An observation...

IIRC, the 1st 2 books took place entirely within the castle. There was a claustrophobic feel to it, even if the castle was so huge it extended to infinity...

But in book 3, it suddenly went outdoors, and got motor-cars and "modern" stuff, which (as far as I was concerned) shrunk the castle back to being just another rather large edifice. Like in any other fantasy (although I admit that the "fantasy" genre hadn't been invented when Peake wrote the book..)

I never did finish book 3. It took away the "magic" for me.

Suggestion:
Do away with the landscape, fill instead with more castle..:-)) (Back to infinite castles..)

Cheers,
Diolma
(Edited for typos. Bet I missed some..)

Message edited on: 10/24/2005 15:18