where things are not quite what one might expect

It's a party in a book

and adventure

they recognized that the country breaks into twelve distinct types of communities

Conan Doyle

Tales of the Rose Tree: Ravishing Rhododendrons and Their Travels Around the World Fantasy Anthologies where things are not quiteThe history of rhododendrons is full of swashbuckling plant collectors and visionary gardeners, colonial violence and ecological destruction, stunning botanical successes and bitter business disappointments. And it is here related with consummate skill by Jane Brown, an English garden writer clearly besotted by these glorious and scented strangers, with their mouth watering candy colors, their cascades of way bells or iridescent globes proffered in