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innocent444
Unregistered User
(2/5/06 11:15 am)
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Deerskin
i recently read deerskin...loved it! wondering if there are other fairy tales retold in a similiar way to this one... sad and gloomy in the beginning but a happy ending.
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phouka
Registered User
(2/5/06 2:29 pm)
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Re: Deerskin
another that is similar to deerskin is donkeyskin...and if you want
to learn about other stories that are similar go here www.endicott-studio.com/r...rdnky.html
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Erica Carlson
Registered User
(2/5/06 4:07 pm)
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Re: Deerskin
If you are looking for re-tellings, try browsing the titles in “A Fairy Tale Reading List,” one of the recommended reading lists at The Endicott Studio web site:
www.endicott-studio.com/lists/list-fairyTale.html
It’s also going to be worth your while to look at the “Modern Interpretations” for the annotated tales at this site – just choose your tale and click on “Modern Interpretations” on the left-hand menu to see a list of modern tellings of that tale.
As a short list of novels that might fill your criteria, I’d recommend (in no particular order) Fitcher’s Brides, by Gregory Frost, Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean, Briar Rose, by Jane Yolen, Winter Rose, by Patricia McKillip, and The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy.
For short stories, you might want to check out Angela Carter’s short story collection, The Bloody Chamber, and any and all of the Datlow and Windling anthologies.
Hope this helps,
Erica
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Terri Windling
Registered User
(2/13/06 7:08 am)
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Re: Deerskin
Also, try the other fairy tale books by Robin McKinley, author of Deerskin. And the wonderful fairy tale novels by Donna Jo Napoli.
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innocent444
Unregistered User
(2/13/06 9:47 am)
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robin mckinley
im just curious but is there a prince in Spindle's End by Robin Mckinley? i think i know the brief outline of the plot but i haven't heard that there is one
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Erica Carlson
Registered User
(2/13/06 10:24 am)
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Re: robin mckinley
There is a prince in Spindle's End. I'd say more, but I think you'll enjoy the book more if I don't.
Erica
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innocent444
Unregistered User
(2/13/06 1:50 pm)
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thanks
oh ok thanks :D
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innocent444
Unregistered User
(2/16/06 3:40 pm)
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thanks
thanks for the list, but are there any from the list you would strongly recommend?
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Erica Carlson
Registered User
(2/16/06 5:34 pm)
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Re: thanks
As a short list of novels that might fill your criteria, I’d recommend (in no particular order) Fitcher’s Brides, by Gregory Frost, Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean, Briar Rose, by Jane Yolen, Winter Rose, by Patricia McKillip, and The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy.
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Terri Windling
Registered User
(2/18/06 2:43 am)
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Re: thanks
Definitely check out Donna Jo Napoli's books, such as Zel
(based on Rapunzel), Bound (based on Cinderella),
and Spinners (based on Rumplestiltskin). Robin McKinley's Beauty
(based on Beauty and the Beast) is also well worth reading. And
Shannon Hale's The Goose Girl.
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