Not a fanMrs. Caliban, which I actually just DNFed the other day.
Mrs Caliban (1982)
Others: Mixed In the quiet suburbs, while Dorothy is doing chores and waiting for her husband to come home from work, not in the least anticipating romance, she hears a strange radio announcement about a monster who has just escaped from the Institute for Oceanographic Research... Reviewers have compared Rachel Ingalls's Mrs. Caliban to King Kong, Edgar Allan Poe's stories, the films of David Lynch, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, E.T., Richard Yates's domestic realism, B-horror movies, and the fairy tales of Angela Carter--how such a short novel could contain all of these disparate elements is a testament to its startling and singular charm.
- ISBN:
- 9780571367986
- Length:
- 125 pages
Genres: fantasy
Lists: …
Similar books
1 of 6
Tentacles & Triathlons
Ashley Bennett
2022 · 209 pages · 2 reviews
Others: NeutralWhen parks department supervisor Reece Rollins decides to sign up for a triathlon– there are two things holding him back. One, his fear of monsters. Two, his sub-par swimming skills. At the urging of his sister’s wolven mate, Reece joins Leviathan Fitness to train in the gym’s olympic size swimming pool. After running into Reece at the pool, Cyrus offers to help Reece get ready to win the race. New feelings arise from the depths as Reece and Cyrus learn that monsters and humans go together, tentacle in hand. The only question is- can these two hold on to their new found love despite their differences? Tentacles & Triathlons is book two in the Leviathan Fitness series. Each book will center around the gym and feature a different monster pairing.
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
On the same reading list66%Also fantasy26%A creator reacted alikePersonalize your recommendations8%The last castle
Jack Vance
1966 · 115 pages · 3 reviews
Others: PositiveA group of aristocratic, decadent earth men and women try to survive a revolt on the part of the alien races enslaved by them.
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
Also fantasy51%On the same reading listPersonalize your recommendations49%The Golem
Gustav Meyrink
1928 · 288 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveA masterpiece of surreal fantasy. The protagonist, called Athanasius Pernath is flung from the present, to the past, from one nightmare situation where the characters he meets have no link with anyon else. Underlying all the surface panic is a decades-old tragedy, followed by a present-day one. Kafka and Meyrink were contemporaries in the same city, and both possessed the gift of fantasy. It is not correct to say that Meyrink imitates Kafka. If anything, he outdoes Kafka in his bizarre surrealism
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
Also fantasy62%On 2 of the same listsPersonalize your recommendations38%Obscene Bird of Night
José Donoso
1973 · 438 pages · 3 reviews
Others: PositivePage 76-77 are missing from the online edition of this book.
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
Also fantasy65%On the same reading listPersonalize your recommendations35%A Short Stay in Hell
Steven L. Peck
2009 · 104 pages · 2 reviews
Others: MixedAn ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunited with his loved ones in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
Also fantasy72%On the same reading list16%A creator reacted alikePersonalize your recommendations12%The library at Mount Char
Scott Hawkins
2015 · 390 pages · 9 reviews
Others: Leaning positiveA missing God. A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away. Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts. After all, she was a normal American herself once. That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father. In the years since then, Carolyn hasn't had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient customs. They've studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God. Now, Father is missing—perhaps even dead—and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation. As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her, all of them with powers that far exceed her own. But Carolyn has accounted for this. And Carolyn has a plan. The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human. Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, The Library at Mount Char is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy.
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
Also fantasy72%On 2 of the same lists16%A creator reacted alikePersonalize your recommendations12%
Not a fan
Loved itMrs caliban number seven was a perfect short novel of love and frog people a beautiful tale about a woman's desire to continue living in spite of her problems