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PDF Download Dark Lord of Derkholm Ebook, Epub DARK LORD OF DERKHOLM PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Diana Wynne Jones | 528 pages | 05 Sep 2011 | HarperTrophy | 9780064473361 | English | New York, NY, United States Dark Lord of Derkholm | Diana Wynne Jones Wiki | Fandom Wise old man Elderly martial arts master Magical Negro. Feral child Noble savage Caveman Moleman Mountain man. Seme and uke. Pachuco Black knight. Categories : Stock characters Supervillains Evil deities. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles containing Japanese-language text All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Harry Potter fandom Tolkien fandom. Fantasy Awards Subgenres Television Tropes. Film and television Anime Films Television programs. Lovable rogue Gentleman detective Jack Trickster. Antivillains False hero. The novel was based on Diana Wynne Jones' Tough Guide to Fantasy Land -- an encyclopedia-style collection of all the cliches of fantasy writing. Chesney is a man who wants money and power from what can be assumed to be our world. Somehow he finds the world of these books and makes a deal with a demon. He uses this demon to enslave the entire world and remake it in a way to earn him money. He does this by forcing everyone to play along in a world-wide game to take people from his world to a new world and experience a fantasy adventure. The people from his world are called pilgrims and they get to go on an adventure. Every group is to believe that their tour is unique, while actually they are the exact same thing. The people enter the world. They experience many adventures starting with an easy attack by leathery-winged avians. After that they witness the Wild Hunt. A large-scale battle is staged and fought between the forces of good and the forces of evil. And then re- fought. And re-fought. While all this is going on, the group of pilgrims is finding clues to the Dark Lord 's weakness. At the end of their tour, the pilgrims make their way to the Dark Lord's Citadel where they face the demon protecting it, and "kill" the Dark Lord. After this, their tour is over and they go home. Perfect for rainy days, when you cuddle under the blanket and drink your favorite tea. The idea of Pilgrim Parties for profit to a magical world was unique guilty as charged, I would participate as well and the magical world itself was great. Dragons, dwarves, magicians, witches, elves — it had everything. This book had such a subtle humor, not the slap-in-your-face comedy that many fantasy authors nowadays use. And those reveals at the end of the book! There were plenty and I didn't see them coming at all. I don't think I've read this more than twice before. It's not one of Diana Wynne Jones' strongest books, though it's still excellent YA fantasy, but listening to the audiobook the narrator is fantastic slowed me down enough to appreciate it better. The concept is so good: a man from an industrialized world it's never said that it's our world, but I like to think so manages to enslave a world in which magic is powerful. He doesn't turn himself into its ruling lord. He doesn't take advantage o I don't think I've read this more than twice before. He doesn't take advantage of its magic--well, he does, but in a secondary way. No, he turns the world into a Fantasyland theme park. Every fall and winter, he brings "pilgrim parties" into the enslaved world to have a Fantasy Adventure, including war, enchantresses, wizards, slave girls, and a real-live Dark Lord. What makes this work is that most readers of fantasy have at some point wished they could travel to one of the fantasy worlds in the books, and can you imagine a more exciting vacation? But DWJ chooses to tell the story from the POV of the people whose lives are annually turned upside down to cater to the tourists. Derk is a wizard who specializes in creating and modifying living creatures hence the griffin children. He's at odds with most of the official wizards, but the Oracle decreed he should be chosen, and everything proceeds to go horribly wrong from there. There's a lot of adorably ridiculous stuff going on in this book, all in a good way--flying pigs! Chesney, the slave master, insists that all wizards are male and have long white beards! And there's also a lot of serious stuff, some of which I don't think DWJ handles well. I also am fond of the romances, though I'm a little sad they happen between non-POV characters. And the dragons are wonderful. Now I'd like to borrow the other half of this idea, the one from the pilgrims' point of view, and tell a completely different story. If it turns out the sequel is read by the same narrator, I think I'll pick that one up. Aug 31, Tyas rated it really liked it Recommends it for: people who like fantasy. Shelves: fantasy , diana-wynne-jones. What I love about Diana Wynne Jones is how she can present a fantasy novel with a different angle than other fantasy novels with a standard plot - a boy or a girl, fated for something big, learning through ordeals, obtaining greatness. In The Dark Lord of Derkholm , the world of magic had been forced to kneel down in front of a powerful force - namely, a Mr Chesney - and provide 'entertainment' every year for his Pilgrim Parties. These tourists from another world wanted to be involved in a fan What I love about Diana Wynne Jones is how she can present a fantasy novel with a different angle than other fantasy novels with a standard plot - a boy or a girl, fated for something big, learning through ordeals, obtaining greatness. These tourists from another world wanted to be involved in a fantastic adventure - fight bad wizards, fight fanatics, fight dragons etc. We might laugh at some of the rules Mr Chesney laid down for the ones organising the tours: Wizards must have long beards well, we think of wizards as having a bushy appearance round the chin, eh? A bit of parody of the fantasy genre. And the fights must be real. So real that cities were sacked down, people were killed, fields were destroyed. After 40 years of devastation and slavery to Mr Chesney's moneymaking, the leaders of the world decided that they had had enough and went to the Oracles to consult for a way to end it all. It turned out that to banish Mr Chesney's Pilgrim Parties for all, they had to appoint an obscure wizard named Derk the Dark Lord of the year, and his son Blade as one of the Wizard Guides. Well, Derk was not a household name in the world of wizardry. What he's interested in was creating new creatures: much like a geneticist. He had five griffin sons and daughters, apart from his two human children. He kept flying pigs, flying horses, friendly cows He'd just fail miserably - wait, that could probably, eventually, put an end to Mr Chesney's tours. The problem was Derk tried hard to be a good Dark Lord I felt very entertained by this novel. It's not only about wizardry; it's also about family. Not only we observe how the whole world trying to organize the tours while trying to finish it at the same time, we also observe how Derk and his wife, Mara, and also their human-children and griffin-children, tried to stay together as a family. We may argue that the ending is a bit deus ex machina, but I think it still can be accepted by the way the story builds up to that ending. Oct 15, Marisa rated it it was amazing Shelves: reviewed , favorites. This was a book that I loved so much growing up that I was actually quite nervous to re-read it as an adult. Could it really live up to expectations? Not only did it live up to them, this book knocked it out of the park. Jones is a master of weaving in basic truths during absurd circumstances tempered with British practical responses that creates a hilarious and fantastic story. I just wish there were more in the series! Warning: Contains violence. Who should read it? Fantasy fans of all sorts — this is one of the classics that will last for many years to come! See all my reviews and more at www. Shelves: read-in , it-s-just-a-fantasy , hey-it-s-ya , it-s-funny , deserves-more-popularity. This YA fantasy from the incomparable Diana Wynne Jones reads as eerily prescient, but also homespun and of course, funny. Derk was no ordinary wizard Citizens of a fantasy alt world rebel against the Trump-esque fat-cat tycoon who has exploited them for decades with Westworld-style tourist quests. Warmly comforting for underdogs everywhere. That would explain a lot. View 1 comment. Jan 29, Julie rated it really liked it Shelves: young-adult , here-be-dragons , rereads , witchcraft-and-wizardry , talking-animals. Reread of a childhood fave! I remember really liking both Derkholm books when I was a kid: it's a tongue-in-cheek version of medieval fantasy that pairs well with e.
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