Beth, try The Door in the Hedge (my favorite--short stories) and The Hero and the Crown. And of course, her classic, Beauty. Those are my favorites of hers.
Angel: Miss me? Lilah: Only in the sense of…no.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Beverly - Mar 15, 2009 3:15:11 pm PDT #8583 of 28431
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
beth b - Mar 15, 2009 5:49:04 pm PDT #8584 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Looking forward to them -- I had read somethings by her, but nothing quite as powerful.
Dana - Mar 15, 2009 5:49:37 pm PDT #8585 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I love The Blue Sword, much more than The Hero and the Crown. I admire the latter, but Blue Sword has my heart.
I also love The Outlaws of Sherwood and her retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, Spindle's End.
Beverly - Mar 15, 2009 6:22:17 pm PDT #8586 of 28431
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, I'd forgotten Outlaws--yes, that one's lovely. Spindle's End is a sentimental favorite of mine, too.
Check your profile addy, Dana.
Dana - Mar 15, 2009 6:29:54 pm PDT #8587 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
t checks
t sees nothing from Beverly
t weeps
Beverly - Mar 15, 2009 6:39:39 pm PDT #8588 of 28431
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
(Sorry, minor distraction. Should be there now)
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Dana - Mar 15, 2009 6:41:44 pm PDT #8589 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There it is!
Consuela - Mar 16, 2009 8:45:14 pm PDT #8590 of 28431
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I love McKinley's early work so much, which is why Dragonhaven was such a disappointment. Unless things change radically, I won't be buying any more of her novels. ::sigh::
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2009 9:17:00 pm PDT #8591 of 28431
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can you go into more details about Dragonhaven, 'Suela? What was so wrong with it? It sounds like you think it was the start of a trend, as opposed to an exception.
Fay - Mar 17, 2009 2:12:25 am PDT #8592 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I didn't hate Dragonhaven. I thought it was fine, and fairly likeable, but it was no Blue Sword.