Sunday, December 19, 2010

PaperBack

James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion, Ballantine, 1969

2 comments:

Toby O'B said...

I remember reading about Cabell in Lin Carter's excellent book "Imaginary Worlds" and was always curious about his invented universe. Plus the controversy over his books made it even more intriguing.

I finally ordered myself a copy of "Domnei", but I just couldn't get a handle on his style and dropped it after that first chapter. And I still feel as though I'm the poorer for it. Maybe someday I'll give it another go.....

Dan said...

I started rading Cabell with "THERE WERE TWO PIRATES" and enjoyed him ever since, though his style became a bit too familiar after 7 or 8 books. SILVER STALLION is one of his best.