Delirium's Mistress (Fat Earth) - Softcover

Lee, Tanith

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9780886771355: Delirium's Mistress (Fat Earth)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0886771358 ISBN 13: 9780886771355

Publisher: New Amer Library, 1986

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Azhriaz, daughter of Azhrarn, Demon Lord of Night, and a mortal woman, is hidden on a mysterious island, destined to spend her life in dreams, until her father's enemy, Prince Chuz, Delusion's Master, rescues her and transforms her into Delirium's Mistress

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Review:

Praise for theTales of the Flat Earthseries:
Possesses a...power onlyintimated in myth and fairy tales. Publishers Weekly
Night's Masterislike atreasure chest spilled openwith cascading dreamsof silk, jewels, demon horses, perfumes, spices, tapestries, and (most precious of all) a sense of wonder. The British Fantasy Society Bulletin
"Here we havestorytelling at its best and fantasy in its purest and strongest essence. Tanith Lee portrays with a masterful hand an amazing, ancient world." SFSite
Tanith Lee isfantastika s Joyce Carol Oates....You can imagine these timeless stories whispered around an oasis campfire or in a sharship s engine room. Locus(for Tanith Lee)"

Praise for Delirium's Mistress
"[Delirium's Mistress] contains all of Lee's inimitable, rich inventiveness and language, and is unlikely to disappoint her fans."--Booklist
"Here still is all the rich poetry, voluptuousness, and wicked lemon-sweet humor that this great British authoress is known and appreciated for." --British Fantasy Society Bulletin
"Tanith Lee has a private window into another world. That's the only possible explanation for the inventiveness of [Tales from the Flat Earth]... all told with a degree of wit and humor rarely attempted in fantasy fiction, and even more rarely achieved." --S.F. Chronicle
"The prose in Delirium's Mistress is as luxuriant as ever, imparting some of the qualities of a fever dream."--Fantasy Review
"These tales embody a unique blend of magical imagery, metaphysical vision, and psychological insight into the hinterland of the human (and not-so-human) soul."--Phoenix
"Sensuous, decadent, Beckford-like fantasies, these tales focus on the Arabian Nights-style adventures of various Lords of Darkness, mages, poets, witch-queens, and priestesses." --Book World

Praise for Delirium's Mistress
-[Delirium's Mistress] contains all of Lee's inimitable, rich inventiveness and language, and is unlikely to disappoint her fans.---Booklist
-Here still is all the rich poetry, voluptuousness, and wicked lemon-sweet humor that this great British authoress is known and appreciated for.- --British Fantasy Society Bulletin
-Tanith Lee has a private window into another world. That's the only possible explanation for the inventiveness of [Tales from the Flat Earth]... all told with a degree of wit and humor rarely attempted in fantasy fiction, and even more rarely achieved.- --S.F. Chronicle
-The prose in Delirium's Mistress is as luxuriant as ever, imparting some of the qualities of a fever dream.---Fantasy Review
-These tales embody a unique blend of magical imagery, metaphysical vision, and psychological insight into the hinterland of the human (and not-so-human) soul.---Phoenix
-Sensuous, decadent, Beckford-like fantasies, these tales focus on the Arabian Nights-style adventures of various Lords of Darkness, mages, poets, witch-queens, and priestesses.- --Book World

About the Author:

Tanith Lee is one of the leading fantasy authors working today. She has written over 50 novels and short story collections, among them the bestselling Flat Earth Series. She has won the World Fantasy Award numerous times as well as the August Derleth Award.

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