The Castle of Dark

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The Castle of Dark
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Author Tanith Lee
Cover artistBridie Page
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
Published1978
Publisher Macmillan
Pages180
ISBN 9780333247921
OCLC 6041496

The Castle of Dark is a novel by Tanith Lee published in 1978.

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Plot summary

The Castle of Dark is a novel in which a magical harpist seeks to rescue a maiden from a castle. [1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Castle of Dark for White Dwarf #58, and stated that "Fluid writing and effortless atmosphere make this a success." [1]

Colin Greenland reviewed The Castle in the Dark for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Tanith lee starts with the most traditional of material, pure Brothers Grimm; but she goes over and over it, peeling away layer after layer of assumptions and illusions, inverting our expectations of good and evil time and time again. There's nothing simple about a fairytale by the time she's told it." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Langford, Dave (October 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf . No. 58. Games Workshop. p. 14.
  2. Greenland, Colin (October 1984). "Fantasy Media". Imagine (review) (19). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 47.