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Tristan Thorn falls in love with a girl and to earn her goodwill he promises to bring her back the shooting star they see.

One of the Lilith, the three witch-queens, sets off to steal the heart of the star, for its magic can grant them youth for enough time to rise again.

The three heirs of Stormhold (the survivors of the seven sons of the current Lord of Stormhold) are dispatched for a quest – to bring back the Power of Stormhold, for the one son who retains it will be the next Lord. The stone was cast away by the current Lord, right before he died, and it hit a star which fell.

A young lady in a crater, with broken leg and a nasty mouth, craves to get back where she never can: to the sky where she fell from.

How these stories meet, how they mesh and what resolutions they come to – if I say I’m talking about he novel Stardust written by Neil Gaiman, his readers just smile and say, ‘well, in a magnificient story, in a series of marvellous events.’

And they are right.

The novel was much shorter than the ones I’ve read (Anansi Boys, American Gods, Neverwhere), but the story was no less magnificient. The characters are familiar – for everyone knows how evil witches are, how charming a Damsel in Distress is, and how lightheaded and nice a youngster in love can be. The setting can be familiar, for all stories have been told and all stories will be told again. Still, there’s something in the style of Gaiman which makes it entangling, and which makes you wish it would never end.

I can’t wait how much of the book’s atmosphere can the movie take, and how will I like that slightly different story.

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