Dean Morrissey
Author of Ship of Dreams
Works by Dean Morrissey
The Song of Celestine : Inspired by the Celestine Prophecy (1998) — Illustrator — 109 copies, 3 reviews
The Weathermill MORRISSEY159 1 copy
Associated Works
The Books of Great Alta (Sister Light, Sister Dark / White Jenna) (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 301 copies, 3 reviews
The Wings of Pegasus (To Ride Pegasus / Pegasus in Flight) (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 289 copies, 1 review
Vorkosigan's Game (The Vor Game / Borders of Infinity) (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 264 copies, 4 reviews
Swords' Masters (Swords Against Wizardry; The Swords of Lankhmar; Swords and Ice Magic) (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 258 copies, 4 reviews
The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud: Across the Frames: Dragon's Gold, Serpent's Silver & Chimaera's Copper (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 187 copies, 1 review
Sun-Cross (omnibus: The Rainbow Abyss and The Magicians of Night) (1991) — Cover artist — 123 copies
The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Final Magic Orc's Opal & Mouvar's Magic (1992) — Cover artist — 15 copies
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The Great Kettles: A Tale of Time by Dean Morrissey
I did not care for this book at all. The story was random and nonsenical, with a series of events happening for no coherent reason at all. I enjoy whismy, but not whimsy with nothing else holding it together.
With the help of animated toys, Sam the toymaker and his helper Joey board a magical ship to help Father Christmas distribute gifts on Christmas Eve.
The illustrations almost make this book worthwhile on their own, but you may as well look at them and make up your own story because there's no story to be found in the rhymes. A child named Celestine wanders from one place to the next and we're given some Words of Importance and a moral about how the past is present, but none of these things really seem to mean anything in the context of Celestine's journeys. I guess he does get "home" at the end. The whole thing is kind of just perplexing. I guess it's just a feel-good rhyme?… (more)
Not a bad book, and nice illustrations, but the end is a bit cryptic and doesn't tie in well to the rest of the story, and the kids don't get it.
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