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Gabriel Farrell

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Gabriel is based in Oxford, where he walks the streets of the city of dreaming spires in the footsteps of fantasy legends he one day hopes to emulate. An avid reader and writer since his childhood growing up in rural Wiltshire, for a while his dreams lay not on the page or in fantasy epics, but in seeing his words translated to screen. He studied Film and Writing at university, then worked as a freelance copywriter, script-reader and screenplay consultant for the likes of BAFTA, Netflix and the BBC. Then came COVID. During lockdown, he found solace and escape in the fantasy classics from his youth – Tolkien, Martin, Pullman and more – whilst also endeavouring to broaden his horizons through Jordan, Abercrombie, Hobb and Sanderson, to name b ...more

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THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE WORTH OF SCARS

Anyone who reads The Worth of Scars will very quickly notice that I wear my inspirations on my metaphorical sleeve, so to speak, with nods to my favourite novels and other media dotted throughout. From calling squads of magic users 'coteries' to the use of a certain writer's favourite archaic expression 'mayhaps', the novel is filled with so many references I've likely forgotten I used many of the Read more of this blog post »
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Gabriel’s Recent Updates

His Dark Materials - The Trilogy by Philip Pullman
“I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that nothing and no one'll ever tear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you... We'll live in birds and flowers and dragonflies and pine trees and in clouds and in those little specks of light you see floating in sunbeams... And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they wont' just be able to take one, they'll have to take two, one of you and one of me, we'll be joined so tight...”
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Philip Pullman
“No, don’t, don’t cut my hair, Ned loves my hair.”
George R.R. Martin
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
“Seven, Brienne thought again, despairing. She had no chance against seven, she knew. No chance, and no choice.”
George R.R. Martin
Five Are Together Again by Enid Blyton
"This is the last Famous Five book! Published in the 1960s just a few years before I was born and five years before the final page was turned on Enid Blyton herself.

After 20 books, with countless summer holidays spent adventuring, the four kids are st" Read more of this review »
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Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff
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The Wolves of War by John Gwynne
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It's hard to imagine a more John Gwynne book than this one.

Wolves, Vikings (abeit injected into Slavic culture in what's now Ukraine), arms, armour, battles in small and large groups, mythic creatures - all the good stuff. And on top of all that, the" Read more of this review »
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Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
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Philip Pullman
“I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that nothing and no one'll ever tear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you... We'll live in birds and flowers and dragonflies and pine trees and in clouds and in those little specks of light you see floating in sunbeams... And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they wont' just be able to take one, they'll have to take two, one of you and one of me, we'll be joined so tight...”
Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials - The Trilogy: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass

“Seven, Brienne thought again, despairing. She had no chance against seven, she knew. No chance, and no choice.”
George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

Tamsyn Muir
“Camilla and Palamedes were loved by Nona, said Paul. Pyrrha was loved by Nona. It’s finished, it’s done. You can’t take loved away.”
Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“No, don’t, don’t cut my hair, Ned loves my hair.”
George RR Marin

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