The Far-Enough Window

A fairy tale for grown-ups of all ages. Joanna has lived in solitude for as long as she can remember. One day, when she goes to write up her diary, she discovers that she seems already to have done so - and this discovery leads her to the Far-Enough Window. Under the guidance of Robin Goodfellow, waiting for her beside it, she peers farther than the eye can see to transport herself to Fairyland.

Johnny Nys

When it comes down to fantasy, John Grant is the leading man. ... And in "The Far-Enough Window", proves he's a great storyteller himself by letting recognizable characters alert the reader about the fantasy world being in grave danger of disappearing. It's a wonderful attempt to rescue that world from extinction, by giving the reader a new tale to loose his heart to. And in my view, it's more than an attempt: it's a success.

The author, Paul Barnett, is best known by his most frequent nom de plume, John Grant, under which name he has written over fifty books, both fiction and non-fiction. Among the latter are two standard authorities in their fields: Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters (1987; third edition 1998), and, with John Clute, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), for which he received the Hugo, Locus, Eaton, Mythopoeic Society and World Fantasy awards. He has also received a rare British Science Fiction Association Special Award and been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Society Award, Bram Stoker Award. He has also won the 2002 Chesley Award for Best Art Director. His novels include Albion, The World and The Hundredfold Problem. For younger readers he has written the twelve novels in the Legends of Lone Wolf series, tied to the gamebooks by Joe Dever, as well as retellings of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Married to Pamela D. Scoville, owner of the Animation Art Guild, he is Commissioning Editor of Paper Tiger, the world’s leading publisher of books on the art of the fantastic, and US Book Reviews Editor of Infinity Plus. His most recent books are Enchanted World: The Art of Anne Sudworth, Perceptualistics: Art by Jael and Masters of Animation. His quasi-mythology Dragonhenge, illustrated by Bob Eggleton, is to be published in Fall 2002.