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Van45us
Registered User
(7/20/02 12:04:48 am)
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Re: Novels set in Faery
Others may disagree with me, but I thought the film version of Photographing Fairies was even better than the book, as it deviates very little from the main story, and that doesn't happen often. If you can find a copy, or catch it on cable, take a look. I've watched it three times now and I think it gets better with every viewing. Very haunting.
As for novels, here's some others: Weaveworld by Clive Barker, The Borribles trilogy by DeLarrabetti (not fairies, but almost, and three of the best books you'll ever read), Straight on Till Morning and Strangewood by Christopher Golden (this guy is good, and these are closer to fairy tales than anything I've read in the turgid high fantasy genre lately), and all the other rec's here, especially DeLint, Windling, Yolen, and any of the original fantasy writers published in the now defunct Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, to be found mainly in second hand bookstores, if you're lucky. Also, I never thought in a million years I would ever recommend anything by Terry Brooks, but his three volume urban fantasy Knight of the Word series is excellent. Seriously. It is well thought out and character driven. Naturally the Shannara fans were mystified by it! Check it out. It's not Landover by any stretch! Blech!
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BlackHolly
Registered User
(7/20/02 1:44:19 pm)
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Re: More Books set in Faerie
I had only recently come across this group (thanks Kerrie!), so I hope it's okay to just start posting. I can't think of too many books that weren't mentioned, except:
_The Moorchild_ by Eloise McGraw, a Newbery honor book about a changeling child
_The Books of Faerie_ by Bronwyn Carlton (graphic novels) and many of the _Books of Magic_ by John Ney Reiber et al. (I believe Ms. Yolen wrote something for these)
_Cold Iron_ and _Sister to the Rain_ by Melisa Michaels that set Faery in the modern word (these are detective novels)
_Folk of the Air_ by Peter Beagle, set among historical re-enacters
_The Folk Keeper_ by Franny Billingsley, which takes a very non-traditional view of the "Folk" but has selkies as a bonus
And, er, I wrote a book set partly in Faerie, although I can't vouch for the quality. _Tithe_ by Holly Black.
Holly
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Jane Yolen
Unregistered User
(7/20/02 3:02:56 pm)
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"_Books of Magic_ by John Ney Reiber et al. (I believe Ms. Yolen wrote something for these."
Is that the Books of Magic based on Neil Gaiman's comic book? I wrote an intro, not a story., However, I am not where I can check this.
Jane
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BlackHolly
Registered User
(7/20/02 3:08:10 pm)
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"Is that the Books of Magic based on Neil Gaiman's comic book? I wrote an intro, not a story., However, I am not where I can check this."
Yes, that one. Ahhh, an introduction. I saw your name when I was looking all of the graphic novels on Amazon (I only have the individual books and not all of them, at that) and wasn't exactly sure of the connection, but since I knew you were reading here, I figured I better mention it!
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rachael
Unregistered User
(7/20/02 6:24:04 pm)
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faery
beauty sheri s teper,does mythago wood (robert
holdstock) qualify?i remember it being faerie-ish
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Terri
Registered User
(7/22/02 2:01:48 am)
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Re: faery
Helen, the term "mannerpunk" was coined by a book reviewer named Don Keller in an article that was printed in the late 80s or early 90s in (if I'm remembering correctly) The New York Review of Science Fiction. Don was looking at a number of writers -- Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Caroline Stevermer, some of Patricia C. Wrede's work -- and contrasting this to generic "epic adventure" fantasy of the Terry Brooks ilk. He pointed out that these writers were more indebted to authors such as Jane Austen, the Brontes, Georgette Heyer and Dorothy Dunnett than they were to Tolkien. Ellen Kushner's "Swordspoint" (a book published as fantasy, but with no actual "magic" in it) is subtitled "A Melodrama of Manners" -- and I believe this is where Keller came up with the name "mannerpunk". It was intended, I think, as a riff on the fact that everything was being called something-punk in those days: cyberpunk (after William Gibson), steampunk (books with a cyberpunk sensibility, but set in the 19th century), splatterpunk, even elfpunk. I can't imagine "mannerpunk" was ever intended as anything but a tongue-in-cheek term, since there's nothing very "punk" in most of the work of the writers he was discussing. The term "mannerpunk" never really caught on, thank heavens, since it's rather a joke -- but it's fair to say that these writers are working in a mannerist vein.
-- Terri (who knows way too much about the history of the American fantasy genre)
PS: Van45us, I agree with you that the film Photographing Fairies is better than the book. The problem with the book is that the writing is very clunky, in my opinion, and that problem is eliminated with the transition to film. Regarding De Larrabeiti, my favorite book of his is Provencal Tales, which is a collection of short stories based on the fairy tales he learned while traveling with the shepherds of Provence.
Edited by: Terri at: 7/22/02 2:12:13 am
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Van45us
Registered User
(8/9/02 3:03:22 pm)
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Re: faery
Terri,
That's it exactly. I had to struggle to read it, whereas the movie flowed at an even pace, and the cinematography, acting, score (too bad there's no soundtrack), and story mixed together well. It almost reminded me of Company of Wolves, except a little less surreal. The scene where the photographer discovers the fairy reflection in the little girl's eye nearly made my hair stand up. Great moment.
A question; is the Provencal tales still available or out of print? I've checked him out on several sites and unfortunately he isn't very prolific or easy to find, except for one Borribles site a fan created. I checked out Amazon.com quite a while ago - maybe I should try again. Sounds like a good book. Thanks!
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