Talk:Stardust (novel)

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Contents 1 Awards 2 Illustrated (Vertigo) and non-illustrated (Avon) versions 3 The Ending 4 Plot summary too detailed? 5 Plot summary headings 6 Plot summary

[edit] Awards

In case we ever add a list of awards to the article, here's a URL that took me a while to track down:

• Alex award, 2000 from the American Library Association as one of the "top ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults"

Cheers, CWC(talk) 09:23, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Illustrated (Vertigo) and non-illustrated (Avon) versions

Does anyone know whether there were any changes made to the text when Avon/Spike printed the book without Vess's illustrations? I've got both the original Vertigo edition and the Avon/Spike hardback, but I can't be bothered to check every word. At a quick glance, they look like the same text, but I was wondering whether Gaiman might have added some material for the non-illustrated edition. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 07:09, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure he didn't. -Silence 13:21, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Ah. Ta. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 15:31, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Ending

Just wondering if the novel stops abruptly after Tristran and the star spend a night together in the forest. Or does the story go on in Book 3 and 4, which haven't been edited yet? Thanks, --SimoneLehr 06:41, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

- [bites back sarcastic response] No, no it doesn't. It has a lovely big, fairy-tale ending. And I intend to remedy the situation just as soon as I can get my grubby little mitts on a copy of the novel. Landithy 03:39, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary too detailed?

I've just added a {{plot}} tag, because I think we currently give too much detail about the plot. In fact, given the amount of (good) detail in the "Characters" section, I don't see why we need a plot summary at all. Other editors are free to disagree. Cheers, CWC 14:24, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't think plot summary is too detailed. And I hope to see the rest of it someday:) 85.97.152.189 22:30, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary headings

Is anybody aware of any good reason why the plot summary should be divided into books 1-4? My copy of the novel isn't divided up this way, and I don't recall seeing any other editions which are divided into 'books' either. I think that it impedes the flow of the summary and I'm inclined to remove the headings. Landithy 03:11, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary

At over 1800 words the plot summary had been tagged as overlong. I've reverted to a much shorter earlier version [1] (May, 2007). There isn't really an intermediate version to revert to because the synopsis was expanded quite quickly from the brief version last August. --Tony Sidaway 19:50, 27 January 2008 (UTC)