Diana Wynne Jones, 1934-2011

[starlady]

Ave atque vale. She brought light to a great many people.

Diana Wynne Jones was never my favorite author, which makes me think I've not read the right ones out of her books--of the few (five?) I have read, I liked The Spellcoats and The Crown of Dalemark best, for very different reasons. I've seen appreciations for Dogsbody and Fire and Hemlock today; what's your favorite DWJ novel? 

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[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Just saw this this morning, too, on twitter by other authors before any news media had it up. She is definitely one of my favs. Dogsbody is a must-read book; Ioryogi & Kobato kinda reminds me of the characters in the book. Enjoy Howl's stuff and the Chrestomanci ones. I read that she was still writing when while sick, so maybe she has one more left to share. :)

Dogsbody was hard to find for me since it seemed to be out-of-print in the US. Got it shipped from a UK store. I think you'd like it if you haven't read it yet.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

That one and F&H seem to be consistently recommended. I'm putting it on my "to look out for" list. :)

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Neil Gaiman wrote on his blog that he has to write an intro to Dogsbody...so it must be reprinting sometime in the future. <3

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that. I'll definitely try to pick up that edition, given that they were apparently quite close.