Oh, yes, forgot about Lemony Snicket! I've got most of the books (I may be 1 or 2 behind at the moment); I'll re-read them. I hadn't run across the Edge Chronicles, so I'll check them out.
Actually there's faint echoes in Mary Poppins, of all things, too -- the turn-of-the-centruy ambience and the idea that what we think of as Reality is really just this thin cover hiding the deeply inexplicable. I wonder if the Green Knowe books fit the bill as well? It's been dog's years since I read them, and, well, any excuse for reading them is good, IMHO.
I'll have to dig up the Gormenghast books, too. I haven't read them in years and years, and there's elements of that sort of thing in part of this idea, too. *makes list* Oh - and Lewis Carroll, too. Duh. :)
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Actually there's faint echoes in Mary Poppins, of all things, too -- the turn-of-the-centruy ambience and the idea that what we think of as Reality is really just this thin cover hiding the deeply inexplicable. I wonder if the Green Knowe books fit the bill as well? It's been dog's years since I read them, and, well, any excuse for reading them is good, IMHO.
I'll have to dig up the Gormenghast books, too. I haven't read them in years and years, and there's elements of that sort of thing in part of this idea, too. *makes list* Oh - and Lewis Carroll, too. Duh. :)