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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld is a fantasy novel by American writer Patricia A. McKillip, and illustrators Peter Schaumann in 1974, and Alicia Austin in 1981, first published by Atheneum Publishers in 1974, and by Magic Carpet Books in 1996. It is the winner of the 1975 World Fantasy Award. The book centers on the fictional character Sybel, a woman previously cut off from the rest of the fictional world of Eldwold, as she learns to live and love in the world outside of the one she once knew.


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Patricia A. McKillip photo

“Men see what they are most afraid of.”

Source: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (1974), Chapter 4, p. 94.

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Patricia A. McKillip photo
Patricia A. McKillip photo
Patricia A. McKillip photo

“Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted.”

Source: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (1974), Chapter 10, p. 272.

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Patricia A. McKillip photo

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