.00
Price in other shops:
Druid's Sword: Book Four of The Troy Gameby Sara Douglass
Tor Books; Published: 2006-05-16; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.07
Price in other shops:
The Line Betweenby Peter S. Beagle
Tachyon Publications; Published: 2006-08-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.93
Price in other shops:
When Darkness Falls (The Obsidian Trilogy, Book 3)by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
Tor Books; Published: 2006-07-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops:
Phantom: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 2 (Sword of Truth, Book 10)by Terry Goodkind
Tor Books; Published: 2006-07-18; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.62
Price in other shops:
The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years Afterby Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer
Harcourt Children's Books; Published: 2006-11-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Dragonhavenby Robin McKinley
Putnam Juvenile; Published: 2007-09-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.75
Price in other shops:
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 1)by Patrick Rothfuss
DAW; Published: 2008-04-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.65
Price in other shops:
The Last UnicornLAST UNICORN; Release date: 2007-02-06; DVD
Best price: $6.48
Price in other shops:
Giant Bonesby Peter S. Beagle
Roc Trade; Published: 1997-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.27
Price in other shops:
The Unicorn Sonataby Janet Berliner
Turner Pub; Published: 1996-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.92
Price in other shops:
The Innkeeper's Songby Peter S. Beagle
Roc Trade; Published: 1994-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.74
Price in other shops:
The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintancesby Peter S. Beagle
Tachyon Publications; Published: 2003-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops:
A Fine and Private Placeby Peter S. Beagle
Tachyon Publications; Published: 2007-05-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.93
Price in other shops:
Tamsinby Peter S. Beagle
Roc Hardcover; Published: 1999-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
The Last Unicorn: (40th Anniversary Edition)by Peter S. Beagle
Roc Trade; Published: 1991-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.43
Price in other shops: