i was introduced to diana wynne jones' work but a few months ago, but since reading some of her works, i have come to develop a respect and admiration bordering on awe on the way she has enriched the worlds that i have been visiting over and over again. by accident, i was taken to the world of the chrestomansi and has since then been wanting to visit more and more often.
chrestomansi is a title. a rank given to the most powerful magician of a parallel earth to one of our own where magic and wonder is a way of life. he is the ultimate authority and as such is the "sheriff" of every magic user.
i was given a dear friend's old book with had two of her titles in the series. after devouring them in a few days, i rushed out and grabbed the other titles until i have completed in my collection the first 5 books of the series. reminiscent of the harry potter series of jk rowling, the reader is taken to a world that is much like our own but with the magic that every child believes in. in fact, a lot of the premise in harry potter were in the books even if they were written way before the sorcerer's stone. (i dont know, but maybe she is a favorite of rowling as well.)
i have yet to finish all titles in the series. i have read the first 4 and have the fifth in hardcopy. now, i plan to look for her other works and complete them that i might glimpse at her worlds over and over again. sadly, they are the only one's left and will no longer be added to.
today, though late, i salute ms. jones as she travels those worlds that she has given us a chance to look into while she live. im sure that somewhere, she has entered the realms that will continue to delight us time and again.
long live, chrestomansi!
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