I am pretty fond of Diana Wynn Jones' work. Someone has made her a pretty glitzy site complete with flash animation. I expect it is a side effect of the popularity of the Harry Potter books.
There's a book of critical essays out: An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom
If you are a fan of her books, the fansite is probably more satisfying than the official site.
Deep Secret is one of my favorites.
Right from the beginning we know something is up, as narrator Rupert Venables is called away to the Koryfonic Empire, to give his stamp of approval as a Magid to a legal proceeding there. Koryfonic Empire?
Magid? We are told that the Multiverse consists of worlds arranged in a sort of infinity figure, with one half (including Earth), negative magically (this is the Naywards half). These worlds tend not to believe in magic, and magic is harder to do there. The other (Ayewards) half are positive magically: for instance, creatures such as centaurs can exist there. The Koryfonic Empire is very important, as it occupies the exact middle of the infinity sign. And Magids are a variety of wizard, with the duty to subtly influence events on whatever worlds they are responsible for in the appropriate direction. Rupert is Earth's junior Magid, and he is fresh from helping out in Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, when he gets sent to the Empire.
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