Ford upped the weirdness level with this one, which occurs almost entirely inside the sleeping mind of one of the main characters of the The Physiognomy. This allows him to create an even stranger world than before, one both grotesque and beautiful.

In this one, we learn a bit more about the history of Drachton Below, but it mostly just raises more questions about the world in which the novels are set. Now I've got to find the sequel, The Beyond.

I stumbled across the sequel to this book by accident looking for books by John Ford, and it sounded interesting. It took a while to find this one, Uncle Hugo's finally had a used copy the last time I visited.

It's a really interesting novel, mixing science, fantasy, with a lot of Borges-esque weridness. It has a very (dark) fairy tale style, and it occurs in a very strange and not well-defined world. It also has one of the more despicable (at least at first) protaganists I've come across, although the whole theme of the story is his redemption.

I will definitely be seeking out more of Ford's work in the future.