Acclaim for Guy Gavriel Kay’s Fionavar Tapestry
“I can’t praise it enough. The Fionavar Tapestry is a work that will be read for many years to come. It is a book that makes one proud to be working in the same genre as its author.”
—Charles de Lint
“As fine a piece of fantasy as has been published for some time.”
—Winnipeg Free Press
“The only fantasy work … which does not suffer by comparison to The Lord of the Rings.” —Interzone (UK)
“A highly literate, lovingly detailed work of fantasy.”
—Fantasy Review
“Kay’s intricate Celtic background will please fantasy buffs … in the manner of The Silmarillion, the posthumous Tolkien work that Kay helped edit.” —Publishers Weekly
“A grand galloping narrative…. Reverberates with centuries of mythic and incantatory implications.”
—The Christian Science Monitor
“Excellent fantasy reading…. The Fionavar Tapestry will deserve a place among the best of fantasy.” —Regina Leader-Post
“A richly imagined tale.” —The Hamilton Spectator
“A story so intricately satisfying that I half believe it was written before history began.” —Alberto Manguel
“A remarkable achievement…. The essence of high fantasy.”
—Locus
“Kay is a genius. I’ve read him all of my life and am always inspired by his work.” —Brandon Sanderson
“One of those rare books that change your perception of the world forever afterward.” —Marion Zimmer Bradley
“Kay’s bestselling—and stunning—fantasy trilogy finds its power not in its feats of imagination or world-building (though there are dazzling heapings of both) but from its rootedness in the reality of human emotions and relationships.”
—The Globe and Mail
“As captivating as any classic of the fantasy field.” —Maclean’s
“Can be compared only with Tolkien’s masterpiece. This is a series to cherish and reread…. It delights the spirit.”
—The Star-Phoenix