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Stardust Mass Market Paperback – September 27, 2016

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Now a major motion picture—this charming fairy tale by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, weaves a magical story set long ago in the tiny English village of Wall, a place where things are not quite what they seem.

Go and catch a falling star . . .

Tristran Thorn promises to bring back a fallen star for his beloved, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester—and crosses the wall that divides his English country town from another, more dangerous world of lords and witches, all of them in search of the star. Rich with adventure and magic, Stardust is one of master storyteller Neil Gaiman's most beloved tales.

“Eminently readable—a charming piece of work.”
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“Beautiful, memorable . . . A book full of marvels.”
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“Eminently readable–a charming piece of work.” — Washington Post Book World

“Strange . . . marvelous. . . . Stardust takes us back to a time when the world was more magical, and, real or not, that world is a charming place.” — Philadelphia Inquirer

“A wonderful novel . . . A pleasure to read.” — Denver Post

“Marvelous adventures . . . magical and fun.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Thrilling. . . . Stardust reads like a mix between L. Frank Baum, the Brothers Grimm, and a Tim Burton movie script.” — Dallas Morning News

“Beautiful, memorable . . . A book full of marvels.” — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“The multitalented author of The Sandman graphic novels and last year’s Neverwhere charms again, with a deftly written fantasy adventure tale set in Victorian England and enriched by familiar folk materials.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred)

“Sparkling, fresh, and charming. Superb.” — Booklist

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“Delightful...a strange yet wonderful story.” — Grand Rapids Press

“His finest work yet...Sometimes sparse, sometimes witty, often lyrical...prose as smooth as 12-year-old scotch.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“[A] tale about love, danger, friendship, magic, and adventure . . . a short novel that delivers big-time satisfaction.” — Detroit Free Press

“A wonderful tale . . . mythic.” — Denise Hamilton, Romantic Times BOOKclub

“[A] beautiful book, and most of all, perfect for all ages.” — Desicritics.org on STARDUST

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You have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen.

Tristran Thorn promises to bring back a fallen star for his beloved, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester--and crosses the wall that divides his English country town from another, more dangerous world of lords and witches, all of them in search of the star. Rich with adventure and magic, Stardust is one of master storyteller Neil Gaiman's most beloved tales.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks; Reissue edition (September 27, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 006256434X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062564344
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16+ years, from customers
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Becky Wells
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Grown-up Fairy Tale
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2024
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Neil Gaiman is known for his fanciful, creative writing, and Stardust is no exception. It is a beautiful grown-up fairy tale from start to finish. The reader is never sure exactly when, where, or how the story is taking place. In the story a young man promises to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves, and she promises in return whatever his heart desires. Adventures ensue. I enjoyed the book for how it wove several different storylines together not leaving out a single detail... except a few choice mysteries that the reader gets to ponder. The book is definitely for adults, but older teens might appreciate it. (There are a couple of tastefully described sex scenes.) It's a fun weekend read.
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James Tepper
4.0 out of 5 stars A Faerie Tale for Young at Heart Adults
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STARDUST is the most recent of Neil Gaiman's back catalog that I find myself working though. Like everything of his that I have read, it is high fantasy, very interesting, at turns humorous and sometimes dark, and very, very well written. STARDUST, unlike some of his others (for example CORALINE AND THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE are clearly for children or young adults) could be read by mature young adults, but as it contains a couple of (relatively tame by modern standards) semi-explicit sex scenes and some 4 letter words, I titled my review for as I did.

This one is a real faerie tale, taking place in some parallel late 19th century England, where just outside the walled city of Wall lies a magical land populated by witches, various nasty creatures, ghosts, evil lords and queens and the like. Our hero, young Tristran Thorn, goes on a quest to retrieve a star that he and the girl he loves watch fall the ground. He promises to bring her back the fallen star to get her to give him his heart's desire - maybe a kiss, maybe her hand in marriage, it's not all that clear to us or to Tristran. Tristran himself is of mysterious origins, having been delivered to the gates of Wall as a newborn 9 months after his father, Dunstan, had a tryst with one of the mysterious denizens of the outlying faerie lands during one of the once-every-9-years wall openings for a fair during which humans and fae comingle.

The fallen star turns out to have the form (in Fae land) of a beautiful young girl, Yvaine, with a broken leg from the fall, and most of the novel is about the growing relationship between Tristran and Yvaine and a mutual coming of age and falling in love. Plus of course witches and other baddies getting in the way. The imagery is beautiful as it usually is for Neil Gaiman and there are many standard fairy tale tropes abounding, but all given that special little Gaiman twist. A very nice, enjoyable light read for mature young adults and grown ups of every age. Oh, one last thing. For $1.99 Kindle download for 368 pages, this has got to be one of the best deals out there in fantasyland.

Highly Recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An old fashioned Fairy Tale without the PC nonsense
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2004
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Okay, maybe not the kind of Fairy Tale you would read to your very young children, but after delving through horror and dark fantasy, I found Stardust to be a refreshing, childlike break; minus the hangover of feeling like I was exposed to an excess of sugar and cotton candy. After all, Fairy tales used to be a bit brutal in their own right, and taking away all of the blood and violence in order to conform to today's "Politically Correct" standards also takes away from the lesson to be learned. IMHO.
This tale is told with a simple exuberance, yet manages to hold up under the scrutiny of all us die hard Neil Gaiman fans, showing us that he has the talent to lead us along gentler slopes of the same deadly peaks and chasms he has taken us to in his other works. His playfulness shows through in Stardust as a novel, the way his chapbooks "Wolves In The Walls" and "The Day I Swapped My Dad For 2 Goldfish" did with his graphic novels.
Tristin Thorn lives in the English town of Wall, right next to, well, the Wall. There is only one way through the Wall, a gap which is constantly guarded by the village folk of Wall; not to keep people from coming in, but to keep the inhabitants of Wall from crossing over into the land of Faerie. Once every nine years there is a huge fair within the field beyond the gap, and only then do the peoples from each of the lands mingle. Tristin is not aware that half of his lineage is from across the Wall, and when the day comes that he watches a falling star with the girl he wishes to marry, and promises to bring her back that very same star, his father Dunstan helps him to cross the gap into Faerie.
Over in Faerie, it is time for the Lord of Stormhold to die, and pass along his Reign to one of his sons. Unable to determine which of his surviving sons is worthy, the old Lord tosses the Power of Stormhold (a topaz set in an amulet) up into the air and tells his sons that whoever finds the amulet will rule after him. This won't be easy for the offspring of the old Lord, for already four of his seven sons were dead, killed off by the living brothers in order to eliminate their claim to Stormhold.
Also in Faerie live the Lilim, three ancient women who have lived on and on for forever, revitalizing their youth by eating the hearts from fallen stars. When the star falls, one of the ancient crones makes herself young again and sets out after the star.
Tristin is helped along in his quest by some, and treated rudely by others, but always manages to get along by determination and, surprisingly, innocence. When he is transported by a magic candle to where the star had fallen, he is shocked to see that the Fallen Star is a girl, and she has a broken leg to boot.
The adventures of Tristin in his journey back to The Wall and the market within the field are magical, fantastical, and sometimes just a tiny bit scary. Though the plot really does have a transparent ending, it still does not take away from the total enjoyment of Tristin's adventures and the predicaments he falls in and out of. All of the main characters coalesce in the ending, but the side characters we meet along the way are just as fleshed out and real to me as Tristin, Yvaine the Star, and Madame Semele with her mysterious bird.
Go ahead and step through the Gap with Tristin, you won't be sorry you tagged along. Enjoy!
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Danny Olson
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, easily read fairy tale!
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
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Neil Gaiman just sucks you in. I didn't know what the book was about when I bought it, and probably wouldn't have bought it. But, once inside being fooled into multiple plot twists got totally suckered into really enjoying this wonderful tale. Now one of my favorite authors. A simple childlike fairy tale.
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One of my favorite books of love and magic. A fallen star finding her way while a boy tries to bring to star to the woman he loves while witches are after her for eternal life.
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Alberto Cisneros
5.0 out of 5 stars Aspecto físico.
Reviewed in Mexico on February 19, 2024
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El tamaño es algo pequeño para mi gusto esta para mi entre un libro de tamaño normal y uno de bolsillo, algo que me decepciono mucho es que tiene algo de daño en el lomo en el paquete venia otro libro así que puede que se haya causado en el envío dado que este no tenía nada de plástico protector de ningún tipo.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Aspecto físico.
Reviewed in Mexico on February 19, 2024
El tamaño es algo pequeño para mi gusto esta para mi entre un libro de tamaño normal y uno de bolsillo, algo que me decepciono mucho es que tiene algo de daño en el lomo en el paquete venia otro libro así que puede que se haya causado en el envío dado que este no tenía nada de plástico protector de ningún tipo.
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Jessica A
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful cover!
Reviewed in Canada on August 25, 2023
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I read this book as a borrowed e-book from the library and had to buy it in hardcover to display at home. This cover is gorgeous, it's solid, and the story is unique.

It's my first Neil Gaiman book and I'm excited to read more of his work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful cover!
Reviewed in Canada on August 25, 2023
I read this book as a borrowed e-book from the library and had to buy it in hardcover to display at home. This cover is gorgeous, it's solid, and the story is unique.

It's my first Neil Gaiman book and I'm excited to read more of his work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars É PERFEITO de tão LINDO ❤️
Reviewed in Brazil on February 24, 2023
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everest
5.0 out of 5 stars Delicioso y entretenido, un gran cuento.
Reviewed in Spain on July 26, 2023
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Me ha gustado mucho mas que la otra novela del mismo autor, American Gods. Se lee del tirón, está bien escrita y tiene todos los ingredientes de un gran cuento de hadas, sin ser infantil
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Giada Parata
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in Germany on June 26, 2023
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I already had the classic version but I also wanted to get this hardcover... beautiful book both as a cover and as a story
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