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Just got my copy in and wrote up a review for Lulu:
A slender but very well thought out volume, the Octavo Handbook is both a treat for the eyes as well as the mind of the cartomancer. It does help to have read the original novel before picking this book up, but it’s not a requirement which is refreshing. The two compliment each other but one need not have both. The card system and spread is one of great length and depth. It incorporates elements of traditional cartomancy with sacred geometry and the need for the querent to look deeper into their lives to find their 8. The book is written as if it was indeed a tome put forth by one of the original novel’s fictional characters of Mrs. Sparrow and it wonderfully done. The layout of the book is worthy of praise as it is done to perfection with a nod to the old fortune telling guides of the 18th and 19th century. The font and style of very much of that time. In the color version of the book the cards images are a slight bit washed out but other then that it’s excellent. Now if we could just have the deck pictured in the book colored by Chuck Fisher I would be in heaven. One can get the deck, but Mr. Fisher’s coloring is just delightful compared to the ones out there.
A slender but very well thought out volume, the Octavo Handbook is both a treat for the eyes as well as the mind of the cartomancer. It does help to have read the original novel before picking this book up, but it’s not a requirement which is refreshing. The two compliment each other but one need not have both. The card system and spread is one of great length and depth. It incorporates elements of traditional cartomancy with sacred geometry and the need for the querent to look deeper into their lives to find their 8. The book is written as if it was indeed a tome put forth by one of the original novel’s fictional characters of Mrs. Sparrow and it wonderfully done. The layout of the book is worthy of praise as it is done to perfection with a nod to the old fortune telling guides of the 18th and 19th century. The font and style of very much of that time. In the color version of the book the cards images are a slight bit washed out but other then that it’s excellent. Now if we could just have the deck pictured in the book colored by Chuck Fisher I would be in heaven. One can get the deck, but Mr. Fisher’s coloring is just delightful compared to the ones out there.