Editing The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (section)

===50th anniversary reprint===
[[File:Weirdstone of Brisingamen 50.jpg|thumb|150px|The special 50th anniversary publication]]
In the fiftieth anniversary edition of ''The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'', published by [[HarperCollins]] in 2010, several notable British fantasy novelists praised Garner and his work. [[Susan Cooper]] related that "The power and range of Alan Garner's astounding talent has grown with every book he's written", whilst [[David Almond]] called him one of Britain's "greatest writers" whose works "really matter".<ref>[[#Pul10|Pullman et al 2010]]. p. 02.</ref> [[Philip Pullman]], the author of the ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' trilogy, went further when he remarked that:

<blockquote>Garner is indisputably the great originator, the most important British writer of fantasy since Tolkien, and in many respects better than Tolkien, because deeper and more truthful ... Any country except Britain would have long ago recognised his importance, and celebrated it with postage stamps and statues and street-names. But that's the way with us: our greatest prophets go unnoticed by the politicians and the owners of media empires. I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration.<ref name="Pullman et al 2010">[[#Pul10|Pullman et al 2010]]. p. 01.</ref></blockquote>

Another British fantasy author, [[Neil Gaiman]], said "Garner's fiction is something special" in that it was "smart and challenging, based in the here and the now, in which real English places emerged from the shadows of folklore, and in which people found themselves walking, living and battling their way through the dreams and patterns of myth."<ref name="Pullman et al 2010"/> Praise also came from Nick Lake, the editorial director of [[HarperCollins]] Children's Books, who proclaimed that "Garner is, quite simply, one of the greatest and most influential writers this country has ever produced."<ref>[[#Lak10|Lake 2010]]. pp. 315–316.</ref>