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The only times I've seen fey/fairies done close to what they are in folklore are Elizabeth Bear's The Stratford Man, Hope Mirrlees' Lud-in-the-Mist (well, almost), Moonheart by Charles de Lint and The Wood Wife by Terri Windling. The latter two don't deal with Celtic-fey, but they're a good example of the otherworldliness I enjoy seeing, so I thought I'd throw them in there, especially seeing how we don't appear to share them.
Mirrlees' book is an early 20th century imitation of Victorian styles. It's less dangerous than fey of old, but still manages to be far, far closer to the idea of the fey one finds in folklore than any YA book I've read to date. Bear's work and I have a connection issue, but it was the first modern work I read that made me feel like people could still write fey akin to folklore.
There is so, so much beauty and story potential in them - as is evident by the fact they're still very much around in literature nowadays and in authors returning to fairy-lore roots. Just... apparently YA wants the fluffy Victorian-sanitised version, which makes me sad. I like my dangerous fey to be truly dangerous, not just pretend-dangerous. (And I like my murderous kelpies to be, you know, murderous kelpies, not lovesick puppies. Or, if they must, at least give them a reason to be. *pet peeve that probably started her quest*)
I'll... Stop now before I start ranting at you...
publicado por Shanra às 8:13 pm (EST) em Dec 7, 2009
publicado por AKVANZ às 5:52 pm (EST) em Nov 14, 2009
publicado por PghDragonMan às 6:27 pm (EST) em Jul 22, 2009
We all have different tastes and that is what I like about LibraryThing: hearing about other people's reading experiences. I had a similar view of China Mieville's Perdido Street Station, even though there were different obstacles for me.
I'd urge you to give William Gibson another chance, especially his more recent works, like Pattern Recognition or Spook Country. Both of these are in a much more accessible future, a much more believable future, and as such, my be easier to get into. Stylistically, they are also not as rough around the edges.
I may disagree with your assessment of Neromancer, but you stated your case well and I can respect your opinion. We all like different things in reading!
Keep reading, keep enjoying!
publicado por PghDragonMan às 2:10 pm (EST) em Jul 21, 2009
But in any case, I have kind of a thing for Mars, so you might want to take my recommendation with a grain of salt. But still, I really, really liked it and am happily starting on my second read-through, so... you might just want to take a peak at the first chapter and see if you're interested.
publicado por SiSarah às 11:16 am (EST) em Mar 14, 2009
I was glad to see that you've gotten through Locke Lamora and enjoyed that -- it's always nice when I recommend and people enjoy the recommendations. :) I bet you'd enjoy the one I just finished off, Red Mars. So you can add that one to your already massive wish list.
publicado por SiSarah às 10:14 am (EST) em Mar 13, 2009
publicado por BarkingMatt às 5:52 pm (EST) em Jan 21, 2009
publicado por BarkingMatt às 5:40 pm (EST) em Jan 21, 2009
publicado por pagination às 5:14 pm (EST) em Jan 1, 2009