Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: The Novelization

My goodness, this author likes to be detailed. I mean cleaning-the-wall-with-a-toothbrush detailed, so you can scrutinize every tiny embossed figure and glyph. This novelization breaks a lot of storytelling guidelines and not in a good way. It doesn’t start with action or anything interesting happening. There’s barely any dialogue. No tension anywhere. Long paragraphs of internal thinking and descriptions of setting. And, to my disappointment, little elaboration on the lore. I was hoping for some backstory on Jen, how he lived with the Mystics. Or what are the Skeksis exactly ruling here? But I got none of that. Even the illustrations aren’t very good–they’re just pencil sketches of caves. At least it was short.

In my experience, movie novelizations are almost always terribly written. Being a big fan of the movie and the universe, I was expecting this to be cheesy, but fun. I was way off - this is an excellent novel! If you've never seen the movie, I think this book does a great job of conveying what happens. In fact, if you didn't know it was a movie, it's a great novel that fits right in with the other written Dark Crystal materials. Definitely read this if you're a fan, or if you're looking to see what the fandom is about.

8 pages of Color Stills from the Magical Movie

F/SF

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Hors du temps, hors de l'espace, dans un monde magique où vivent des personnages étranges et mystérieux, Dark Crystal nous introduit dans un univers fascinant. Jen, le jeune Gelfling, se croit le seul survivant de la race des Elfes. Avant de mourir, son maître, un mystique sage et paisible, lui révèle l'existence d'une ancienne prophétie et lui confie la mission de restituer au Grand Cristal son éclat manquant afin de redonner au monde la lumière. Au cours de son long périple vers le château où le Grand Cristal est gardé par les Skeksis cruels et diaboliques, Jen connaîtra de nombreuses et fabuleuses aventures. Il découvrira une autre Gelfling, Kira, qui le sauvera des dangers qui le menacent. Il trouvera l'éclat show more manquant, malgré les guerriers Garthim qui le poursuivent. A l'heure de la conjonction des trois soleils, Jen surgit dans la salle du Cristal et affronte les Skeksis. La prophétie se réalisera-t-elle, redonnant enfin au monde la lumière? show less