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* RealityEnsues: Relatively speaking. When the heroes try to magically turn a tomato into a coach, the result is a floppy useless mess. They finally find a squash, which works better.
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John Anthony Bellairs (January 17, 1938 – March 8, 1991) was an American fantasy author. While his first writings were aimed at adults, he later turned to writing three gothic fantasy series aimed at [[YoungAdult younger readers]].
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John Anthony Bellairs (January 17, 1938 – March 8, 1991) was an American fantasy author. While his first writings were aimed at adults, he later turned to writing three gothic fantasy series aimed at [[YoungAdult younger readers]].
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: The villain in develops a case of this, due to [[spoiler: becoming obsessed with the eldritch tome he is reading.]]
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: The villain in develops a case of this, due to [[spoiler: becoming obsessed with the eldritch tome he is reading.]]
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Bellairs next began work on a contemporary adult fantasy, ''Literature/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls''. It was rejected by two publishers, the second of whom suggested he rewrite it as a young readers' book. Published in 1973, the work introduced the character of Lewis Barnevelt, his magician uncle Jonathan and their friends Florence Zimmermann and Rose Rita Pottinger, who lived in the town of New Zebedee, Michigan. It proved a large success, and Bellairs would publish two sequels in 1975 (''The Figure in the Shadows'') and 1976 (''The Letter, the Witch and the Ring''). After taking nearly fifteen years off to work on two other series, Bellairs had begun work on at least three additional sequels at the time of his death.
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Bellairs next began work on a contemporary adult fantasy, ''Literature/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls''. It was rejected by two publishers, the second of whom suggested he rewrite it as a young readers' book. Published in 1973, 1973 with illustrations by Creator/EdwardGorey, the work introduced the character of Lewis Barnevelt, his magician uncle Jonathan and their friends Florence Zimmermann and Rose Rita Pottinger, who lived in the town of New Zebedee, Michigan. It proved a large success, and Bellairs would publish two sequels in 1975 (''The Figure in the Shadows'') and 1976 (''The Letter, the Witch and the Ring''). After taking nearly fifteen years off to work on two other series, Bellairs had begun work on at least three additional sequels at the time of his death.
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* ''Literature/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'' and sequels
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John Bellairs (1938 – 1991) was an American fantasy author. While his first writings were aimed at adults, he later turned to writing three gothic fantasy series aimed at [[YoungAdult younger readers]].
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John Anthony Bellairs (1938 (January 17, 1938 – March 8, 1991) was an American fantasy author. While his first writings were aimed at adults, he later turned to writing three gothic fantasy series aimed at [[YoungAdult younger readers]].
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* CoolOldGuy: Prospero and Roger Bacon in ''The Face in the Frost''.
* PuffOfLogic: In ''The Pedant and the Shuffly'', the wicked magician Snodrog's favorite trick is persuading hapless passersby that, logically speaking, they don't exist, with this effect causing them to transform into stained handkerchiefs.
* PuffOfLogic: In ''The Pedant and the Shuffly'', the wicked magician Snodrog's favorite trick is persuading hapless passersby that, logically speaking, they don't exist, with this effect causing them to transform into stained handkerchiefs.
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'''The Face in the Frost'''
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Prospero loses his magic powers after traveling into (evidently) the modern world. He gets better.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The spell that Prospero has known for years that doesn't seem to do anything useful.
* CoolOldGuy: Prospero and RogerBacon in ''The Face in Bacon.
* EndlessWinter: Whatever theFrost''.
villain is doing seems to be causing this to happen, though the heroes are operating mostly on guesswork.
* GreenThumb: The monk that the heroes encounter toward the end of the novel.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Roger Bacon, although he bears very little relation to the historical figure.
* LandOfOneCity: The Southern Kingdom has been sub-divided so many times it has essentially become a collection of these.
* NoNameGiven: The narrator explicitly says he's not going to give the actual name(s) of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms.
* MagicMirror: Prospero owns a smart-aleck version of one of these.
* MindScrew: It's never made entirely clear what the villain is doing or attempting to do.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: The villain in develops a case of this, due to [[spoiler: becoming obsessed with the eldritch tome he is reading.]]
* RealityEnsues: Relatively speaking. When the heroes try to magically turn a tomato into a coach, the result is a floppy useless mess. They finally find a squash, which works better.
* ShoutOut:
** To Creator/WilliamShakespeare, obviously. The narrator again explicitly notes that this Prospero is "not the one you're thinking of."
** Creator/HPLovecraft unsurprisingly gets a nod at one point, with mention of his planet Yuggoth.
* TheStarsAreGoingOut: Another result of the villain's reading the Tome. Evidently.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The villain gains possession of one of these, leading to... general weirdness.
'''The Pedant and the Shuffly'''
* PuffOfLogic:In ''The Pedant and the Shuffly'', the The wicked magician Snodrog's favorite trick is persuading hapless passersby that, logically speaking, they don't exist, with this effect causing them to transform into stained handkerchiefs.handkerchiefs.
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Prospero loses his magic powers after traveling into (evidently) the modern world. He gets better.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The spell that Prospero has known for years that doesn't seem to do anything useful.
* CoolOldGuy: Prospero and Roger
* EndlessWinter: Whatever the
* GreenThumb: The monk that the heroes encounter toward the end of the novel.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Roger Bacon, although he bears very little relation to the historical figure.
* LandOfOneCity: The Southern Kingdom has been sub-divided so many times it has essentially become a collection of these.
* NoNameGiven: The narrator explicitly says he's not going to give the actual name(s) of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms.
* MagicMirror: Prospero owns a smart-aleck version of one of these.
* MindScrew: It's never made entirely clear what the villain is doing or attempting to do.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: The villain in develops a case of this, due to [[spoiler: becoming obsessed with the eldritch tome he is reading.]]
* RealityEnsues: Relatively speaking. When the heroes try to magically turn a tomato into a coach, the result is a floppy useless mess. They finally find a squash, which works better.
* ShoutOut:
** To Creator/WilliamShakespeare, obviously. The narrator again explicitly notes that this Prospero is "not the one you're thinking of."
** Creator/HPLovecraft unsurprisingly gets a nod at one point, with mention of his planet Yuggoth.
* TheStarsAreGoingOut: Another result of the villain's reading the Tome. Evidently.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The villain gains possession of one of these, leading to... general weirdness.
'''The Pedant and the Shuffly'''
* PuffOfLogic:
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