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Mister Monday, the first of seven novels from Garth Nix, is a fantastical fantasy adventure which utilizes imagination. No Hugging, No Kissing: Quite surprising, considering the genre of the series, and the fact that Arthur's two companions are both girls around his age (in Suzy's case, at least physically and emotionally). Romance is not discussed at any point, and none of the characters even think about it. Kind of disappointing, actually. Aliens Love Human Food: Despite the House being the epicenter of the universe, the Denizens are infatuated with simple Earth food such as tea. This is justified in that people do not actually need to eat in the House and only do so for entertainment, making the consumption of food all the more rare. The Third Part of the Will, which wants to waste time while its worshipers sing hymns and constantly natters on about belief (Faith, opposing gluttony but without diligence).
urn:lcp:mistermonday0000nixg:epub:cf701835-7698-466a-86ee-38957a7aaf9a Foldoutcount 0 Grant_report Arcadia #4281 Identifier mistermonday0000nixg Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t18m6b88m Invoice 2089 Isbn 9780007175017 This book feels to me like a blend of the His Dark Materials Trilogy and the Pendragon series, and I quite enjoyed it. In fact, the day I finished it I went looking for the sequel in the bookstore of a small town I was passing through, and I would have bought it - but they had only one Nix Book (in the whole store!) and it was one I'd never heard of. For shame, for shame. I'll get Grim Tuesday somehow... Arthur finds his lost toy elephant from his early childhood in Drowned Wednesday and accidentally brings it to life several books later at a vital moment.
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The reference to a "British accent" ought to rule out the UK — no UK native would ever use the term since there are so many different British accents. Desperate, Arthur escapes to the mysterious house that has appeared in town - a house that only he can see. Maybe there he can unravel the secrets of the key - and discover his true fate.
Arthur battles with this after Dartbristle is killed trying to fulfill a task. Despite working for The Piper, Arthur is encouraged by the Will to finish his last act. However, he decides to do it, and accept the consequences later because it's what he feels is right. It turns out that it allows The Piper to get into the Upper House. Not great. Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, to the sound of the Salvation Army band outside playing 'Hail the Conquering Hero Comes' or possibly 'Roll Out the Barrel'. Garth left Melbourne at an early age for Canberra (the federal capital) and stayed there till he was nineteen, when he left to drive around the UK in a beat-up Austin with a boot full of books and a Silver-Reed typewriter. Only when I'm nervous,' replied Japeth. 'I am . . . I used to be a Thesaurus Minimus Grade Two. It is an occupational hazard, danger, or threat that we sometimes become prolix, verbose, long-winded, longiloquent . . .Eldritch Abomination: Nithlings are a byproduct of proto-creation-stuff being let into the House. Have varying intelligence, all of them very, very, ugly. Except for the New Nithlings. They just look like ordinary humans with a tentacle or two. The Will, because each represents a classical virtue related to the keyholder's sin, but untempered by the presence of other virtues. Specifically: Probably the most notable is The Ancient Mariner being a major secondary character. And he's awesome. He also has a ship that can sail in space shaped like a giant turtle. End of the World" Special: At the end of the series, Arthur becomes the successor to the Architect and is given the opportunity to replace the universe that was just destroyed. Instead of starting from scratch, he just recreates the old universe. Despite the fact that it looked like Lord Sunday had plenty of time to tell Arthur when he was trying to convince Arthur to give him the Keys. In fact, telling him the truth could possibly have convinced him. Yet he didn't do it. After all, Sunday's sin is pride...
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