Comments | vanity_made: In a dreamed-of city

vanity_made

In a dreamed-of city

Aug 15, 2007 20:40

03 Casanova icons
17 Masks/Random Fashion icons
16 The Secret Country icons
13 Practical Magic icons
04 Misc. icons
02 Misc. Graphics
05 The Secret Country graphics

AND The Secret Country soundtrack+cover art

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casanova, the secret country, misc, practical magic, fashion, masks, banners, fantasy

Comments 29

biancathecookie August 16 2007, 02:32:59 UTC

Wow, beautifully done!
Also, that soundtrack sounds awesome! Is it one I could buy from Amazon, or is it one I would have to download?

vanity_made August 16 2007, 02:41:25 UTC

Oops, I knew I was forgetting something. It's just a fan mix, and here is the download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?dgdmz2tbjxc

biancathecookie August 16 2007, 03:38:43 UTC

Sweet! Thanks!

breathingbooks August 16 2007, 02:40:35 UTC

Taking 22, 31, 33, and 34 and will credit. Thanks!

vanity_made August 16 2007, 03:24:21 UTC

Thank you. Enjoy!

aslera August 16 2007, 02:48:26 UTC

What's this book? What's it about? I've never heard of it but it seems worth digging into?

vanity_made August 16 2007, 03:19:36 UTC

It's The Secret Country by Pamela Dean - it's the first in an amazing trilogy. Each book actually gets better, which is pretty rare. The plot centers around 5 cousins who find a couple swords and a gateway into the magical world they'd made up... only to find that their Secret Country is uncomfortably real, and tends to upset their expectations. Add in the problem of being two places at once, magicians, whimsical unicorns, a conquest-minded shape-shifter king, and all kinds of quotes drawn from poems, folk songs and Shakespeare, and that is The Secret Country.

here is the amazon page for it.

aslera August 16 2007, 03:41:53 UTC

Ooh! Sounds like my type of book! Thank you :D

glass_pyx August 16 2007, 04:46:14 UTC

Man, I love your fanmix! Thanks so much; I also grabbed 19 and 24 out of your icons. Thank you again, and I'll be sure to credit you! I've certainly gotten compliments about the friends-only banner you made for me!

summersdream August 16 2007, 11:57:07 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you're happy with the banner. :D

*lol@your icon* Words cannot express how disappointed I am with that movie before I've even seen it. The more I hear the worse it gets. No Arthurian myths? The Lady is a ninja? Rider has a love interest?? Will's family is abusive/neglectful?? Blech.

musesong August 16 2007, 08:19:53 UTC

I am quite intrigued the The Secret Country that you've highlighted here and in other posts.

Can you provide a little background? I can see that it's from a book series but has it been adapted or have you found images to illustrate it?

I've snagged #33 & #34 for use on my dream journal.

summersdream August 16 2007, 11:53:52 UTC

Thank you!

Hmm, definitely go forth and read it. It's newly republished, and here is the amazon page, but it hasn't been adapted for a movie. I'm not sure you could keep all the awesomeness of the language intact in a movie form, although in the right hands I think a movie adaptation could be just as wonderful with or without the middle English and such. The pics I've used to illustrate it are all from getty or punchstock, or random internet searching.