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Leah
Unregistered User
(9/4/02 11:37:35 am)
Patricia Wrede's name
was typed here by accident
and was fixed when the
page was archived
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New books
I know that this doesn't have to do with fairy tales, but does anyone know if Wrede is writting any new books. I tried to contact her but was unable. Also if any one knows where i can get a cheap copy of sorcery and cecelia i would appreciate it.
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Helen
Registered User
(9/4/02 11:42:46 am)
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False alarm ...
You know, for a second, considering the nature of this board, I thought that you *were* Patricia Wrede ... I was just trying to think of a nice, diplomatic, low-key way of saying "You're wonderful!" ... It'll wait. As for cheap copies of S&C - I found mine second hand after searching for three years, but luckily, they're reprinting next year. If you can't wait ... maybe abe.com?
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Leah
Unregistered User
(9/4/02 2:30:11 pm)
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Sorry
I accidentaly wrote her name instead of mine. By the time i relized it it was to late. lol i can be so careless sometimes.
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tanaise
Registered User
(9/4/02 6:10:00 pm)
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Patricia Wrede
Sorcery and Cecilia is going to be reprinted in the spring, and the sequel, The Grand Tour, will come out the following spring. She read a couple of the letters from it at a reading this summer. I so completely can not wait for it to come out. And I think she just had a collection of short stories come out in the last few months.
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Marks
Unregistered User
(9/5/02 5:00:23 pm)
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Sheesh!
I thought it was her too! LOL! She is a terrific author. Glad to hear she is still writing. Speaking of great fantasy authors, whatever happened to Joy Chant? Red Moon and Black Mountain and it's sequel are incredible. Why didn't she write more? Don't tell me she passed away!
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Terri
Registered User
(9/5/02 11:17:12 pm)
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Joy Chant
Joy Chant was one of the first post-Tolkien fantasy writers I ever read, and I remember absolutely adoring Red Moon, Black Mountain. I barely remember the sequel however (what was it called again?)...and remember loving it not quite as much. I don't know what ever happened to Chant. Back in the '70s, when the fantasy genre was young, she seemed poised to be one of the field's major writers (along with Patricia McKillip and Peter Beagle)...and then she just up and disappeared. Pity.
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I also thought that Pat Wrede was here, and was disappointed to find it was just a typing error. Alas! Heidi, is there any way that you, as the moderator of the board, can edit out that error? Pat herself might be uncomfortable with having the start of a topic attributed to her on a board she's never visited, though certainly it was an innocent mistake.
Edited by: Terri at: 9/6/02 12:01:13 am
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Heidi
Anne Heiner
ezOP
(9/7/02 10:46:22 pm)
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Re: Patricia Wrede
Terri: Alas, I can't change the name until I move this to the archives in a few months. I have power, but not that much. Keeping me humble and all that nonsense...
For Leah:
Leah, I just saw your Listmania List on Amazon.com and wanted to make sure you have read some of my all time favorites and some recent reads that were not on your list. And may I say you are very well read for an 8th grader! So many of these books weren't around for me then and how I wanted to find more like them!
Beauty by Robin McKinley
also try her "Blue Sword" and "The Hero and the Crown" (which was dedicated to our own Terri!) and "Spindle's End" and "The Door in the Hedge" and so many of her gorgeous books. Aerin in "The Hero and the Crown" kicks some serious dragon and sorcerer butt and definitely belongs on your "kick butt" list.
"Zel" and "The Magic Circle" and "Beast" by Donna Jo Napoli--start with one of the first two--I also recently read her new "Daughter of Venice" which is not a fantasy but a wonderful read
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
also try her Two Princesses of Bamarre
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Wolf at the Door edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Crown Duel and Court Duel by Sherwood Smith
The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle (not fantasy, but feels like it at times)
The Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The Great Good Thing by Robert Townley
Rowan Hood by Nancy Springer
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Fire and Hemlock by Margaret Mahy
And you might also enjoy Meg Cabot's "Princess Diaries" books. They aren't fantasy, but they are quite fun.
I do think you would like "The Storyteller's Daughter" by Cameron Dokey and "Shadow Spinner" by Susan Fletcher which I mentioned in another post.
And if you have never read them, may I also recommend Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte? I discovered these when I was in 7th and 8th grade and have read them every year since then. They might seem a little slow at first, but they just may become some of your favorites, too, if you stick with them. They are completely different books and if you don't like one, you may still love the other.
Happy reading! And after reading through your list, I am going to read the Princess Nightshade book which I haven't read before, so thanks for the tip.
Heidi,
who is hoping for a new Patricia Wrede book someday, too
Edited by: Heidi Anne Heiner at: 9/7/02 10:58:50 pm
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Gail
Unregistered User
(9/8/02 6:22:26 am)
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A Great List
Heidi, this is a great list but Fire and Hemlock was written by Diana Wynne Jones not Margaret Mahy. Both authors write magnificant work -- Mahy's Changeover is ome I highly recommend as well. Gail
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Leah
Unregistered User
(9/14/02 8:02:13 am)
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what is the short storie collection called
tanaise do you know what the new short storie collection is called, i couldn't find it on amazon.
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Ailanna
Registered User
(9/14/02 10:09:16 pm)
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Great list!
I second the recommendations for practically everything on your list, and add Elizabeth Marie Pope's two novels, The Perilous Gard (pertinent to Tam Lin and fairy tales) and The Sherwood Ring (historical ghost story-- not usually my genre, but Elizabeth Marie Pope's writing is so fantastic that I would read any novel she wrote).
And I rather liked Margaret Mahy's The Other Side of Silence. I read it awhile ago, but seem to remember that it had something to do with Rapunzel. The Changeover is still my favorite book by her, but I am in awe of the way that she creates quirky, realistic families in every book she writes.
Does anyone know anything regarding that tantalizing bit of info about Patricia Wrede's triptych, mentioned on the Mythopoeic Society's website about Stevermer and Wrede?
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Marks
Unregistered User
(9/16/02 2:52:47 pm)
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Joy Chant
Well, I did a litle web search and came up with very little. A small bio and an interesting interview. They are at:
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/3080/60722
and
www.lib.rochester.edu/cam.../chant.htm
The second novel was "Grey Mane of Morning" and while I liked it, the story wasn't quite as up to snuff as the first one. There was, evidently, a third, which I've never even seen. I should look on Amazon for it. I also have her book "The High Kings," which is what the interview centers on. I, too, read Red Moon when Tolkein-inspired high fantasy was relatively new in the popular market, amd it left an impression on me. Those were the days when I could go into Change of Hobbit and actually buy most of the newly offered titles and read them. No way to keep up with new books on that scale anymore, nor would I want to, since much of the genre is just cranked out these days like gothic romance novels. Thank God for the few that aren't.
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Terri
Registered User
(9/16/02 10:38:51 pm)
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Re: Joy Chant
Thanks for the Joy Chant links, Marks. And I know what you mean about trying to keep up with all the new fantasy published these days, too much of which seems to be turned out by rote. Still, there are some great new writers -- Jeffrey Ford, for instance, Sean Stewart, Garth Nix (if he can still be considered "new"), Paul Brandon, Hiromi Goto, Kelly Link, Nalo Hopkinson, Susanna Clarke, among others. Despite all the dreck, I think the field as a whole is as vital as it's ever been.
And to be completely off topic here, I hope anyone who loves good storytelling combined with good writing is familiar with the historial novels of the two Sarahs, Sarah Smith and Sarah Waters. Absolutely wonderful.
Okay, back on topic now...
Delia, you're editing both Pat Wrede and Caroline Stevermer at Tor these days, aren't you? Can you answer the query about Pat's work above?
Edited by: Terri at: 9/16/02 10:41:08 pm
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swood
Unregistered User
(9/17/02 5:54:44 am)
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Sheryl Jordan
I was surprised and delighted by the books of Sherryl Jordan, who I've mentioned on the board before. Her most recent books include: _The Raging Quiet_, _The Secret Sacrament_, and _The Hunting of the Last Dragon._
I am also a big fan of Walter Wangerin. _Book of the Dun Cow_ is a classic story of good vs. evil, set ala Orwell, in a farmyard. His other writing is also good, though much of it (like another great fantasy author, C.S. Lewis) is essays on faith. His _Book of God_, the Bible as a novel, I found a little disappointing, though it might be an excellent introduction for someone not familiar with the Word.
I've often wondered why there are so many fantasy authors who come from strong religious backgrounds. I think it has something to do with being raised with a powerful mythology. Faith in unseen forces and incredible stories, easily translates to comfort with the uncanny.
Sarah
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Ailanna
Registered User
(9/17/02 11:04:21 am)
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Sherryl Jordan
I liked The Raging Quiet a lot, and I also enjoyed The Juniper Game, but I couldn't really get into Secret Sacrament. I think it was built on too large and heroic a scale for me to properly appreciate; I tend to shy away from things on an epic scale. I haven't read The Hunting of the Last Dragon yet, because the library hasn't gotten it and it hasn't come out in paperback.
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Laura
McCaffrey
Registered User
(10/19/02 8:48:59 am)
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Goose Chase
Just read Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl, author of Owl in Love. Thought some here might like it. It has a similar tone to Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest series. I thought it was quite funny. Laura Mc
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Leah
Unregistered User
(10/19/02 8:54:01 am)
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more books!
i already read Goose Chase and loved it! i recently added some books to my original fairy tale list as well as some additional lists if anyone wants to see them.
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Heidi
Anne Heiner
ezOP
(10/19/02 9:39:07 am)
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Have you read these, Leah?
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
and
The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool by Margaret Gray
and the two new Gail Carson Levine books:
The Fairy's Return and For Biddle's Sake
There are more new fairy tale books out right now than in a while.
I especially enjoyed "Marigold" and "The Ugly Princess"
Heidi
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Midori
Unregistered User
(10/20/02 4:38:48 am)
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Hannah's
I'm a bit embarrassed to mention this, but I did want to let the board know that my new book Hannah's Garden is finally out. And there have been a few nice reviews..Heidi I'm hoping you have my email address...send me your snail mail address and I'll put a copy in the mail for you.
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Kate
Unregistered User
(10/20/02 12:01:44 pm)
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Hannah's Garden
Congratulations Midori! Yes, finally, and I can't wait to read it.
xo
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Heidi
Anne Heiner
ezOP
(10/20/02 4:29:26 pm)
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Re: Hannah's Garden
Darn, I did know about it and completely forgot! I read your interview
and preview in Preview several weeks ago (enjoyed them both) and
let it completely slip my mind when I didn't have a cover image
to put up on SurLaLune. I see Amazon has it up now and that SLJ
and PW liked it. I can't wait to read it either.
Up on SurLaLune it will go, too.
Congrats on a new, well-received book, Midori.
Heidi
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Ailanna
Registered User
(10/21/02 8:31:52 am)
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The Frog Princess
Have you read E. D. Baker's The Frog Princess? I believe it just came out recently, and it sounded appropriately fairy tale-ish. I bought Once Upon a Marigold (what it was doing in a used bookstore in perfect shape for $5 I don't know) but on account of things like midterms, I haven't had a chance to read it yet.
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