
The Elfin Ship
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James P.Blaylock's debut novel The Elfin Ship has become a classic of whimsical fantasy. With echoes of Kenneth Graham and Mark Twain, it's a gentle, eccentric, and hilarious novel that will delight readers of all ages.
Trading with the elves used to be so simple. Every year Master Cheeser Jonathan Bing would send his very best cheeses downriver to traders who would eventually return with Elfin wonders for the people of Twombly Town.
But no more...
First, the trading post at Willowood Station was mysteriously destroyed. Then, a magical elfin airship began making forays overhead. Something was definitely amiss.
So Jonathan set off downriver to deliver the cheeses himself, accompanied by the amazing Professor Wurzle, the irrepressible Dooly, and his faithful dog Ahab. It would have been such a pleasant trip, if not for the weeping skeleton, mad goblins, magic coins, an evil dwarf, a cloak of invisibility-and a watch that stopped time.
If only the return trip were so simple.
"Madcap's not a word heard much these days, but it's a great one to apply to the characters and their adventures in The Elfin Ship . From start to finish, Blaylock maintains a high level of inventive goofiness that never lets up. If you want about as great a break as possible from the brutalities and cynicism of much of today's fantasy, this book is it." - Black Gate
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Also by James P. Blaylock
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1. Gilroy Bastable and the Airship
- 2. A Good Month for Traveling
- 3. A Sandbar South of Twombly Town
- 4. Two Trolls Above Hightower
- 5. Ahab Adrift
- 6. Fog Along the Goblin Wood
- 7. Magicians and Axolotls
- 8. Whacked to Bits
- 9. Dooly Eats Cheese with the Squire
- 10. Pickle Trickery
- 11. At the Cap'n Mooneye
- 12. The Moon Man
- 13. News of a Fourth Companion
- 14. The Hum of the Devices
- 15. Theophile Escargot
- 16. Fishbones at the Mooneye
- 17. Mysterious Traveler
- 18. Corned Beef and Cabbage
- 19. Stooton Slough
- 20. An Ultimatum
- 21. 'Possums and Toads
- 22. A Visit with Lonny Gosset
- 23. What Was in the Wardrobe
- 24. Hobbs' Shorts
- 25. Dancing Skeletons
- 26. A Vast Surprise
- 27. When Squire Myrkle
- 28. Three Men and a Dog
- About the Author
- Other books by James P. Blaylock
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