I just saw that Tanith Lee had died. And I saw a new edition of The Birthgrave just yesterday.
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Toddson - Jun 04, 2015 10:12:38 am PDT #23386 of 28333
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sj - Jun 04, 2015 10:22:26 am PDT #23387 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
If someone has never read any Tanith Lee, what is the best book to start with?
Atropa - Jun 04, 2015 11:37:26 am PDT #23388 of 28333
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If someone has never read any Tanith Lee, what is the best book to start with?
Probably Red As Blood, her collection of fairy tale retellings.
While the Blood Opera trilogy (Dark Dance, Personal Darkness, Darkness I) are my favorites, I know that gothic literature, creepy and twisted family dynamics, and a subtle thread of vampires aren't to everyone's taste. I don't UNDERSTAND that mind set, but I know it exists.
sj - Jun 04, 2015 11:45:38 am PDT #23389 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
While the Blood Opera trilogy (Dark Dance, Personal Darkness, Darkness I) are my favorites, I know that gothic literature, creepy and twisted family dynamics, and a subtle thread of vampires aren't to everyone's taste. I don't UNDERSTAND that mind set, but I know it exists.
I don't see any problem with this description, but the books appear to be out of print. So, I'll start with Red as Blood.
Atropa - Jun 04, 2015 12:07:31 pm PDT #23390 of 28333
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the books appear to be out of print
Noooo! And I know they're not available digitally, which vexes me.
DavidS - Jun 04, 2015 2:36:21 pm PDT #23391 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I also really liked Tanith Lee's science fiction novel "Don't Bite the Sun" - which is sweet and strange and fun.
And the Flat Earth books, particularly Night's Master are cool in a louche, very sexy magical Arabian Knights kind of way.
-t - Jun 04, 2015 2:43:52 pm PDT #23392 of 28333
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I should read more Tanith Lee. I loved what I have read, although at this point I can't remember the titles. Perhaps I would recognize them if I looked at a list? Perhaps. not sure if descriptions would even help, what I remember is very...abstract.
Strix - Jun 04, 2015 2:50:24 pm PDT #23393 of 28333
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, no, Tanith Lee! I loved her collection "Tales from The Sisters Grimmmer." It really got me into the idea of revamped fairy tales, which of course Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have some up with some STELLAR anthologies on that theme.
I liked Gone Girl, but I REALLY loved Dark Places. I think Charlize will do a great job, but she's not who I had a visual image for the main character.
sj - Jun 04, 2015 2:52:20 pm PDT #23394 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Strix, I'm curious who you were picturing.
Strix - Jun 04, 2015 3:00:48 pm PDT #23395 of 28333
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Emily Blunt, for some reason. (I also like that the series' are based in mostly MO; I'm all like, hey, the setting is partly KC! I know that place! Gillian Flynn is from KC, though; she went to Bishop Miege, a very good school, but I think she's a few years younger than I.)
I know ScarJo droppped out of Dark Places, and I think Charlize will do fine, but I would have cast ScarJo in Sharp Objects, personally, before Dark Places.