Whimwondery is the academical study of the magickal properties of elemental curiosity and its two sub-particles – whimsy and wonder. For, as perhaps you have felt yourself deep down in your gizzards, in every spark of curiosity, every maddening ponderation, every look of bafflement and inquisitive squint, is power beyond reckoning. Though not, as has been discovered, entirely beyond the capacities of our imaginations. Indeed, as we have sought to know more about Whimwondery, we have slowly stumbled upon its useful, worthy, and practical applications for solving vexsome sundry irks and problems which arouse particular and general bother - from cold custard to the meaning of the universe.

"The Cambridge-based historian Daniel McKay encourages us all to indulge in a little whimsy and wonder as he whizzes through 26 imagined creations - from Agatha Aspinal's parents and their universe-unravelling Archaeofuturometer to Zurishaddai Zirdlestone's death-determining Zenithender. While Daniel's tall tales and evocative illustrations do have something of a Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake feel, his particular blend of wit, charm and irreverence is beyond compare."

― House & Garden

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