Quest at Kelson Reviews Stuff

Detailed calligraphy with a knight in armor and an old woman in a modern apron on either side of the holy grail.

★★★★★ Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran
Beautifully drawn and illustrated, a charming tale of Arthurian legend brought into modern times.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves ★★★★☆ To my shock and surprise, this D&D movie was actually good!

The Great Typo Hunt

Billboard by the side of a two-lane highway through dry grass with the title, subtitle and authors. The word 'correction' is misspelled with only one R, and '^R' is handwritten in red to add the missing letter.

★★★☆☆ Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson
A cross-country road trip with a Sharpie pen, correcting grammatical and spelling errors in road and shop signs. I’ve mellowed on the subject since it came out, but it’s still interesting.

The Last Unicorn ★★★★★ Peter S. Beagle
Whimsical and melancholy tale of the last unicorn’s quest to find others of her kind. Well drawn characters and story, very much a classic.

Minor Mage ★★★★☆ T. Kingfisher
By turns melancholy and creepy, with a dash of sarcastic armadillo.

People of the Crater ★★★☆☆ Andre Norton
Standard fantasy rescue-the-princess adventure with sci-fi trappings, nodding vaguely toward Hollow Earth tropes.

Rocannon’s World ★★★☆☆ Ursula K. Le Guin
A serviceable quest story that melds fantasy and sci-fi. Engaging enough, but I’d only recommend it to someone who’s read her later work.

Summer in Orcus ★★★★★ T. Kingfisher
A portal fantasy that answers the questions: What kind of quest would Baba Yaga send an 11-year-old girl on, and how can she save a world anyway?

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking ★★★★★ T. Kingfisher
A fun and original take on the teenage wizard genre. With an immortal carnivorous sourdough starter named Bob.

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