I have had the entire Hollow Kingdom trilogy sitting in my TBR stack for awhile now and finally settled in with the first one and read it through. The first thing to catch my eye was the dedication. This is often the case with me. I was wandering the bookstore with my cousin just other night, talking about what a sucker I am for a good dedication. I should probably be keeping some sort of top ten list or something. If I did, Laurie R. King 's dedication in The Game would certainly be on it. For librarians everywhere, who spend their lives in battle against the forces of darkness. That one still sends chills down my spine, it's so awesome. I've fallen in love with many a Lloyd Alexander dedication as well and that's why this one in The Hollow Kingdom stood out to me. Because it was dedicated to him. This book is respectfully dedicated to Lloyd Alexander, who gave the world Eilonwy and brought Gwydion back to life. Yep. Another happy dance-inducing dedication. Ka...