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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 9332464" data-attributes="member: 30438">I finished reading Morris' The Wood Beyond the World. It had the fairytale quality that the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series at its best frequently has. The language is a bit archaic, very much a bridge between older works like Le Morte D’Arthur and the beginning of modern fantasy. It’s really clear to see the influences on Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Lewis in particular. Heck, the “Child of Adam” phrase that would pop up in Narnia is used.Now I'm reading Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword, a book I've been meaning to get to for ages.I have positively loved every entry in the Wayward Children series. To me it nails the feel The Magicians series was aiming for (at once loving and examining works like the Chronicles of Narnia from a post-modern perspective) but somewhat fell short.</blockquote>