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|series=Tales of Hyspero | |series = Tales of Hyspero | ||
|year=2004 | |year = 2004 | ||
|setting=[[Hyspero]] | |setting = [[Hyspero]] | ||
|writer=[[Paul Magrs]] | |writer = [[Paul Magrs]] | ||
|publisher=Simon & Schuster Children's Books | |publisher = Simon & Schuster Children's Books | ||
|format=Hardcover Book; 288 pages | |format = Hardcover Book; 288 pages | ||
|isbn=ISBN 0-689-87279-8<ref name="amazon">[https://www.amazon. | |isbn = ISBN 0-689-87279-8<ref name="amazon">[https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Her-Own-Tales-Hyspero/dp/0689872798/ Amazon listing]</ref> | ||
}}'''''A World of Her Own''''' was the first children's novel in [[Paul Magrs]]' planned ''Tales of Hyspero'' trilogy, set on the planet [[Hyspero]] from his [[1998 (releases)|1998]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor novel]] ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]''.<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2004/06/tales-of-hyspero_18.html Doctor Who News]</ref> It was described as "a Magrsian look at the [[Narnia]] mythos",<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160823192607/http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/annotated/short.html The Annotated Iris Wildthyme]</ref> with "REAL kids discovering a magical land." Despite being set to be released as a 288-page hardback book by Simon & Schuster Children's Books on [[6 September (releases)|6 September]], [[2004 (releases)|2004]], ''A World of Her Own'' was never released.<ref name="amazon" /> | }} | ||
'''''A World of Her Own''''' was the first children's novel in [[Paul Magrs]]' planned ''Tales of Hyspero'' trilogy, set on the planet [[Hyspero]] from his [[1998 (releases)|1998]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor novel]] ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]''.<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2004/06/tales-of-hyspero_18.html Doctor Who News]</ref> It was described as "a Magrsian look at the [[Narnia]] mythos",<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160823192607/http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/annotated/short.html The Annotated Iris Wildthyme]</ref> with "REAL kids discovering a magical land." Despite being set to be released as a 288-page hardback book by Simon & Schuster Children's Books on [[6 September (releases)|6 September]], [[2004 (releases)|2004]], ''A World of Her Own'' was never released.<ref name="amazon" /> | |||
A Narnia pastiche set on Hyspero would later appear as a plotline in ''[[Wildthyme Beyond! (novel)|Wildthyme Beyond!]]'', possibly repurposed from or inspired by this novel. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Lizzie is furious that she hasn't travelled to another world and had adventures of her own yet - after all, everyone else in her family has. Then she and her best friend Tom discover Hyspero, a land of magic, which changes all the time...<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/World_of_Her_Own.html?id=TWlTPQAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y</ref> | Lizzie is furious that she hasn't travelled to another world and had adventures of her own yet - after all, everyone else in her family has. Then she and her best friend Tom discover Hyspero, a land of magic, which changes all the time...<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/World_of_Her_Own.html?id=TWlTPQAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y Google Books]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:39, 15 March 2024
A World of Her Own was the first children's novel in Paul Magrs' planned Tales of Hyspero trilogy, set on the planet Hyspero from his 1998 Eighth Doctor novel The Scarlet Empress.[2] It was described as "a Magrsian look at the Narnia mythos",[3] with "REAL kids discovering a magical land." Despite being set to be released as a 288-page hardback book by Simon & Schuster Children's Books on 6 September, 2004, A World of Her Own was never released.[1]
A Narnia pastiche set on Hyspero would later appear as a plotline in Wildthyme Beyond!, possibly repurposed from or inspired by this novel.
Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]
Lizzie is furious that she hasn't travelled to another world and had adventures of her own yet - after all, everyone else in her family has. Then she and her best friend Tom discover Hyspero, a land of magic, which changes all the time...[4]
