- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Authorhouse (March 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1410713385
- ISBN-13: 978-1410713384
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,967,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fantastic adventure in the ancient world.,
By Gord Wilson "alivingdog.com" (Bellingham, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Golden Gryphon Feather: The Kaphtu Trilogy - Book One (Paperback)
The Golden Gryphon Feather originally appeared in the late '70s in the famed DAW science-fiction gold-spined pulp paperback editions. The coarse pulp pages, internal drawings, heroic cover art and cover blurbs were all hallmarks of fantasy of the time that DAW publisher Donald A. Wolheim, formerly of ACE Books, rendered classic and distinctive. Two more fantasies by Richard Purtill followed in DAW editions, creating in retrospect, the Kaphtu Trilogy. After some two decades, the trilogy is back again, this time on acid-free paper and in quality large size trade editions, with beautiful full-color covers by the original artists. (For a comparison of the editions, see the author's website at alivingdog.com). Yet while two of Purtill's books on fantasy and philosophy have returned to print and are selling briskly, his Kaphtu Trilogy is less well known. The Golden Gryphon Feather is told from the perspective of Chryseis, a young girl in ancient Crete who is taken prisoner to the legendary Isle of Kaphtu. There she becomes a bull leaper in a world where nothing is as it seems; gods, half-gods and mortals form uneasy liasons, titanic forces keep the island in upheaval, shadowy figures and whispered plots lend the palace an air of intrigue. And what has become of her mother, who has disappeared, leaving only a talisman for a clue? Purtill writes his stories on many levels, so that while the trilogy requires no knowledge of Greek mythology, those up on ancient myths will take secret pleasure in finding characters and resonances throughout the books. In her introduction to the late '70s DAW books pocket paperback edition, fantasy author C.J. Cherryh wrote: "It's a book I wish I had written. It has magic; there are gods and mortals, and the kind of golden haze about it all which belongs to that age." Fans of the Kaphtu Trilogy will rejoice to return to the Bright Land with these new editions.
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Fantastic adventure in the ancient world.,
By Gord Wilson "alivingdog.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Golden Gryphon Feather: The Kaphtu Trilogy - Book One (Paperback)
The Golden Gryphon Feather originally appeared in the late '70s in the famed DAW science-fiction gold-spined pulp paperback editions. The coarse pulp pages, internal drawings, heroic cover art and cover blurbs were all hallmarks of fantasy of the time that DAW publisher Donald A. Wolheim, formerly of ACE Books, rendered classic and distinctive. Two more fantasies by Richard Purtill followed in DAW editions, creating in retrospect, the Kaphtu Trilogy. After some two decades, the trilogy is back again, this time on acid-free paper and in quality large size trade editions, with beautiful full-color covers by the original artists. (For a comparison of the editions, see the author's website at alivingdog.com). Yet while two of Purtill's books on fantasy and philosophy have returned to print and are selling briskly, his Kaphtu Trilogy is less well known. The Golden Gryphon Feather is told from the perspective of Chryseis, a young girl in ancient Crete who is taken prisoner to the legendary Isle of Kaphtu. There she becomes a bull leaper in a world where nothing is as it seems; gods, half-gods and mortals form uneasy liasons, titanic forces keep the island in upheaval, shadowy figures and whispered plots lend the palace an air of intrigue. And what has become of her mother, who has disappeared, leaving only a talisman for a clue? Purtill writes his stories on many levels, so that while the trilogy requires no knowledge of Greek mythology, those up on ancient myths will take secret pleasure in finding characters and resonances throughout the books. In her introduction to the late '70s DAW books pocket paperback edition, fantasy author C.J. Cherryh wrote: "It's a book I wish I had written. It has magic; there are gods and mortals, and the kind of golden haze about it all which belongs to that age." Fans of the Kaphtu Trilogy will rejoice to return to the Bright Land with these new editions. |
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