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JoanneMerriam
Registered User
(2/23/04 12:45 pm)
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Modern werewolf tales?
I'm doing some research on werewolves and am hoping you all can help me out. I don't need traditional sources - I think I have that sussed out - but am interested in contemporary werewolf tales, especially ones which have a less-than-traditional take on werewolves.
Although I haven't started reading them yet, I'm aware of novels by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kelley Armstrong and Laurell K. Hamilton. Can anybody point me to any other contemporary stories?
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Niniane
Sunyata
Registered User
(2/23/04 1:07 pm)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
Alice Borchadt, sister of Anne Rice writes werewolf novels. I haven't read any yet, but there's one writer you could look up...
Anita Harris.
Terra Mythogene
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AlisonPegg
Registered User
(2/23/04 1:09 pm)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
Here's one - kind of appropriate with Mardi Gras this week!
The
Strange Tale of Desiree Doucet and le Loup Garou
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janeyolen
Registered User
(2/23/04 7:22 pm)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
I did a YA anthology for HarperCollins several years ago called, unsurprisingingly, WEREWOLVES!
Jane Yolen
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aka
Greensleeves
Registered User
(2/23/04 8:25 pm)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
The title story in the Datlow/Windling YA anthology by the same name, Tanith Lee's "A Wolf at the Door" is a delightfully offbeat take on the werewolf story--with a twist.
And I know you want strictly modern interpretations, but I have
to plug a beautiful novel by Gillian Bradshaw: The Wolf Hunt,
a period retelling of Marie de France's "Lai de Bisclavret"
(the Lay--or Song--of the Werewolf). It should be a must-read for
anyone with even a passing interest in werewolves.
And, Jane--I remember that anthology well... from the days when
I really was in its targeted age group!
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Veronica
Schanoes
Registered User
(2/23/04 10:17 pm)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
There's always the Oz subplot in *Buffy*, now all available on DVD, and Terry Pratchett's *Men at Arms*, *Feet of Clay*, and *The Fifth Elephant* all involve werewolves. An anthology called *Nightshade* edited by Victoria A. Brownworth and Judith M. Redding has a couple stories in it about werewolves. *Ginger Snaps*, one of my favorite movies, and *Blood Moon*, an interesting movie if not one of my favorites, are about werewolves.
*Company of Wolves* is my favorite movie of all time, and the Angela Carter stories it's based on (in *Bloody Chamber*) are amazing as well.
Hope this helps!
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Helen
Registered User
(2/23/04 10:30 pm)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
I tried postin earlier, only to be foiled by ez-board tech problems ... it's good to be back! One quick question: are you looking for tales by contemporary authors, or in contemporary settings? If the former alone will suffice, I highly recommend Tanith Lee's _Lycanthia_, as well as her story "Wolfland" from her anthology _Red as Blood_. And ditto on Carter - there are definite implications of lycanthropy in three of the stories, with differing levels of directness. Neil Gaiman also has two pieces on shape-shifting in _Smoke & Mirrors_: the short story deals with owls rather than wolves, so it might not be handy for you, but there's a lovely poem that references the loup-garou that should be worth a look. Good luck!
Best,
Helen
P.S. - There was an earlier thread on LRRH back a few months ago that might be of use to you ... a lot of the tales that we discussed were modern/feminist retellings, and a surprising number of them would be relevant to this discussion.
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Heather
KT
Registered User
(2/24/04 12:01 am)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
Also Blood & Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause-- YA, and definitely contemporary.
Heather Tomlinson
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Niniane
Sunyata
Registered User
(2/24/04 4:34 am)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
Forgot to mention one of my favourites, a short story by Peter S. Beagle: "Lila the Werewolf"
*nods* at Angela Carter, just finished submitting a dissertation
based on the themes of transformation in her short stories, inclusive
of the "wolfy" ones
Anita Harris.
Terra Mythogene
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JoanneMerriam
Registered User
(2/24/04 7:42 am)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
Helen wrote: <i>are you looking for tales by contemporary authors, or in contemporary settings?</i>
The former. I have a personal preference for urban fantasy, but for this research, I want to read everything, pretty much.
What's LRRH?
Thanks, everybody, for your suggestions. This is great!
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Heidi
Anne Heiner
ezOP
(2/24/04 9:12 am)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
LRRH is an acronym for Little Red Riding Hood.
Heidi
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Veronica
Schanoes
Registered User
(2/24/04 10:39 am)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
Oh yes, one more Terry Pratchett book: *Reaper Man* has two werewolves in it.
Anita--what a wonderful-sounding dissertation. I've long had plans to teach a course on transformations in 20th-century lit that would take Carter as its touchstone. Carter is foundational for my dissertation too, on feminist revisions of fairy tales and classical myth. I would love to hear more about your diss--should I start a topic?
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aka
Greensleeves
Registered User
(2/24/04 12:05 pm)
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Re: Modern werewolf tales?
Oh, well, if we're talking contemporary shape-shifting tales, and
not just wolves, then you MUST read Patrice Kindl's Owl in Love,
about a teenage were-owl. It's a *gorgeous* book.
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Niniane
Sunyata
Registered User
(2/24/04 9:37 pm)
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Re:Carter and transformation
Sure, Veronica either here or in a new topic is fine with me since
it does have something to do with shapechanging so I don't think
it will be hijacking the topic too much (I hope)?
I basically focused on transformative tropes (anthropomorphic/theriomorphic) from a revisionist perspective as well, but my angle was also mythopoeic as I applied some stuff Joe Campbell talked about to Carter and focused on the element of ritual that seems to exist in a fair number of her tales. Suffering from "empty nest" syndrome right now, since I've given up my "baby" to be examined *sigh*.
Angela Carter is always rewarding to study - there are just so many
layers to her work, so many ways to look at it! Good luck with your
dissertation
Anita Harris.
Terra Mythogene
www.mythopoetica.com
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Terri
Windling
Registered User
(2/25/04 2:00 pm)
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Wolf tales
Pat Murphy's wolf novel "Nadya" is terrific.
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JoanneMerriam
Registered User
(2/26/04 12:34 pm)
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Re: Wolf tales
Shapeshifting info would be interesting too. By all means highjack
the thread!
I went to the library yesterday and they have about half of the
stuff you guys listed. I was able to borrow 5 books to get started
and read Blood and Chocolate last night. Great read! I
also got Jane Yolan's Werewolves (which I think I'll start
on tonight), A Wolf at the Door, Owl in Love and
The Wolf King.
This board is such a wonderful resource. Thanks again, and I'll continue watching this thread with interest.
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Terri
Windling
Registered User
(2/27/04 9:28 am)
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Re: Wolf tales
For shape-shifting animal tales, Jane Lindskold's wolf books are
great -- I can't remember the titles but they'd be easy to look
up -- and I adored Kij Johnson's The Fox Woman. Also Charles de
Lint's new novel, Medicine Road, illustrated by Charles Vess and
coming out very soon now, I believe, from Subterranean Press. (www.subterraneanpress.com)
We did an article on shape-shifters, with art by many artists (Charles
Vess, Brian Froud, and others), over on the Endicott site this past
autumn which has a reading list at the end. Here's the URL: www.endicott-studio.com/jMA03Autumn/gshifters.html
Edited by: Terri Windling at: 2/27/04 9:30 am
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wrightales
Registered User
(2/27/04 9:38 am)
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Re: Wolf tales
For a truly unique take on the subject try Daniel Pinkwater's The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror.
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swood
Unregistered User
(2/27/04 12:47 pm)
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Re: Daniel Pinkwater
Daniel Pinkwater also has a series of Chapter Books for early readers called the Werewolf Club. They have titles like "The Werewolf Club and the Hound of the Basketballs" and are generally very silly. My nephew adores them.
Sarah
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Nalo
Registered User
(2/27/04 9:16 pm)
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Re: Daniel Pinkwater
Bruce Glassco's short story "Taking Loup." In Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers,
ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism 1998. And Michael Lucas's short story "Breaking the Circle" in Women Who Run With the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust and Metamorphosis by Pam Keesey (Editor). Matter of fact, that whole anthology might be worth looking at. Then there's a Tanya Huff novel where we meet a werewolf family. Can't remember the title right now, but it's one of the ones in her vampire series set in Ontario, Canada.
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Terri
Windling
Registered User
(2/28/04 7:46 am)
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Bruce Glassco
Duh...I should have remembered Bruce's story. Thanks, Nalo!
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