faery

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He is especially angry with the people of faery, and describes the faun- like feet that are so common among them, who are indeed children of Pan, to prove them children of Satan.

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  • He went into the Middle Kingdom—the land of faery, you know?—looking for a magic blade. —  The Flight of the Wren
  • Have been reading Maureen Duffy's erotic world of faery which ends up discussing SF. —  BETTER TO HAVE LOVED
  • In Signs of Life, Harrison considers DNA as the imperfect clay of transformation, the opportunity for human flesh to, adopt the characteristics of other species; but he offers no airy-faery optimism, finding queasy parallels between DNA-enhanced cosmetic surgery and the dumping of toxic waste. —  EBSCOhost
  • Then she came suddenly onto the level summit of a slope, circled with tall trees, and the dreamily faery-like sensation vanished abruptly at the sight of what lay on the reddened and trampled grass. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • Between the trunks of the trees they caught glimpses of faery-like vistas. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
 

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